Commission on Youth

The Commission on Youth was established in February 1990. Its main
objectives are to advise on matters pertaining to youth, initiate research,
promote co-operation and improvement in the provision of youth services
and serve as a liaison point with other international youth organisations for
youth exchange programmes.

During the year, the commission focused on the co-ordination of the
second biennial review of the implementation of the Charter for Youth.
One major area of work was the development of a set of parameters as
social indicators to provide objective measurements of progress in youth
development in Hong Kong. The social indicators were also discussed by
participants at the Review Conference on the Implementation of the
Charter for Youth held in December 1997.

During the year, the commission completed a study on moral values of
youth. It also launched a study on the supportive system for young new
arrivals, and another on the influence of the media on young people. Two
working groups have been set up to steer the studies, which are expected
to be completed in mid-1998 with a view to drawing up recommendations
for consideration of the parties concerned.

In July and September, two groups comprising 18 young people from
Germany and Britain visited Hong Kong for a three-week trip under the
International Youth Exchange Programme. It enables young people to
share their experiences and ideas with their counterparts overseas.

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