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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1994

SEMINAR ON SUPPORTIVE SYSTEM FOR YOUTHS

ABOUT 150 PARENTS, TEACHERS, SOCIAL WORKERS AND ATTENDED A SEMINAR TODAY (SATURDAY) TO EXCHANGE VIEWS SYSTEM FOR YOUTHS.

PEOPLE

YOUNG ON SUPPORTIVE

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE SEMINAR, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMISSION ON YOUTH, MR ERIC LI KA-CHEUNG, SAID THE EVENT AIMED TO SHED MORE LIGHT ON THE FINDINGS OF A STUDY ON SUPPORTIVE SYSTEM FOR YOUTHS.

HE SAID: "THE STUDY WAS TO HELP IDENTIFY AND UNDERSTAND THE AGENTS WHICH YOUNG PEOPLE WOULD TURN TO WHEN THEY FACE CHANGES AND PROBLEMS SO THAT RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW BEST TO ENHANCE SUPPORTIVE NETWORK FOR YOUTH COULD BE DRAWN UP.

THE

"IT ALSO HOPED TO IDENTIFY THE EFFECTIVE AGENTS THROUGH WHICH POSITIVE MESSAGES COULD BE CONVEYED TO YOUNG PEOPLE."

MARCH ΤΟ A QUANTITATIVE SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED FROM

JUNE THIS HONG YEAR BY THE SOCIAL SCIENCES RESEARCH CENTRE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KONG

BEEN AND A RESEARCHER HAS

APPOINTED ΤΟ CONDUCT AN IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS OF THE DATA COLLECTED.

THE INITIAL FINDINGS OF THE STUDY WERE RELEASED IN AUGUST AND A FULL REPORT ON THE SURVEY HAS NOW BEEN COMPLETED.

HOPED THE

MR LI SAID HE

DISCUSSIONS TODAY COULD HELP THE COMMISSION DRAW UP RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE ISSUE.

THE SEMINAR COMPRISED PANEL DISCUSSION, GROUP DISCUSSION AND A REPORT BACK SESSION.

THE INCLUDED

OF CHAIRMAN

PANEL SPEAKERS

THE COMMITTEE ON

BOYS' HOME-SCHOOL CO-OPERATION, MR TIK CHI-YUEN; THE DIRECTOR OF THE

LEUNG; AND A AND GIRLS' CLUBS ASSOCIATION OF HONG KONG, MRS JUSTINA REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE DIVISION OF EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY OF THE HONG KONG PSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY, MR JAMES LAI.

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