WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 1985
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52 RECEIVE GOLD AWARD CERTIFICATES
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, TODAY (WEDNESDAY) PRESENTED AWARD CERTIFICATES TO 52 WINNERS OF THIS YEAR'S DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S GOLD AWARD AT A CEREMONY AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE.
THE RECIPIENTS INCLUDED STUDENTS, TECHNICAL WORKERS, CLERKS, TEACHERS, POLICEMEN, A NURSE AND A SAILOR.
THEY CAME FROM 17 OPERATING AUTHORITIES, A RECORD FOR THE SCHEME, WHICH 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 37 000 YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE NOW TAKEN PART IN THE SCHEME SINCE IT WAS ESTABLISHED IN HONG KONG.
ALL THE RECIPIENTS HAD FULFILLED THE REQUIRED FORMS OF ACTIVITIES OF THE SCHEME, WHICH INCLUDED 'SERVICE', 'EXPEDITIONS', 'SKILLS', 'PHYSICAL RECREATION' AND 'RESIDENTIAL PROJECT'.
UNDER 'SERVICE' MORE THAN 40 PER CENT OF THE RECIPIENTS TOOK PART IN COMMUNITY SERVICES SUCH AS YOUTH SERVICE, HOSPITAL SERVICE AND HANDICAPPED SERVICE,
ALL RECIPIENTS TOOK PART IN EXPEDITIONS WHICH INCLUDED SUCH DIVERS IF IED TOPICS AS THE EXPLORATION ON THE EDUCATION IN LANTAU ISLAND, THE EXPLORATION ON THE LAMMA ISLAND DEVELOPMENT, VILLAGE CUSTOMS DURING THE LUNAR NEW YEAR, ARCHAEOLOGY AND OTHERS.
THE 52 WINNERS ALSO TOOK PART IN 29 DIFFERENT KINDS OF SKILLS, THE MOST POPULAR BEING MANDARIN COURSES AND PHOTOGRAPHY. OTHER INTERESTS INCLUDED MUSIC, GRAPHIC ARTS, CRAFTS, ASTRONOMY AS WELL AS ARTISTIC CYCLING AND COMPUTER.
FOR 'PHYSICAL RECREATION' MOST RECIPIENTS TOOK PART IN SWIMMING, CANOEING, TAEKWONDO, TABLE TENNIS AND CHINESE DANCING.
SIR EDWARD ALSO PRESENTED CERTIFICATES OF APPRECIATION TO TWO OTHERS WHO HAD MADE NOTABLE CONTRIBUTION TO THE SCHEME IN PAST YEARS.
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