TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1985
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RECOGNISING THE DESIGNATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL YOUTH
YEAR, MR LEUNG CALLED FOR THE UNFAILING SUPPORT OF SCHOOL HEADS AND TEACHERS IN THE CYC SCHEME WITH WHICH THE SPIRIT OF CIVIC EDUCATION WAS BEST CULTURED.
+THEIR STRONG EFFORTS IN EQUIPPING OUR YOUTHS WITH CONFIDENCE AND SKILLS TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY WILL SURELY NURTURE GOOD CITIZENSHIP OF THE FUTURE, HE SAID.
MR LEUNG THEN PRESENTED TWO PURPLE BADGES THE HIGHEST HONOUR OF THE CYC MERIT AWARD SCHEME - TO TWO PRIMARY SCHOOL CYC MEMBERS FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS IN SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY.
PRESENTING THE AWARDS TO CHUNG TSUI-YEE AND TONG SHUI-LEUNG OF CHO YIU CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL IN KWAI CHUNG, HE SAID THEIR CAPABILITY OF MAKING SUCH CONTRIBUTION TO THE COMMUNITY AT THEIR YOUNG AGE WAS ALL THE MORE WORTHY OF HIGH APPRECIATION.
MR LEUNG URGED THEM TO JOIN THE CYC SENIOR MEMBER'S SERVICE GROUP, WHICH WAS INAUGURATED LAST YEAR, TO HELP LEAD THE 150 000 PLUS MEMBERS AND CONTINUE TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY.
+MAKING USE OF WHAT THEY HAVE LEARNT FROM THE IR SCHOOL HEADS AND TEACHERS, MEMBERS OF THIS GROUP ARE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO ORGANISE AND LEAD VARIOUS KINDS OF ACTIVITIES AND TRAIN THEMSELVES IN REASONING AND EXERCISING THEIR ANALYTICAL POWER, + MR LEUNG SAID.
+THEY WILL ALSO LEARN THAT THERE ARE DIFFERENT WAYS OF TACKLING DIFFERENT PROBLEMS TO BRING FORTH BETTER RESULTS.+
+THIS KIND OF TRAINING IS BENEFICIAL AND ESSENTIAL TO THE HEALTHY GROWTH OF OUR YOUTHS,+ MR LEUNG SAID.
+AS A CONCERNED MEMBER IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION, EARNESTLY LONG FOR A HEALTHY YOUNGER GENERATION CAPABLE OF CONTRIBUTING MUCH TO OUR COMMUNITY,+ MR LEUNG SAID.
ATTENDING TODAY'S PARADE WERE MORE THAN 3 000 CYC MEMBERS FROM VARIOUS SCHOOLS.
DRAFT ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE TABLED ****
THERE WILL BE A TOTAL OF 666 POSTS ENGAGED IN ADMINISTRATIVE AND OTHER GENERAL SUPPORT FUNCTIONS OF THE REGIONAL COUNCIL BY MARCH 31, 1986.
DISCLOSING THIS AT A MEETING OF THE WAYS AND MEANS SELECT COMMITTEE OF THE PROVISIONAL REGIONAL COUNCIL, THE SENIOR TREASURY ACCOUNTANT OF THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, MRS MARIA YIP, SAID SALARIES IN RESPECT OF THESE POSTS IN 1235-86 WOULD AMOUNT TO $33.4 MILLION.
/MRS TIP