SATURDAY, JULY 12, 1980
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DR HAYES SAID THE WORD +PLANNED+ WAS A VITAL WORD. +FOR IT MEANS THAT AMENITIES AND FACILITIES FOR OUR HUGE POPULATION WILL BE PROVIDED, TOGETHER WITH THE NEW COMMERCIAL/RESIDENTIAL AND INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS, HE EXPLAINED.
+THEY WILL INCLUDE MORE LARGE AMENITIES SUCH AS SWIMMING POOLS, INDOOR GAMES HALLS, COMMUNITY HALLS, SPORTSGROUNDS AND PERHAPS A STADIUM AND, WE HOPE, A PRIVATELY RUN RECREATION AND SPORTS COMPLEX TO HOUSE THE TWO LOCAL ASSOCIATIONS WHICH CO-ORDINATE OUR MANY SPORTS AND CULTURAL GROUPS.+
HE SAID ALL THESE PROJECTS WOULD GREATLY ASSIST IN MAKING NOT JUST THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME, BUT ALSO THE YEAR ROUND ORGANISED ACTIVITIES, AVAILABLE TO MORE YOUNG PEOPLE.
DR HAYES SAID IN ALL SUCH WORK THE LEADERSHIP, ENERGY AND VISION OF THE MANY PERSONS WHO PROVIDED THE OFFICE-BEARERS AND SECRETARIES OF THE LOCAL RECREATIONAL AND SPORTING GROUPS WOULD REMAIN A VITAL INGREDIENT OF SUCCESS.
HE SAID: THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME IS, AND ALWAYS WILL BE, A JOINT EFFORT. WITHOUT THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT WE ON THE GOVERNMENT SIDE CANNOT PRODUCE THE DESIRED RESULTS.
+FORTUNATELY, THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A SHORTAGE OF HELPERS IN TSUEN WAN.
+DURING MY FIVE YEARS AS TOWN MANAGER AND DISTRICT OFFICER I HAVE SEEN A GREAT DEAL OF JOINT EFFORT, IN THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME AND IN MANY FIELDS,+ DR HAYES SAID.
A VARIETY SHOW, INCLUDING FOLK DANCES, CHOIR-SINGING AND DRAMA, WAS HELD IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE CEREMONY.
MORE THAN 1 500 YOUNG PEOPLE ATTENDED THE SHOW WHICH WAS THE FIRST OF NEARLY 1 000 ACTIVITIES TO BE HELD IN TSUEN WAN, KWAI CHUNG, TSING YI, SHAM TSENG AND MA WAN DURING THE NEXT TWO MONTHS.
THE GOVERNMENT AND THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB HAVE PROVIDED $59 000, WHILE LOCAL COMMUNITY LEADERS HAVE DONATED ANOTHER $55 000 TOWARDS THE COST OF THE PROGRAMME.
ABOUT 90 000 LOCAL YOUNG PEOPLE WILL TAKE PART IN THE ACTIVITIES WHICH ARE BEING RUN BY 140 GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS IN THE DISTRICT.
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