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My friends and fellows citizens. This is a happy occasion to be among this selected group of vibrant young people the future leaders who carry out the program of the government to the countryside and strengthen the bond between the government along development perspectives. The Filipino youth of today has awakenened. Perhaps no other generation of man has shown such extraordinary restlessness as todays youth. It is at this juncture that the civic and religious institutions concerned in the upbringing of the Filipino youth have joined hands and worked as one in channeling the extra energy in all of you to wholesome and fruitful activities by putting up an educational system that can guide you in your search for identity and by developing in you the concept of a proper hierarchy of values as well the application of such values in daily life. I am aware that Im addressing now a well selected group of young men and women representing different colleges and universities of the Bicol and Region. This week-long seminar is focused toward YOUTH LEADERSHIP FOR SELF-RELIANCE. The topic you specifically chose for me to discuss with you is Human Development. It is my pleasure to share with you ideas along this theme since it has always been one of the foremost goals of this college to train your people to be self-reliant and productive citizens. Resources of a country: the wealth and stability of a nation depend on many factors. Among the most important of these are its material resources its lands, rivers, mineral and energy resources, forest and aquatic products and other features or its topography which are elements of economic productivity and social development. Yet manpower is the indispensable means of converting others resources for mankinds use and benefit. This progress and viability of a nation does not only stem from mere possession of natural resources. It is primarily the utilization of these resources that is significant. In turn, this depends on a nations human resources, more specifically its productive human resources which we call manpower. Human resources are the center of economic activity. The action which a society, develop or under developed, takes to nurture, develop and utilize its human potentials will largely determine its wealth and welfare. Thats all and thank you.