SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1985
+RESIDENTS SHOULD TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO EXERCISE THE IR CIVIC RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITY TO BECOME ELECTORS SO THAT THEY CAN TAKE PART IN THE REGIONAL COUNCIL ELECTION NEXT MARCH, HE SAID.
SPEAKING AT THE CLOSING OF THE DISTRICT'S SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME, MR LI SAID THE SUCCESS OF THE SYP WAS THE RESULT OF UNITY AND CLOSE CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE VARIOUS ORGANISATIONS AND THE PEOPLE IN THE DISTRICT.
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+THIS REFLECTS THE CONCERN SAI KUNG RESIDENTS HAVE FOR THEIR COMMUNITY, + HE ADDED.
MR LI ALSO SAID THAT SAI KUNG DISTRICT HAD THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF VOTER TURNOUT DURING THE DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS, AN ACHIEVEMENT EACH RESIDENT SHOULD BE PROUD OF.
THE CLOSING CEREMONY WAS PLAYGROUND IN SAI KUNG TOWN. COMPETITION FOR CHILDREN.
HELD AT THE MAN YEE REHOUSING ESTATE IT WAS FOLLOWED BY AN ATHELETIC
CENTRE FOR SAI YING PUN YOUTHS
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THE FIRST YOUTH CENTRE LOCATED IN COMMERCIAL PREMISES, FOR WHICH A SUBVENTION-SUPPORTED COMMERCIAL RENT IS PAID, WAS OFFICIALLY OPENED TODAY (SATURDAY) BY DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MRS ANSON CHAN.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE CARITAS YOUTH CENTRE IN SHEK TONG TSUI, MRS CHAN SAID THAT THE DECISION HAD BEEN TAKEN BECAUSE OF THE SHORTAGE OF YOUTH CENTRES IN THE DENSELY POPULATED SAI YING PUN AREA, WHICH HAS A POPULATION OF 70 000.
THE CARITAS YOUTH CENTRE IS LOCATED IN THE CHONG YIP SHOPPING ARCADE AT DES VOEUX ROAD WEST. IT HAS BEEN FITTED WITH OVER $200 000 WORTH OF EQUIPMENT ALLOCATED FROM THE LOTTERIES FUND. THE LAYOUT HAS BEEN DESIGNED BY STUDENTS FROM THE LEE WAI LEE TECHNICAL INSTITUTE.
MRS CHAN SAID ALSO THAT ACTIVITIES PROVIDED BY YOUTH CENTRES MUST BE ATTRACTIVE, LIVELY AND WELL-ORGANISED, TO ENCOURAGE YOUTH PARTICIPATION.
+YOUNG PEOPLE CAN GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER THROUGH PARTICIPATING IN THESE ACTIVITIES, AND THUS DEVELOP THEIR INDEPENDENCE, CONFIDENCE AND SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY, AS WELL AS THEIR POTENTIAL AND ABILITIES TO ADAPT TO AND MAKE IMPROVEMENTS IN SOCIETY, SHE SAID.
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