TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1983
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YOUTH CLUB EFFORT GROWING FAST
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TWELVE COMMUNITY YOUTH CLUB DISTRICT COMMITTEES HAVE BEEN SET UP SINCE 1979 AND IT IS HOPED THAT THE REMAINING SIX DISTRICTS WILL SET UP SIMILAR COMMITTEES, THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR MICHAEL LEUNG, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE 2ND COMMUNITY YOUTH CLUB ANNUAL PARADE AT THE QUEEN ELIZABETH STADIUM, MR LEUNG SAID DISTRICT COMMITTEES WERE FORMED +TO PASS ON THE CYC SPIRIT TO ALL SCHOOLS TO ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO DEVELOP FULL PERSONALITIES, TO CARE FOR OTHERS AND TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY.+
THE COMMUNITY YOUTH CLUB OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WAS SET UP FIVE YEARS AGO AND DEVELOPED WITH AMAZING SPEED, MR LEUNG EXPLAINED.
*WITH THE UNFAILING SUPPORT OF THE SCHOOL HEADS AND TEACHERS, THE CYC HAS BEEN ABLE TO ORGANISE ACTIVITIES WITH GREAT SUCCESS.
+ IT NOW HAS A MEMBERSHIP OF 81 600, WHICH MEANS AN INCREASE OF 18 000 OVER THAT OF LAST YEAR. MEMBER-SCHOOLS HAVE INCREASED TO A TOTAL OF 624, WHICH IS 84 MORE THAN THAT OF THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
+WHAT IS MORE ENCOURAGING IS THAT THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS MORE AWARE OF THE COMMUNITY YOUTH CLUB AND HAS GIVEN ITS SUPPORT BY SPONSORING OR ORGANISING VARIOUS ACTIVITIES IN CO-OPERATION WITH THE CYC, HE SAID.
APART FROM PRESENTING THE CYC FLAGS TO THE FOUR NEWLY- ESTABLISHED COMMUNITY YOUTH CLUB DISTRICT COMMITTEES, MR LEUNG ALSO PRESENTED LEVEL 3 PURPLE BADGES OF THE CYC MERIT AWARD SCHEME TO 30 MEMBERS FOR THEIR SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.
DIRECTOR RETIRING AFTER LONG SERVICE
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THE DIRECTOR OF NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT, MR JOHN DON, IS RETIRING AFTER 28 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE GOVERNMENT.
TO MARK THE OCCASION, THE SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS, MR DAVID MCDONALD, THIS AFTERNOON PRESENTED MR DON WITH A VIDEO RECORDER AND A CAMERA ON BEHALF OF HIS COLLEAGUES IN THE DEPARTMENT,
MR MCDONALD SAID THAT MR DON ARRIVED IN HONG KONG IN JANUARY 1955 AS AN ENGINEER.
+FOR MORE THAN 18 YEARS MR DON WAS INVOLVED WITH WATERWORKS HERE, BEGINNING ON CONTRACT WITH THE WATERWORKS OFFICE ON THE TAI LAM CHUNG SCHEME,+ HE SAID.
/MR DON'S