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I learnt that following the right or the wrong way involves

only a very subtle change

concerned about the youth problem because had experience. I was often

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Mr. CHAN Ying-lun (in Cantonese) :

Sir, when I was a youth

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I was beaten up when I was around sixteer and I was also extorted

for of protection fees later on. Fortunately, I had some very good

classmates and good teachers who helped me and only with their help was I able to resist the temptation of going astray.

Now I understand that it is, indeed, very difficult for one

and resist temptations. to live under such surroundings I had grown to believe that if I could help the young people to turn a new leaf, then my life would have been spent very worthily. I have tried to

come into contact with some marginal youths in soccer pitches, but I couldnot go very frequently and I wasnot professionally

trained. That why I felt very frustrated and that why

I also respect very much the social workers and teachers who devoted their time to helping the young people to turn a new leaf. I think that they have led a very meaningful life.

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But the Government has not paid much attention to youth counselling. Youth counselling has played a very small part in all the government adinimielialin

The Government has ignored the importance of this

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I can cite an example. At the entrance of the village in Shau

Kei Wan Village, you can always see a crowd of delinquents loitering The villagers suspect that they have taken drugs and four fires

have broken out recently in the village and the residents had

already gathered enough evidence to show that two of the fires

broke out mainly because of the candle-light parties held by the delinquent youths in two empty huts. But the Government didnot do anything to chase them away, neither did the Government send anyone to counsel the young people, and the villagers were really very, very angry, and Regarding the youth they feel

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