TUESDAY, JULY 8, 1936
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SUMMER YOUTH ACTIVITIES FOR SAI KUNG START SATURDAY
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THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME 1986 WILL BE LAUNCHED THIS SATURDAY (JULY 12) WITH A CARNIVAL AT THE SAI KUNG TOWN HALL.
OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY WILL BE THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR KEVIN HO, AND THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR WILLIAM WAN.
THE PROGRAMME IS ORGANISED BY THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE, CO-ORGANISED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICE, AND SPONSORED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD AND THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.
FORTY-EIGHT EVENTS HAVE BEEN ARRANGED BY THE CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE AND VARIOUS LOCAL ORGANISATIONS INCLUDING RECREATION CAMPS, TRAINING CAMPS, VISITS TO FARMS AND PRIVATE FIRMS, FILM SHOWS, HIKINGS, PICNICS, PHOTO-TAK ING AND MODEL MAKING COMPETITIONS AS WELL AS VARIOUS SPORTS ACTIVITIES.
THE THEME FOR THIS YEAR'S SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME IS +CARE FOR YOUR COMMUNITY, GET TO KNOW IT BETTER. IT IS HOPED THAT, BY PARTICIPATING IN SUCH EVENTS, YOUNG PEOPLE WILL HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE DISTRICT AND DEVELOP A SENSE OF BELONGING TO THE COMMUNITY.
ACTIVITIES WILL BE HELD BETWEEN JULY 12 AND THE END OF AUGUST. A TOTAL OF $103 432, INCLUDING $55 000 ALLOCATED FROM JOCKEY CLUB FUNDS, HAS BEEN EARMARKED FOR THIS YEAR'S PROGRAMME, WHICH STARTS WITH AN EIGHT-DAY EXHIBITION AT THE SAI KUNG TOWN HALL FROM JULY 12 TO 19.
AT THE EXHIBITION, PEOPLE WILL HAVE THE CHANCE TO KNOW VARIOUS ASPECTS ABOUT SAI KUNG SUCH AS CULTURAL, RECREATIONAL AND SPORTS ACTIVITIES, EXISTING COMMUNITY SERVICES, FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS OF THE DISTRICT AND FUNCTIONS OF VARIOUS LOCAL ORGANISATIONS.
COPIES OF THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME BOOKLET WITH DETAILED INFORMATION OF ALL FUNCTIONS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT OFFICE.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE OPENING CEREMONY AND THE CARNIVAL OF SAI KUNG DISTRICT SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME 1986 AT 4 PM ON SATURDAY (JULY 12) AT SAI KUNG TOWN HALL, NEXT TO THE BUS TERMINUS OF SAI KUNG TOWN.
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