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IN ADDITION TO ITS OWN SHOPPING FACILITIES, WIDE-RANGING COMMERCIAL AND EDUCATIONAL SERVICES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE IN THE VICINITY.
THE TWO PROJECTS, TOGETHER WITH TWO OTHER PSPS DEVELOPMENT PRIME VIEW GARDEN IN TUEN MUN AND HOLFORD GARDENS IN SHA TIN, ARE BEING OFFERED FOR SALE UNDER PHASE VIIB OF THE HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME, FOR WHICH APPLICATIONS WILL CLOSE ON MONDAY (MARCH 25).
YOUTH CAMP ON DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION
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MORE THAN 100 YOUTHS HAD A DAY OF FUN AND LEARNING TODAY (SATURDAY) AT A YOUTH TRAINING CAMP ON DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION SPONSORED BY THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT BOARD TO COINCIDE WITH THE 1985 INTERNATIONAL YOUTH YEAR.
APART FROM SPORTS AND GAMES, THE PARTICIPANTS WERE ABLE TO WIDEN THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION THROUGH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES SUCH AS SLIDE SHOWS, TALKS AND GROUP DISCUSSIONS AT THE TWO-DAY CAMP HELD AT THE HONG KONG PHAB CENTRE IN POKFULAM.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR EDDY CHAN, URGED YOUNG PEOPLE TO CONTRIBUTE MORE TOWARDS SOCIETY AND COMMUNITY BUILDING BY JOINING SOCIAL SERVICE
ACTIVITIES ORGANISED BY VOLUNTARY AGENCIES, GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND SCHOOLS.
+1 AM ALSO PLEASED TO SEE THAT MANY STUDENTS HAVE SHOWN INTEREST IN DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION AND ACTUALLY ATTENDED CANDIDATES' FORUMS AND WRITTEN REPORTS ON THE RECENT DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS AS PART OF THEIR SCHOOLWORK.
+THESE ACTIVITIES WILL DEFINITELY BROADEN THE IR EXPERIENCE AND ENHANCE THEIR CIVIC-RESPONSIBILITY, + MR CHAN SAID.
THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, MR EDWARD YAU, SAID THAT IN ORDER TO STRENGTHEN COMMUNICATION BETWEEN DB MEMBERS AND RESIDENTS, THE DISTRICT OFFICE WOULD ORGANISE SEMINARS AND FORUMS FOR BOARD MEMBERS TO MEET THE PUBLIC. AND ARRANGE REGULAR MEETINGS BETWEEN AREA COMMITTEES AND LOCAL RESIDENT ORGANISATIONS.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE ON THE 1985 IYY SAID THE COMMITTEE HOPED TO SPREAD
KNOWLEDGE OF DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION THROUGH DIFFERENT ALTIVITIES ORGANISED.
+FOR EXAMPLE, THE COMMITTEE WILL ARRANGE SECONDARY STUDENTS TO ATTEND DISTRICT BOARD MEETINGS AND PUBLISH TEACHING MATERIALS ON DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, HE SAID.
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