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SATURDAY, MAY 14, 1983
AWARDS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, WILL PRESENT AWARDS TO WINNERS OF THIS YEAR'S DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S GOLD AWARD AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE ON MONDAY (MAY 16).
THIRTY-ONE YOUNG PEOPLE WON THE GOLD AWARD THIS YEAR. THEY COMPRISE NINE STUDENTS, THREE MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES, SIX TEACHERS AND 13 OTHERS WHO HAVE QUALIFIED THROUGH OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS IN A WIDE VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES.
THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S AWARD SCHEME IS AN INTERNATIONAL YOUTH SERVICE FOUNDED AND SPONSORED BY THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH. IT IS A LEISURE-TIME ACTIVITIES PROGRAMME OPEN TO YOUNG PEOPLE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 14 AND 25.
MORE THAN 30 000 YOUNG PEOPLE OF HONG KONG HAVE JOINED THE SCHEME.
AT THE PRESENTATION CEREMONY, MR ALEX WU, CHAIRMAN OF THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S AWARD HONG KONG AWARD COMMITTEE, WILL GIVE THE OPENING ADDRESS.
SIR EDWARD WILL THEN PRESENT THE GOLD AWARD CERTIFICATES AND CERTIFICATES OF APPRECIATION.
COMPENSATION FUND CONSIDERED
CONSIDERATION IS BEING GIVEN TO THE POSSIBLE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMPENSATION FUND TO PROVIDE A MEASURE OF RELIEF FOR CONSUMERS WHO LOSE THE IR DEPOSITS AS A RESULT OF ABSCONDMENT BY UNSCRUPULOUS TRAVEL AGENTS, THE DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, MR K.Y. YEUNG, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE 12TH ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE HONG KONG ASSOCIATION OF TRAVEL AGENTS IN VANCOUVER, MR YEUNG SAID NO DECISION HAD YET BEEN MADE AS THE ISSUES INVOLVED WERE FRAUGHT WITH DIFFICULTIES AND THERE WERE NO EASY OPTIONS.
+BUT ONE THING IS CLEAR IF A FUND SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED THE BENEFICIARIES WILL NOT BE PEOPLE WHO CHOOSE TO DO BUSINESS WITH UNLICENSED PERSONS, FOR IMPLICIT IN THAT DECISION IS A WILLINGNESS TO OPT OUT OF THE PROTECTION OFFERED BY THE LAW, HE SAID.
MR YEUNG SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD JUST COMPLETED DISCUSSING PRELIMINARY DRAFTING INSTRUCTIONS OF A BILL DESIGNED TO REGULATE THE ACTIVITIES OF THE OUTBOUND SECTOR OF THE INDUSTRY.
THE BILL, WHEN ENACTED, WILL REQUIRE OUTBOUND TRAVEL BUSINESSES AND PERSONS CONNECTED TO BE REGISTERED AND LICENSED.
/HE SAID