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TUESDAY, JULY 17, 1979
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SUMMER FUN FOR NEW TOWNS
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MORE THAN 370 SUMMER RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES HAVE BEEN ORGANISED FOR OVER 55,000 YOUNG PEOPLE OF THE SHA TIN AND TUEN MUN NEW TOWNS.
THE ACTIVITIES INCLUDE EXCURSIONS, CAMPING, PAINTING, LEADERSHIP TRAINING AND GAMES FOR BOTH ́ADULTS AND CHILDREN.
AT THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE SHA TIN SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME IN TAI MAI CARITAS CENTRE TODAY (TUESDAY), THE DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. JOHN TODD, SAID THAT SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME FIVE YEARS AGO, THE GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY LEADERS HAD BEEN TRYING TO BRING TOGETHER AS MANY DIFFERENT AGENCIES AS POSSIBLE TO JOIN IN THE ORGANISING AND RUNNING OF THE PROGRAMME SO AS TO AROUSE THE INTEREST OF HONG KONG YOUTH.
+THIS AIM SHOULD CERTAINLY BE ACHIEVED THIS YEAR IN SHA TIN WHERE NO FEWER THAN 48 DIFFERENT ORGANISATIONS AND GROUPS ARE TAKING PART IN THE PROGRAMME, HE SAID.
+SCHOOLS AND VILLAGES, GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES, MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES AND MANY OTHERS ARE INVOLVED, AND THE VARIETY OF 176 ACTIVITIES IN SHA TIN DOES CREDIT TO ALL CONCERNED.+
MR. TODD NOTED THAT IN SHA TIN A COMMUNITY YOUTH OFFICER WAS APPOINTED IN NOVEMBER LAST YEAR TO TAKE CHARGE, AMONG OTHER THINGS, OF THE DISTRICT'S SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME.
+WE ARE ALL MOST GRATEFUL TO HIM FOR THE WORK HE HAS DONE AND WILL DO FOR US IN CONNECTION WITH THIS PROGRAMME AND FOR YOUTH ACTIVITIES IN THE DISTRICT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, HE ADDED.
MEANWHILE, AT TUEN MUN'S HOH FUK TONG COLLEGE, THE REGIONAL COMMISSIONER (NORTH WEST) OF THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, MR. JIMMY SWEETMAN, OFFICIALLY STARTED THE DISTRICT'S EXTENSIVE PROGRAMME OF SOME 200 ACTIVITIES - TWICE AS MANY AS THAT ORGANISED LAST YEAR.
THE WELL-DESIGNED PROGRAMME, ACCORDING TO MR. SWEETMAN, REPRESENTS THE CONCERTED EFFORTS OF THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT YOUTH RECREATION CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE, VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, AND LOCAL VOLUNTARY AGENCIES TO PROVIDE THE BEST OF RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE DISTRICT.
THE PROGRAMME ALSO CATERS FOR CHILDREN IN REMOTE VILLAGES SUCH AS NIM WAN, LUNG KWU TAN AND TAI LAM CHUNG,
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