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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1985
APART FROM THE APPLICATION OF MODERN PREVENTIVE METHODS, CHILDREN ARE TAUGHT THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF DENTAL HEALTH SO THAT THEY WILL ADOPT GOOD ORAL HYGIENE PRACTICE TO PREVENT DENTAL DISEASES DEVELOPING LATER.
THE PROMOTION OF ORAL HEALTH IS UNDERTAKEN BY DENTAL THERAPISTS WHO VISIT SCHOOLS IN TURN TO SPREAD THE MESSAGE,
THEY DEMONSTRATE THE PROPER WAY OF TOOTHBRUSHING, AND ALSO GIVE TALKS ON VARIOUS ASPECTS OF ORAL HEALTH.
'IYY NOT A ONE-OFF EXERCISE'
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YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE ISLANDS DISTRICT ARE REMINDED THAT THEY SHOULD NOT REGARD THE INTERNATIONAL YOUTH YEAR PROGRAMME AS A ONE-OFF EXERCISE BUT TO THINK OF ITS LONG-TERM IMPLICATIONS.
THE COMMENT WAS MADE BY ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICER, MR WILLIAM YAP, DURING A PRIZE-GIVING CEREMONY FOR A TELEMATCH ON CHEUNG CHAU THIS (SUNDAY) AFTERNOON WHICH ENDED A SERIES OF IYY ACTIVITIES IN THE DISTRICT.
MR YAP POINTED OUT THAT BESIDE PHYSICAL INVOLVEMENT IN VAR IOUS PROJECTS DURING THE PROMOTION PERIOD, YOUNG PEOPLE SHOULD TAKE A MORE PROFOUND VIEW ON THE IYY MESSAGE OF +PARTICIPATION, DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE+ ON A LONG-TERM BASIS.
MR YAP SAID THAT IN SPITE OF GEOGRAPHICAL CONSTRAINTS, IYY ACTIVITIES IN THE ISLANDS DISTRICT HAD BEEN ORGANISED WITH THE SAME SUCCESS AS OTHER DISTRICTS, IN TERMS OF QUALITY AND VARIETY.
MOREOVER, IT WAS MOST ENCOURAGING TO SEE THAT THERE WERE SIGNS OF GROWING MOTIVATION AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE, JUDGING FROM THE INCREASING NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS, HE NOTED.
IN ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT, MR YAP DISCLOSED THAT A YOUTH SERVICES GROUPS CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE HAD BEEN FORMED THIS SUMMER IN THE ISLANDS DISTRICT UNDER THE AEGIS OF THE ISLANDS COMMUNITY AND YOUTH OFFICE OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT.
THE MOVE WAS AIMED AT PROVIDING AN AVENUE FOR YOUTH VOLUNTEER GROUPS FROM VARIOUS ISLANDS TO EXCHANGE VIEWS AND TO EXPLORE WAYS AND MEANS OF BOOSTING COMMUNITY SERVICES IN THE DISTRICT AS A WHOLE.
+THIS IS PARTICULARLY HELPFUL WITH REGARD TO SOME REMOTE AREAS IN THE DISTRICT WHERE THERE MIGHT NOT BE SUFFICIENT MANPOWER AND RESOURCES TO RUN SERVICES THEMSELVES,+ MR YAP OBSERVED.
/THE TELEMATCH