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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1977
TRIP TO THE PHILIPPINES FOR HK'S WORK ING YOUTHS
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A SIGHT-SEEING AND FACTORY TOUR TO THE PHILIPPINES IS BEING ORGANISED FOR YOUNG WORKING PEOPLE BY THE YAUMATI DISTRICT YOUTH CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE,
THE TOUR, SUPPORTED BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE, LABOUR AND HOME AFFAIRS DEPARTMENTS, WILL TAKE PLACE DURING THE CHINESE NEW YEAR.
ABOUT 170 INDUSTRIAL AND OFFICE WORKERS WILL BE TAKING PART IN THE SIX-DAY VISIT.
THE TRIP IS OPEN TO YOUNG WORKERS WITH A MONTHLY INCOME OF NOT MORE THAN $2,000 AND THEY MUST BE NOMINATED BY THEIR EMPLOYERS, SOME OF WHOM WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE EXPENSES OF THE TOUR.
MR. MUJ KAN-KIT, COMMUNITY AND YOUTH OFFICER FOR YAU MA TEI, WHO WILL ALSO BE THE ADVISOR OF THE GROUP SAID: THE TOUR HAS BEEN ORGANISED NOT ONLY TO HELP YOUNG WORKERS TO MAKE GOOD USE OF THE IR ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY PAID LEAVE, BUT ALSO TO ENCOURAGE THE EMPLOYERS TO SPONSOR THE TRIP FOR THEIR STAFF AS A MEANS OF STAFF WELFARE PROGRAMME.+
THE GROUP WILL LEAVE FOR MANILA ON FEBRUARY 7, AND THE VISIT WILL TAKE THEM TO PAGSANJAN AND BAGUIO FOR SIGHT-SEEING. OTHER PROGRAMMES WILL INCLUDE A FACTORY VISIT TO THE SAN MIGUEL BREWERY AND A CULTURAL NIGHT OUT ARRANGED BY THE PHILIPPINES TOURISM DEPARTMENT,
MEANWHILE, THE YAUMATI DISTRICT YOUTH CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE IS ORGANISING Á HARBOUR CRUISE TOMORROW (THURSDAY) AT 3.30 P.M. TO PROMOTE THE OVERSEAS TOUR. THE CRUISE WILL BE ATTENDED BY THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR. PETER WILLIAMS AND THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR. JIMMY SWEETMAN.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE HARBOUR CRUISE. PRESS REPRESENTATIVES ARE ASKED TO BOARD THE CANNON CRUISER NOT LATER THAN 3.30 P.M. AT THE HONG KONG WATER TOUR PIER, NEXT TO THE STAR FERRY IN KOWLOON.