MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 1981
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JAPANESE YOUTHS VISIT SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT
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FOURTEEN REPRESENTATIVES OF A 460-MEMBER JAPANESE YOUTH GROUP, THE YOUNG HOPE SHIP OF NAGANO '81+, PAID A COURTESY VISIT TODAY (MONDAY) TO THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT.
THEY WERE GREETED BY THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR SELWYN ALLEYNE, AND SENIOR OFFICERS OF THE DEPARTMENT.
AMONG THE VISITORS WERE THE DIRECTOR OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF NAGANO PREFECTURE, MR I. ICHIMURA, AND THE LEADER OF THE YOUTH GROUP, MR K. WAKABAYASHI.
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THE GROUP ARRIVED IN HONG KONG THIS MORNING ON BOARD THE
+CORAL PRINCESS+, AS PART OF THEIR STUDY TOUR ORGANISED BY
THE GOVERNMENT OF NAGANO PREFECTURE.
IN WELCOMING THE VISITORS, MR ALLEYNE NOTED THAT SINCE 1974, THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF NAGAÑO PREFECTURE HAD BEEN PAYING ANNUAL VISITS TO HONG KONG.
*AS A RESULT OF THESE FRIENDLY MEETINGS AND THE CONTACTS MADE, A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED BETWEEN THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF NAGANO PREFECTURE AND HONG KONG, HE SAID.
HE SAID THAT +AN EXCHANGE OF VIEWS AND INFORMATION BETWEEN SOCIAL WORKERS IN HONG KONG AND OUR VISITORS WILL BE VALUABLE TO ALL OF US.
SOUVENIRS WERE EXCHANGED BETWEEN THE GROUP AND MR. ALLEYNE. THE VISITORS ALSO PRESENTED SOUVENIRS TO TEN REPRESENTATIVES OF LOCAL WELFARE ORGANISATIONS.
THE VISITORS WILL HOST A PARTY THIS EVENING ON BOARD THE +CORAL PRINCESS+ FOR 140 HONG KONG STUDENTS STUDYING THE JAPANESE LANGUAGE AND OTHER YOUNG PEOPLE HERE. MR ALLEYNE HAS ALSO BEEN INVITED.
THE +CORAL PRINCESS+ LEAVES HONG KONG FOR SHANGHAI TOMORROW (TUESDAY).
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