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 YOUTH FOR A BETTER FUTURE

Our country is going through very trying times. Taking on those challenges head on and allowing ourselves not to be scared of the future will help us build a strong nation. The youth of our country have a very important role to fulfil in the task of nation building.

In less than 3 years, many of you reading this paper will be called upon for the first time to take the most important decision of determining the direction our country will take. The task is enormous. This is why, as a young person, you have to be bold, equipped, and have within you, the spirit of adventure which sees the horizon or the sky as the limit to which you will venture.

Obviously, you need to have the courage within you. As Mariah Carey rightly sings ‘The hero is inside you.’ In other words you need to know what metal you are made of. This will also allow you to know the career you want to take up later in life. But remember, you need to be strong mentally, or else people will drag you in all directions. In my office I have a sticker that says ‘If you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything!’ In other words, know yourself and have a dream.

Secondly, at this point in your life, your studies are very important. We live in a world where a piece of paper called a certificate can determine your future. Concentrate on the work you have to do. Do not abandon your studies. Remember that many things in life that bring pleasure can wait. What you learn today helps build the foundation on which your future will be based. Ensure that it is rock solid.

As young persons, always nurture the spirit of adventure, knowing that you can achieve your dreams only if you apply yourself to it. This also means not allowing yourself to be used to fulfil the dream of others, while you do not move forward. Again, an old negro spiritual sums it all beautifully, ‘Before I’d be a slave, I’d go down to my grave!’ Never be the slave of anyone or anything.

Be strong, be brave, be knowledgeable, and move forward in life wanting the best and sticking to standards that will not get you on the wrong side of the law. Good luck to all of you. The future is yours. Convert every challenge into an opportunity.

Sport & Celebrity:

Youngest male Olympian hopes to better Phelps

Our 13 years old Dwayne Bejamin Didon of Independent School, was the youngest male athlete at the 29th Olympics which ended in Beijing China, where he contested the 50m freestyle heats.
Dwayne who finished 85th in his heats, raced competitors twice his size and struggled in the waves of the Water Cube pool to record a time of 28.95 seconds.
The young swimmer from La Misiere came short by seven seconds to qualify for a semi-final place. Dwaye  said that he is so inspired by Phelps's record-breaking feats that he wants to better him at the next Olympic.
"No, I want to do better than that," the sprinter said when asked if he would be targeting eight gold medals at the next Games.
"I used to sit on my bed and think to myself, 'I want to be like those guys at the Olympics,'" said Dwayne.
"He (Phelps) really inspires me to do better in the future."
 

Dwayne who also swims breaststroke took up the sport after the Athens Games in 2004.
 

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Your support for the SNP is what you can do to give our country a new Government that will represent the first democratic and peaceful change of power since Independence and bring about the change that Seychelles needs, to guarantee a better quality of life for all Seychellois.
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1. Every Seychellois will feel free and secure in the knowledge that his rights are respected and protected under a democratic   system, through the rule of law and institutions which function as they should.
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