10
MONDAY, JULY 14, 1980
HE
SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME STARTS IN NORTH DISTRICT
*****
SERVING THE COMMUNITY IS THIS YEAR'S AIM OF THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME IN NORTH DISTRICT, THE REGIONAL COMMISSIONER, NORTHWESTERN NEW TERRITORIES, MR JIMMY SWEETMAN, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).
AT THE OPENING OF THE PROGRAMME AT THE FANLING SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX, MR SWEETMAN SAID THAT LAST OCTOBER THE OLD TAI PO ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICT WAS DIVIDED INTO TWO ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICTS - NORTH AND TAI PO - SO THAT THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF THAT PART OF THE NEW TERRITORIES COULD BE DEALT WITH MORE EFFICIENTLY.
+THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT THE NORTH DISTRICT HAS HAD ITS OWN CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE AND ITS OWN PROGRAMME, AND I AM CONFIDENT THAT IT WILL BE EVEN BETTER THAN THOSE WHICH HAVE PRECEDED IT.+
+1 SINCERELY HOPE THAT THIS EVENT WILL BE A SIGNIFICANT STEP IN BUILDING UP NORTH DISTRICT, HE SAID.
MR SWEETMAN PRESENTED PRIZES TO WINNERS OF SWIMMING EVENTS WHICH MARKED THE FIRST OF NEARLY 200 ACTIVITIES TO BE HELD IN THE DISTRICT DURING THE NEXT TWO MONTHS.
AMONG THE ACTIVITIES ARE CREATIVE CAMPS, EXCURSIONS, FUNFAIRS, TRAINING COURSES AND SPORTS COMPETITIONS.
A TOTAL OF 20 000 YOUNG PEOPLE FROM THE FOUR SUB-DISTRICTS, FANLING, SHEUNG SHUI, SHA TAU KOK AND TA KWU LING, WILL BE TAKING PART IN THE EVENTS.
LOCAL RESIDENTS DONATED ABOUT $80 000 TOWARDS THE COST OF THE PROGRAMME, WHILE THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT AND THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB PROVIDED $46 000.
COURSES FOR TEACHERS OF HANDICAPPED CHILDREN
*****
APPLICATIONS ARE INVITED FROM SERVING TEACHERS OF SPECIAL SCHOOLS AND SPECIAL OR RESOURCE CLASSES IN ORDINARY SCHOOLS FOR ONE-YEAR IN-SERVICE TRAINING COURSES.
THE COURSES ARE FOR TEACHERS OF CHILDREN WHO ARE VISUALLY HANDICAPPED, DEAF OR WITH PARTIAL HEARING, PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED, SLOW LEARNING, MENTALLY HANDICAPPED AND MALADJUSTED AND SOCIALLY DEPRIVED, AND TEACHERS WHO ASSIST IN SPEECH THERAPY WORK.
THE COURSES, OFFERED BY THE SPECIAL EDUCATION SECTION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, WILL START ON SEPTEMBER 10, 1980, AND END ON AUGUST 6, 1981.
THE TOTAL ENROLMENT FIGURE WILL BE ABOUT 300.
/PARTICIPANTS