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SUNDAY, AUGUST 19, 1990

YOUNGER GENERATION NEEDS TO KNOW MORE ABOUT INT'L DEVELOPMENTS

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THE ACTING GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID THAT IT WAS ESSENTIAL FOR OUR YOUNGER AWARE OF INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS.

FORD, TODAY (SUNDAY) STRESSED GENERATION TO BE MADE MORE

VILLAGE,

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL SIR DAVID POINTED OUT THAT THE POLITICAL CHANGES WE HAD SEEN IN EASTERN EUROPE LAST YEAR AND THE CURRENT SITUATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST

COULD DEMONSTRATED CLEARLY HOW THE WHOLE WORLD

BE AFFECTED BY THE TURN OF EVENTS IN ONE AREA OF IT.

"FOR US IN HONG KONG WHO ARE SITUATED AT A CROSS-ROADS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA AND WITH OUR OPEN ECONOMY WHICH RELIES ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE FOR OUR VERY EXISTENCE, IT IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT THAT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE GAIN AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORLD AN EARLY STAGE.

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"I HOPE THIS WILL BE THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF SIMILAR GATHERINGS OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE YEARS TO COME, SIR DAVID SAID.

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HE SAID THAT THIS WEEK HAD BEEN A WONDERFUL ONE FOR HONG KONG AS OUR YOUNG PEOPLE HAD HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OF MEETING AND MIXING TOGETHER WITH OVER 50 DELEGATES FROM EUROPE, AMERICA AND SOUTHEAST ASIA.

SIR DAVID

SAID THE THEME OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, "GLOBAL UNDERSTANDING AND CO-OPERATION FOR A BETTER WORLD", WAS VERY TIMELY AT WHICH LIVELY DISCUSSIONS WERE HELD ON SUCH IMPORTANT ISSUES AS POVERTY AND INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, DRUG ABUSE AND COMMUNITY BUILDING.

"SUCH EXCHANGES OF EXPERIENCE

IMPROVES UNDERSTANDING AND

HE ADDED.

ENRICHES THE KNOWLEDGE OF ALL THOSE PARTICIPATING,

HAVE A

CAME SIR DAVID SAID THOUGH WE

FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE SAME CHALLENGES OF WORLD, WE ALL FACED THE

BRINGING UP THE NEXT GENERATION SO THAT ALL YOUNG PEOPLE COULD

STRONG SENSE OF

ΤΟ COMMUNITIES PURPOSE AND WOULD BE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE THEY BELONGED.

WHICH

ORGANISING

HE CONGRATULATED THE FEDERATION OF YOUTH GROUPS FOR

AND RADIO THIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE,

TELEVISION HONG KONG FOR CONTRIBUTING TO THIS MOST COLOURFUL EVENT.

"ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE WORKED SO HARD TO MAKE IT A SUCCESS CAN BE JUSTLY PROUD," HE SAID.

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