SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 1985
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TO ATTRACT YOUNG PEOPLE, YOUTH CENTRES MUST BE PHYSICALLY ATTRACTIVE AND +FUN+ TO BE IN, AND THE PROGRAMMES PROVIDED MUST BE IMAGINATIVE, WELL-ORGANISED AND GEARED TO MEET THE SOCIAL WORK OBJECTIVES WHICH WERE THE MAIN RATIONALE FOR THE PROVISION OF YOUTH CENTRES.
MRS CHAN SAID THE BUTTERFLY YOUTH CENTRE WAS A +TESTAMENT TO THE CONTINUING COMMITMENT OF THE HONG KONG FEDERATION OF YOUTH GROUPS TO EXPAND ITS ACTIVITIES, AND TO DEVELOP NEW APPROACHES IN MEETING THE NEEDS OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE+.
SHE ALSO CONGRATULATED THE FEDERATION ON ITS 25TH ANNIVERSARY, AND THANKED ALL THOSE CONNECTED WITH ITS WORK FOR THEIR INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTION OVER THE PAST 25 YEARS.
"WARD OFFICES SERVE UNDER-PRIVILEGED AND UNDER-DOG'
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SINCE 1965 THE URBAN COUNCIL'S WARD OFFICES HAVE HELPED MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO REDRESS THEIR GRIEVANCES, THEREBY FILLING AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN TAKING UP A WIDE RANGE OF
ISSUES ON BEHALF OF THE UNDER-PRIVILEGED AND THE UNDER-DOG. THE CHAIRMAN OF THE URBAN COUNCIL, MR HILTON CHEONG-LEEN, SAID THIS TODAY WHEN PERFORMING THE OFFICIAL OPENING CEREMONY OF THE NEW WARD OFFICE OF LONG-SERVING COUNCILLOR MISS CECILIA YEUNG, WHICH IS LOCATED ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF NO 97, FUNG TAK ROAD, FUNG WONG SUN TSUEN IN WONG TAI SIN.
YOUTHS IN FUN, GAMES FESTIVAL
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THE EASTERN DISTRICT SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME WAS LAUNCHED TODAY (SATURDAY) IN AN ATMOSPHERE OF FRIENDSHIP AND FUN, AS PHYSICALLY HANDI CAPPED AND ABLE-BODIED YOUTHS COMPETED IN A SPECIAL FESTIVAL AT THE LADY MACLEHOSE CENTRE IN POKFULAM.
THE HIGHLIGHT OF TODAY'S FESTIVAL WAS TWO TELEMATCH GAMES ONE HELD ON LAND AND THE OTHER IN WATER - IN WHICH BOTH PHYSICALLY HANDI CAPPED AND ABLE-BODIED YOUTHS TOOK PART.
OTHER ACTIVITIES IN THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE SYP INCLUDED AN ORIENTAL DANCE PERFORMANCE BY STUDENTS OF THE KI ANGSU AND CHEKI ANG COLLEGE, A BAND PERFORMANCE AND A DISPLAY ON THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME EVENTS.
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