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WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 1976
INTER-INSTITUTION SINGING COMPETITION
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BOYS AND GIRLS OF EIGHT PROBATION AND CORRECTIONS INSTITUTIONS, INCLUDING THREE RUN BY VOLUNTARY AGENCIES, WILL TAKE PART IN AN INTER-INSTITUTION SINGING COMPETITION THIS FRIDAY (MAY 28).
THE THREE WELFARE INSTITUTIONS ARE THE HONG KONG JUVENILE CARE CENTRE, THE SHING TAK BOYS' CENTRE AND THE CHAK YAN CENTRE, THE OTHERS ARE THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S BEGONIA ROAD BOYS' HOME, THE O PUI SHAN BOYS' HOME, THE CASTLE PEAK BOYS' HOME, KWUN TONG HOSTEL AND MA TAU WAI GIRLS' HOME.
THE COMPETITION WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE O PUI SHAN BOYS' HOME IN KAU WA KENG, LAI CHI KOK AT 2 P.M. MRS. ELSIE MA NG TING-KWUN, AN INSPECTOR OF MUSIC OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, WILL ACT AS THE ADJUDICATOR,
MISS ANNIE CHAN, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (SOCIAL WORK), WILL OFFICIATE AT THE FUNCTION WHICH WILL ALSO BE ATTENDED BY JUDGES, MAGISTRATES AND SOCIAL WORKERS IN THE FIELD OF JUVENILE WELFARE.
THE OBJECTIVE OF THE SINGING COMPETITION IS TO BRING HOME TO THE BOYS AND GIRLS THE IMPORTANCE OF PARTICIPATION IN GROUP ACTIVITIES AND COMPETITIONS AND THE FEELING OF ACHIEVEMENT AND RECOGNITION,
THE COMPETITION IS ONE OF A SERIES OF ACTIVITIES SPONSORED
BY THE INTER-INSTITUTION ACTIVITIES EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
THE COMMITTEE PLANS AND ORGANISES VARIOUS INDOOR AND OUTDOOR CULTURAL COMPETITIONS AND ATHLETIC EVENTS EACH YEAR FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS UNDER CARE IN THE INSTITUTIONS.
THE AIM OF THESE ACTIVITIES IS TO BRING THEM TOGETHER TO ENHANCE THEIR MENTAL DEVELOPMENT AND PHYSICAL WELL-BEING AND AT THE SAME TIME PROMOTE MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE VOLUNTARY AND GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS.
NOTE TO EDITORS $
YOU ARE INVITED TO HAVE THE EVENT COVERED. THE COMPETITION WILL BEGIN AT 2 P.M. ON FRIDAY (MAY 28) AT THE O PUI SHAN BOYS' HOME IN KAU WA KENG, LAI CHI KOK.
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