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more importantly increase the thinking ability and analytical

power of young people in general as well as provide an

opportunity of getting to know oneself and to develop personal

potentials.

6 Civic education for young people is more important now than

ever. The Joint Declaration provides for a high degree

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of autonomy in Hong Kong and by 1997, a group of young people.

who have grown up and were born in Hong Kong will take the place of the older generation of Colonial officials and

mangement efficiency will have decisiva and administration

King's stability and prosperity.

they have the responsibility of governing Hong Kong well. then Ten years from now, these young people will be in their 304, shirties, and they will be in the years of greatest contribution, impacts How should we go about civic education for the young people? I think the Youth Conferences can play a very important role

which will be helpful to the implementation and they can tie-in with District Boards With greater

of fictimed administration economic prosperity and development, many young people turn policies.

towards materialism and hedonism and they tend to forget

the social obligations they have. They are not fully aware

of the circumstances around them and are sometimes lost as to

what their future holds. I think that Youth Conferences can

enable young people to get a better understanding of themselves

and of society in general and let them understand that by

fulfilling their obligations society as a whole can benefit.

Youth problems reflect the inadequacies in school and family

discipline. Teachers can only discipline students within the

school. When the students leave school, they come under the

discipline of their parents, but today, many parents go out to 30 work and the students have nothing to do after school. They

loiter on the street and, sometimes unfortunately, get involved

in triads. This is detrimental not only to the young people

themselves but also to society as a whole. In order to make up

for the inadequacies of family and school discipline, the

Government should provide more recreational and cultural

activities, especially the new towns, and provide more support

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