Hundreds of youngsters discussed future role at ICAC conference
2000-8-19
More than 700 young people from Hong Kong, the Mainland and Macau explored their future role at the Youth Conference 2000 organised by the Independent Commission Against Corruption today.
Officiating at the opening ceremony of the Conference, Acting Chief Secretary, Mr Michael Suen, encouraged the participants to take the opportunity to exchange their views on how to work towards a better future.
Secretary for Education and Manpower, Mrs Fanny Law, and Chairman & Chief Executive of Pacific Century CyberWorks, Mr Richard Li, gave a speech on the “Attributes of Future Community Leaders” as well as “Business Ethics in the 21st century” respectively.
Eight celebrities from various trades, namely Mr Philip Chen, Miss Siao Fong Fong, Mr Linus Cheung, Mr Samson Tam, Professor Cheng Kai Ming, Dr Ip Yan Ming, Mr Lawrence Cheng, Mr Fung Ying Ki, shared their life experience with the participants. “Think positive” and “be proactive” was the advice they gave the young people as they coped with the challenges in the new century.
The Youth Award Scheme, launched by the ICAC earlier this year, received enthusiastic response with the participation of seventy-five teams, including nine from the Mainland and Macau. The scheme invited young people to study topics of interest to them, s uch as “challenges in the Internet Age”, “media influence”, “family education” and “social phenomena”.
Fifteen winning teams, including three from Fudan University, Qinghua University and Zhongshan University on the Mainland, presented the findings of their studies and exchanged their views with the participants. Six winning teams from Hong Kong will visi t Shanghai in December as part of the Scheme.
Chairman of the Youth Conference 2000 Organising Committee, Mr Moses Cheng, said: “The prospect of Hong Kong hinges on the knowledge and attitude of the younger generation.” He encouraged the young people to put words into action and aspire to be the masters of the future.
Mr Cheng said the views expressed today would be compiled into a report to be used by the organisers in mapping out youth policy in the future. The report would also be sent to all youth organizations for their reference.
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Officiating at the opening ceremony of the Conference, Acting Chief Secretary, Mr Michael Suen, encouraged the participants to take the opportunity to exchange their views on how to work towards a better future.
Secretary for Education and Manpower, Mrs Fanny Law, and Chairman & Chief Executive of Pacific Century CyberWorks, Mr Richard Li, gave a speech on the “Attributes of Future Community Leaders” as well as “Business Ethics in the 21st century” respectively.
Eight celebrities from various trades, namely Mr Philip Chen, Miss Siao Fong Fong, Mr Linus Cheung, Mr Samson Tam, Professor Cheng Kai Ming, Dr Ip Yan Ming, Mr Lawrence Cheng, Mr Fung Ying Ki, shared their life experience with the participants. “Think positive” and “be proactive” was the advice they gave the young people as they coped with the challenges in the new century.
The Youth Award Scheme, launched by the ICAC earlier this year, received enthusiastic response with the participation of seventy-five teams, including nine from the Mainland and Macau. The scheme invited young people to study topics of interest to them, s uch as “challenges in the Internet Age”, “media influence”, “family education” and “social phenomena”.
Fifteen winning teams, including three from Fudan University, Qinghua University and Zhongshan University on the Mainland, presented the findings of their studies and exchanged their views with the participants. Six winning teams from Hong Kong will visi t Shanghai in December as part of the Scheme.
Chairman of the Youth Conference 2000 Organising Committee, Mr Moses Cheng, said: “The prospect of Hong Kong hinges on the knowledge and attitude of the younger generation.” He encouraged the young people to put words into action and aspire to be the masters of the future.
Mr Cheng said the views expressed today would be compiled into a report to be used by the organisers in mapping out youth policy in the future. The report would also be sent to all youth organizations for their reference.
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