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SATURDAY, JULY 19, 1986
CARNIVAL START TO SYP IN KOWLOON CITY
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THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME IN KOWLOON CITY STARTED TODAY (SATURDAY) WITH A CARNIVAL AND A CIVIC EDUCATION EXHIBITION AT THE ARGYLE STREET PLAYGROUND.
THE OPENING WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE AND THE DISTRICT'S CIVIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN ORGANISING COMMITTEE.
MORE THAN 230 ACTIVITIES HAVE BEEN ORGANISED BY LOCAL VOLUNTARY AGENCIES, ORGANISATIONS AND SCHOOLS, WITH $229 000 ALLOCATED BY THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB AND THE DISTRICT BOARD.
ABOUT 10 000 YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE DISTRICT ARE EXPECTED TO TAKE PART IN THESE ACTIVITIES WHICH WILL BE HELD UNTIL THE END OF AUGUST.
THE ACTIVITIES, CENTRED ON THE THEME OF CARING FOR THE COMMUNITY, GETTING TO KNOW IT BETTER+, WILL INCLUDE CAMPINGS, OUTINGS, VISITS TO NEEDY PEOPLE, SEMINARS, GAMES, SPORTS, PERFORMANCES AND TRAINING COURSES.
A PAMPHLET WITH DETAILED INFORMATION OF THE ACTIVITIES IS OBTAINABLE AT THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT OFFICE IN KAU PUI LUNG ROAD AND ITS TWO SUB-OFFICES IN BULKERLEY STREET AND HO MAN TIN ESTATE.
HIGHLIGHT OF TODAY'S OPENING CEREMONY WAS A 20-METRE BY 23-METRE CHESS MAT WHICH CONTAINED 71 SQUARES.
WAS THE GAME, ENTITLED +CIVIC EDUCATION RACING TRACK+, DESIGNED TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THEIR CIVIC DUTIES.
THE CIVIC EDUCATION EXHIBITION, ON THE OTHER HAND, FEATURED 40 DISPLAY BOARDS WITH PHOTOGRAPHS, DRAWINGS AND STATISTICS INTRODUCING THE HISTORY OF KOWLOON CITY, THE DISTRICT BOARD AND ITS EIGHT CONSTITUENCIES, LOCAL ORGANISATIONS, VOLUNTARY AGENCIES AND FACILITIES AND SERVICES IN THE DISTRICT.
OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING WERE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE ON YOUTH, MRS ROSANNA TAM, KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT OFFICER, MR ALEX FÚNG, DISTRICT SOCIAL WELFARE OFFICER, MR NG KAI-KIN. AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE KOWLOON CITY CIVIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN ORGANISING COMMITTEE, MR WU SHING-SHUEN.
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