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ADJOURNMENT DEBATE ON YOUTH POLICY

11st May 1988

SPEECH

BY

DR. HENRIETTA MÁN HING IP

Dr. IP.

Sir,

I rise first to congratulate my colleague Roseanna, and the members of the

Central Committee on Youth on their completion of the report on youth policy. I

support their recommendation of setting up a Youn Commission

long felt needed.

of Mouth

and feel that it is

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There is no doubt that young people are important to our community. We have all gone through the period of Youth and most remember it with pleasure and delight. But

this is not so for some!

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ber cent

I would like to highlight some of the crucial findings of the report. 82% of

bar cont our youths spend most of their spare time watching television. Less than 42% of our

ber cent youths engage in physical activities during weekends and public holidays. 48% of our

feel

per cent

youths under pressure of varying degrees. And only 64% of our youths consider

their future to be bright and encouraging! Is this how we want our youth to grow up?

If I were to quote from a very informative paragraph of the report, Youth is a

critical transitional period of human development a time of life for the search of

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