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THURSDAY, AUG. 29, 1974.
CALL FOR MORE COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR
SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMMES
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THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR. THOMAS LEE, TODAY CTHURSDAY) CALLED FOR GREATER COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMMES.
HE WAS SPEAKING AT A CEREMONY HELD AT THE CITY HALL TO MARK THE END OF THE DEPARTMENT'S SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMMES FOR THIS YEAR.
MR. LEE SAID THE DEPARTMENT HAS ORGANIZED MORE
THAN 600 EVENTS INCLUDING INDOOR AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES, COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS, TRAINING SESSIONS AND SEMINARS. HE ESTIMATED 100,000 YOUNG PEOPLE PARTICIPATED IN THE PROGRAMMES.
HE POINTED OUT THAT APART FROM SUPPORT AND CO-OPERATION ACCORDED BY VARIOUS SCHOOLS, ORGANIZATIONS, RELIGIOUS BODIES, GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, THE BRITISH ARMED FORCES AND THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB, SOME 3,500 VOLUNTEERS ALSO GAVE MUCH OF THEIR TIME AND EFFORT TO HELP IN RUNNING THE PROGRAMME.
MANY, HE NOTED, HAD DONE SO BEFORE AND WERE ABLE
TO ASSIST IN THE PLANNING AND EXECUTION OF VARIOUS ACTIVITIES WHILE OTHERS WHO HAD VOLUNTEERED FOR THE FIRST TIME HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN WHILE WORKING.
THEIR ZEAL WAS THE MAIN FACTOR IN THE SMOOTH OPERATION
OF THE PROGRAMME, HE SAID.
BEFORE PRESENTING THE VOLUNTEERS WITH SERVICE CERTIFICATES KR. LEE THANKED THEM FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE AND HOPED THAT MORE PEOPLE WOULD SUPPORT THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMMES IN FUTURE.
THE PRESENTATION WAS FOLLOWED BY A MUSICAL PLAY STAGED BY SOME 130 VOLUNTEERS.
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