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TUESDAY, JULY 16, 1991

YOUNGSTERS URGED TO TAKE UP CHALLENGES

YOUNGSTERS WERE TODAY (TUESDAY) URGED NOT то GIVE IN TO

SETBACK.

THEY SHOULD CONTINUE WORKING HARD IN ORDER TO MEET CHALLENGES THAT LIE AHEAD.

THE PLEA WAS MADE BY THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MRS ROSE GOODSTADT, WHEN ADDRESSING A GRADUATION CEREMONY OF THE HONG KONG JUVENILES CARE CENTRE (HKJCC).

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"ALL OF US RELY ON A PEACEFUL AND PROGRESSIVE COMMUNITY, IN TURN NEEDS OUR CONTRIBUTION, MRS GOODSTADT SAID, WHILE APPEALING TO THE GRADUATES TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY AS VOLUNTEERS.

"THROUGH THIS SERVICE YOU CAN, NOT ONLY HELP OTHERS, BUT WIDEN YOUR SCOPE OF KNOWLEDGE. THIS WILL HELP YOU BECOME A MATURE TRUSTWORTHY CITIZEN, SHE CONTINUED.

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TURNING TO THE WORK OF HKJCC, MRS GOODSTADT NOTED THAT ORGANISATION PLANNED TO OPEN ANOTHER CENTRE FOR 50 STUDENTS IN SOUTHERN DISTRICT ON HONG KONG ISLAND ΤΟ BRING THE CENTRE'S TOTAL CAPACITY TO 120.

AT THE SAME TIME, SHE POINTED OUT THAT FOLLOWING THE INTRODUCTION OF FORM 3 CLASSES, THE CENTRE COULD PROVIDE MORE AND BETTER SERVICES FOR CHILDREN.

OVER 200 OVERSEAS DELEGATES TO ATTEND ASIAN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE

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MORE THAN 200 DELEGATES FROM ASIA, AUSTRALIA, THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WILL BE ATTENDING THE SIXTH BIENNIAL CONFERENCE OF THE ASIAN REGIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR HOME ECONOMICS WHICH WILL BE OFFICIALLY OPENED ON THURSDAY (JULY 18).

THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR LI YUET-TING, WILL OPEN THE

CONFERENCE.

THE THEME OF THE CONFERENCE IS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: EVOLUTION TO REVOLUTION.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS WILL BE THE COUNTY ADVISER FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL, UK, MRS DODIE HODGKINSON AND THE HONORARY SECRETARY OF THE HONG KONG ASSOCIATION FOR EDUCATION, COMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY, MRS CAMIE YOUNG.

/MRS YOUNG