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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1983
YOUTH CLUB SCHEME A POTENT FORCE 1 HAYE
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THE COMMUNITY YOUTH CLUB SCHEME HAS DEVELOPED SIGNIFICANTLY DURING THE PAST FEW YEARS AND IS NOW A POTENT FORCE IN COMMUNITY- BUILDING ACTIVITIES, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR COLVYN HAYE. SAID TODAY.
SPEAKING AT THE THIRD COMMUNITY YOUTH CLUB ANNUAL PARADE AT THE QUEEN ELIZABETH STADIUM, MR HAYE RECALLED THAT THE CYC SCHEME IN ITS PRESENT FORM WAS INAUGURATED IN 1978 TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY SERVICE AMONG STUDENTS THROUGH A WIDE-RANGING PROGRAMME OF INFORMAL EDUCATIONAL AND EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES.
+THE VALUE OF THIS WORK IN DEVELOPING RESPONSIBLE CITIZENSHIP HAS STRUCK A WARM RESPONSIVE CHORD IN OUR SCHOOLS WITH THE RESULT THAT WITHIN FIVE YEARS MEMBERSHIP HAS RISEN FROM 16 000 TO 95 000 PUPILS DRAWN FROM 720 PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS, HE SAID.
MR HAYE ADDED THAT THIS ACHIEVEMENT AUGURED WELL FOR THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNITY-ORIENTATED PROJECTS.
+ AM PLEASED TO NOTE THAT THESE ARE NOW BEING SUCCESSFULLY COORDINATED ON A DISTRICT BASIS THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CYC DISTRICT COMMITTEES, HE ADDED.
+THIS DEVELOPMENT OFFERS TERRITORY-WIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE. THERE IS NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT THE CYC SCHEME IS NOW A POTENT FORCE IN COMMUNITY-BUILDING ACTIVITIES,+ THE DIRECTOR REMARKS.
MR HAYE SAID WHILE SERVICE OF THIS KIND HAD ITS OWN REWARD IN TERMS OF PERSONAL PRIDE IN A WORTHY JOB WELL DONE, THE CYC MERIT AWARD SCHEME PROVIDED TANGIBLE RECOGNITION FOR THOSE WHO HAD GIVEN OUTSTANDING SERVICE.
THE SCHEME AWARDS BADGES OF MERIT IN PROGRESSIVE STAGES AND STUDENTS HAVE ATTAINED THE HIGHEST LEVEL THIS YEAR.
IN ADDITION, 12 MEMBERS WHO HAVE GIVEN EXEMPLARY SERVICE DURING THE YEAR WILL ALSO BE AWARDED AN EDUCATIONAL MERIT TRIP TO THE UNITED KINGDOM NEXT MONTH.
IN THIS RESPECT MR HAYE THANKED THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB FOR THE IR +VERY GENEROUS ASSISTANCE IN MAKING THE U.K. VISIT AND PREVIOUS SUCH VISITS POSSIBLE*.
HE ALSO THANKED SCHOOL HEADS AND TEACHERS OF MEMBER SCHOOLS FOR THEIR ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORT DURING THE SCHEME'S FORMATIVE YEARS.
+WITH THEIR CONTINUED COOPERATION AND ASSISTANCE THE FUTURE OF THE COMMUNITY YOUTH CLUB SCHEME IS ASSURED,+ MR HAYE SAID.
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