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SUNDAY, JUNE 12, 1977
YOUTH LEADERSHIP CAMP DRAWS GOOD RESPONSE
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THE RESPONSE TO THE ANNUAL YOUTH LEADERSHIP CAMP ORGANISED BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT AND THE BRITISH FORCES FOR YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN HAS BEEN TREMENDOUS THIS YEAR.
THIS YEAR, APPLICAT-
LAST YEAR'S CAMP ATTRACTED 914 APPLICANTS IONS HAVE NEARLY DOUBLED TO 1,710 FOR THE 240 PLACES AVAILABLE.
AN ADDITIONAL PANEL OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE ORGANISERS AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS HAD TO BE SET UP. IT TOOK THREE FULL DAYS TO INTERVIEW APPLICANTS WHO HAD PASSED AN INITIAL SCREENING.
THE TWO PANELS SELECTED 380 YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WERE CONSIDERED WOULD BEST BENEFIT FROM THE CAMP, THE PURPOSE OF WHICH IS TO DEVELOP THE CHARACTER, SELF-RELIANCE AND LEADERSHIP QUALITIES OF PARTICIPANTS AND TO EQUIP THEM FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE.
THESE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN ARE UNDERGOING YET ANOTHER TEST THIS WEEKEND AT THE GUN CLUB HILL BARRACK BEFORE QUALIFYING FOR ADMISSION.
THEY WILL RECEIVE A GENERAL MEDICAL EXAMINATION AND BE ASKED TO DEMONSTRATE THEIR FITNESS IN RUNNING CONTINUOUSLY FOR 12 MINUTES FOR NOT LESS THAN 1-1/2 MILES, SWIM 200 METRES, TREAD WATER WITH HANDS ABOVE WATER, AND IN THREE ATTEMPTS DIVE IN 10 FEET OF WATER TO RECOVER THREE OBJECTS.
THE 240 PARTICIPANTS EVENTUALLY ACCEPTED WILL JOIN EITHER ON
JULY 4 OR AUGUST 1 THE ERSKINE CAMP IN SAI KUNG.
THE CAMP IN EITHER OF TWO GROUPS OF 120 YOUTHS EACH, WILL BE RESIDENTIAL AND LAST 21 DAYS.
AT THE END OF THE SECOND WEEK, A SEMINAR ON HONG KONG IN THE 1980'S+ WILL BE HELD WHEN THE YOUTHS WILL PARTICIPATE IN DISCUSSIONS WITH GUEST SPEAKERS FROM THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, THE BUSINESS FIELD AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATIONS.
CAMP ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE EXPEDITIONS, CANCOE ING, ROCK-CLIMBING AND SWIMMING,
THE BRITISH FORCES ARE MAINLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND INSTRUCTIONAL SIDES OF THE COURSES WHILE THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT HANDLES THE RECRUITMENT, LIAISON WITH PARTICIPANTS AND FOLLOW-UP ACTION SUCH AS RESEARCH AND ASSESSMENT.
THE CAMP, THE SEVENTH TO BE HELD THIS YEAR, IS FINANCED BY THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB FUND.
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