Port-of-Spain North/St Ann’s West MP and for­mer prime min­is­ter Stu­art Young called on young peo­ple to stay ground­ed in their faith and ethics while chas­ing their am­bi­tions, as he urged them to work hard and avoid tak­ing the easy way out.

Young made the call dur­ing his fea­ture ad­dress at the Sa­cred Heart Boys’ RC School grad­u­a­tion at the Cas­ca­dia Ho­tel’s Ball­room, St Ann’s, yes­ter­day, where he laud­ed the grad­uands for their work eth­ic and im­plored them to con­tin­ue heed­ing the ad­vice of par­ents, teach­ers and ex­tend­ed fam­i­ly in achiev­ing their dreams.

Re­fer­ring to his own jour­ney as a stu­dent, to an at­tor­ney and even­tu­al­ly a politi­cian, Young said he was grate­ful for the sup­port of pos­i­tive fig­ures who guid­ed him to a pro­duc­tive lifestyle.