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Friday, October 12, 1973
JAPANESE YOUTH GROUP ON GOODWILL VISIT
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A party of 460 working youth between the ages of 20 and 28 from
Kanagawa Prefecture in Yokohama, Japan, will be arriving next Sunday
(October 14) on a friendship visit to young people in Hong Kong.
They will be arriving on board a charter ship, the "Coral Princess"
which is expected to berth at the Ocean Terminal at 8 a.m.
This group is one of the largest ever to visit Hong Kong from
Japan. Their trip is being sponsored by the Kanagawa Prefectural Government
to develop a spirit of international co-operation through exchange of
greetings, cultural activities and sports with young people in Hong Kong.
During their stay, the Japanese Consulate and the Japan Travel
Agency will play host to the group while the Social Welfare Department
is co-ordinating the programme for the Japanese youth to meet their local
counterparts.
When the ship arrives, it will be greeted by an 80-member scout
band at the quayside as well as representatives from the Group and Community
Work Division of the Social Welfare Department.
A varied programme has been arranged for Sunday afternoon when
members of the group will meet more than 220 Hong Kong young people who are
members of various youth agencies including the YWCA, the YMCA, the Hong
Kong Federation of Youth Groups, the Social Welfare Department's youth
centres and institutions and students of the Chinese University and the
Hong Kong University.
The programme ...............