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MONDAY, JULY 12, 1982
SUMMER PROGRAMME FOR 240 000 YOUTHS LAUNCHED
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LION DANCES, MILITARY BAND AND ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCES HIGHLIGHTED TODAY'S OPENING OF THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME HELD AT THE LOCAL TOWN HALL.
AND FOR THE COMING MONTHS MORE THAN 170 ITEMS OF VARIOUS ACTIVITIES FEATURING PICNICS, CARNIVALS, CAMPING, EXHIBITIONS AND TOURNAMENTS HAVE BEEN LINED UP FOR THE DISTRICT'S 240 000 YOUNG PEOPLE.
TUTORIAL COURSES ON TYPING, SCREEN PRINTING, PHOTOGRAPHY, GUITAR PLAYING AND HANDICRAFTS WILL ALSO BE PROVIDED FOR THOSÉ WHO WISH TO PICK UP SOME NEW HOBBIES DURING THE SUMMER HOLIDAYS.
BEING CO-ORDINATED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICE FOR THE FIRST TIME, THIS YEAR'S SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME WILL BE PARTLY FINANCED BY THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD WITH $50 000,
THE REMAINING $130 000 WILL BE MET BY LOCAL DONATIONS AND THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.
SPEAKING AT TODAY'S OPENING CEREMONY, THE ACTING TOWN MANAGER, MR LUI HAU-TUEN, SAID THE ANNUAL SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME SERVED TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO KNOW THEIR COMMUNITY BETTER.
+THIS YEAR WE EMPHASISE ON VOLUNTARY WORK BY THE YOUNG PEOPLE. BY GENEROUSLY GIVING UP THE IR LEISURE-TIME TO HELP OTHERS THEY CAN ALSO HELP DEVELOP THEIR OWN POTENTIAL.+
MR LUI ADDED THAT HE WAS PLEASED TO SEE THAT SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES WOULD BE STAGED IN SOME REMOTE AREAS OF TSUEN WAN WHERE THERE WAS A LACK OF RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES.
OF THE 175 ITEMS OF ACTIVITIES BEING PLANNED, 10 WILL BE HELD AT THE RURAL VILLAGES, 15 ON TSING YI, 47 IN TSUEN WAN AND 103 IN KWAI CHUNG,
DETAILS OF THIS YEAR'S PROGRAMME CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICE, THE PUBLIC ENQUIRY SERVICES COUNTERS, COMMUNITY HALLS AND YOUTH CENTRES IN THE DISTRICT,
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