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SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 1974
INTER-INSTITUTION SPEECH COMPETITION
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BOYS AND GIRLS OF SEVEN WELFARE AND CORRECTIONAL INSTITUT- IONS INCLUDING TWO RUN BY VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS, WILL TAKE PART IN AN INTER-INSTITUTION SPEECH COMPETITION WHICH WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY CAPRIL 30) AT THE HONG KONG JUVENILE CARE CENTRE.
THE COMPETITION WILL BE IN TWO GROUPS 'A' GROUP AND *B* GROUP. THE FORMER IS FOR THOSE WITH AN EDUCATIONAL STANDARD OF PRIMARY 5 OR ABOVE WHILE THE LATTER IS FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NOT STUDIED BEYOND PRIMARY 5. EACH INSTITUTION WILL SEND TWO REPRESENTATIVES TO PARTICIPATE IN EACH GROUP.
THE TWO WELFARE INSTITUTIONS ARE THE HONG KONG JUVENILE CARE CENTRE AND THE SOCIETY OF BOYS' CENTRES. THE OTHER FIVE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS ARE THE BEGONIA ROAD BOYS' HOME, THE CASTLE PEAK BOYS' HOME, THE O PUI SHAN BOYS' HOME, THE MA TAU WEI GIRLS' HOME AND THE KWUN TONG HOSTEL, ALL OPERATED BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT.
PRIZES HAVE BEEN DONATED BY MR. WILFRED WONG, JR., THE PRESIDENT OF THE HONG KONG JUVENILE CARE CENTRE AND MRS. C.K. LO, ITS CHAIRMAN,
THE PANEL OF JUDGES WILL INCLUDE DR. CHUNG CHI-YUNG, PRINCIPAL OF SHUE YAN COLLEGE, MR. HO HOK-CHIM, A RETIRED TEACHER AND MR. LEUNG KA-WING, ́CHAIRMAN OF THE STUDENTS' UNION OF THE HONG KONG BAPTIST COLLEGE.
THIS COMPETITION IS ONE OF THE ANNUAL SERIES OF ACTIVITIES SPONSORED BY THE INTER-INSTITUTION ACTIVITIES EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
MR. K.W. LEUNG, SUPERINTENDENT OF KWUN TONG HOSTEL AND THE COMMITTEE'S SECRETARY, SAID ALL SUPERINTENDENTS OR WARDENS OF THE PARTICIPATING INSTITUTIONS SERVE AS THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE WHILE THE PRINCIPAL SOCIAL WELFARE OFFICER CCORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS) IN THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, IS THE ADVISER.
THE COMMITTEE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PLANNING AND ORGANISING VARIOUS INDOOR AND OUTDOOR HEALTHY AND MEANINGFUL CULTURAL COMPETITIONS OR ATHLETIC EVENTS, INCLUDING A SPORTS MEET EACH YEAR FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS BEING UNDER CARE OF THE INSTITUTIONS, HE EXPLAINED.
THIS IS TO BRING THEM TOGETHER, TO ENHANCE THEIR MENTAL DEVELOPMENT AND PHYSICAL WELL-BEING, AT THE SAME TIME PROMOTING MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE VOLUNTARY AND GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS.
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