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MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1981
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YOUTH PROGRAMME BACKERS THANKED
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WITH THE CLOSE OF THIS YEAR'S SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME, THE COMMISSIONER FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE, MR BARRIE WIGGHAM, TODAY (MONDAY) EXTENDED HIS APPRECIATION TO THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB, AND ALL OTHERS INVOLVED IN ORGANISING THE EVENTS.
MR WIGGHAM SAID: THE PROGRAMME WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE GENEROUS DONATION OF $3 MILLION FROM THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB, WHICH HAS BEEN THE MAIN CONTRIBUTOR OF FUNDS SINCE THE PROGRAMME'S INCEPTION IN 1969.
+THE JOCKEY CLUB HAS MADE AVAILABLE AN ADDITIONAL $1 MILLION THIS YEAR FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PERMANENT RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR YOUTH. THREE JOCKEY CLUB SCHOLARSHIPS WILL AGAIN BE AWARDED TO OUTSTANDING YOUTHS TO ATTEND COURSES AT THE OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOL.+
HE WENT ON TO SAY THAT IN ADDITION TO GOVERNMENT AND URBAN COUNCIL FUNDS, DONATIONS HAD ALSO BEEN RECEIVED FROM MANY OTHER ORGANISATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS. FOR THEIR HELP, MR WIGGHAM WISHED
TO RECORD HIS THANKS.
MR WIGGHAM SAID HE WAS PARTICULARLY PLEASED THAT MANY DISABLED YOUTHS HAD PARTICIPATED IN THIS YEAR'S PROGRAMME. AMONG THE EVENTS ORGANISED THIS YEAR, OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES, SUCH AS THE TRAINING CAMP FOR STUDENT CONSERVATION LEADERS AND THE YOUTH MUSIC CAMP, PROVED TO BE MOST POPULAR.
THE COMMISSIONER ALSO THANKED ALL THOSE WHO HAD HELPED TO PLAN AND ARRANGE THE MORE THAN 8 000 EVENTS FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE, INCLUDING THE 52 VOLUNTARY AGENCIES WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG COUNCIL OF SOCIAL SERVICE, OVER 1 500 PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS, SOME 1 000 COMMUNITY CENTRES AND LOCAL GROUPS, THE URBAN COUNCIL AND VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.
+LAST BUT NOT LEAST, HE SAID, +1 SHOULD LIKE TO THANK THE 50 000 VOLUNTEERS WHO SACRIFICED THEIR OWN LEISURE TIME TO HELP ORGANISE THE EVENTS. WITHOUT THEIR HELP, THE PROGRAMME WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL.+
MR WIGGHAM NOTED THAT A SURVEY HAD JUST BEEN CONDUCTED ON THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE RECREATIONAL NEEDS OF HONG KONG YOUTH.
+WE EXPECT ITS FI DINGS TO BE MOST USEFUL IN PLANNING FUTURE ACTIVITIES, HE SAID.
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