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SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 1981
YOUTHS URGED TO JOIN SUMMER ACTIVITIES
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THE COMMISSIONER FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE, MR BARRIE WIGGHAM, TODAY (SATURDAY) URGED HONG KONG'S YOUNG PEOPLE TO JOIN THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME WHICH, IN ITS 13TH YEAR, +REMAINS THE LARGEST SERIES OF ANNUAL EVENTS FOR YOUTH RECREATION+.
MR WIGGHAM MADE THE APPEAL WHEN HE LAUNCHED THIS YEAR'S SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME AT A CEREMONY IN THE SOUTHORN STADIUM.
IN HIS OPENING ADDRESS, MR WIGGHAM SAID THAT FROM JULY TO SEPTEMBER, ABOUT 8 000 EVENTS WOULD BE ORGANISED AND THERE WOULD BE SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE.
+MANY OF THESE EVENTS WILL HELP THEM DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS AND INTERESTS, WHILE OTHERS WILL GIVE THEM VALUABLE EXPERIENCE IN GROUP LIVING OR ALLOW THEM TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
+1 STRONGLY URGE EVERY YOUTH TO TAKE PART IN THESE HEALTHY RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES, HE SAID.
THIS YEAR'S PROGRAMME WILL PROVIDE BOTH INDOOR AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES FOR YOUNGSTERS AGED FROM SIX TO 24, ALLOWING THEM TO TAKE PART IN THOSE OF THEIR CHOICE AND, WHILE DOING SO, TO BUILD UP THE IR SELF-CONFIDENCE AND TO GAIN A SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY.
TO COINCIDE WITH THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR FOR DISABLED PERSONS+, SPECIAL EMPHASIS WILL BE PLACED ON INTEGRATING THE DISABLED INTO SUCH ACTIVITIES BY OFFERING THEM EQUAL RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AS THE ABLE-BODIED.
AT THE CEREMONY, A CHEQUE FOR, $3 MILLION WAS PRESENTED TO MR F. DE S. OZORIO, CHAIRMAN OF THE CENTRAL CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE FOR YOUTH RECREATION BY THE HON. OSWALD CHEUNG, STEWARD OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB, AS THE CLUB'S CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME 1981.
IN ADDITION TO THIS GENEROUS DONATION, THE STEWARDS OF THE JOCKEY CLUB HAVE MADE AVAILABLE $1 MILLION FOR PERMANENT FACILITIES FOR YOUTH RECREATION THIS YEAR.
ALSO, SCHOLARSHIPS WILL BE AWARDED TO OUTSTANDING YOUTHS WHO PARTICIPATE IN THIS YEAR'S PROGRAMME.
/MR OZORIO