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TUESDAY, JULY 29, 1986
IN JAPAN, THE YOUTH SYMPHONIC BAND WILL FIRST JOIN THE NARASHI NO YOUTH CAMP AT FUJI-YOSHIDA, AND THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A SERIES OF PERFORMANCES AND EXCHANGE PROGRAMMES AT TOKYO, MATSUMOTO, TOYAMA, NAGOYA, HAMAMATSU AND CHIBA.
THE BAND WILL RETURN ON AUGUST 12.
YOUNG PEOPLE FROM WALES BEGIN EXCHANGE VISIT
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SIX YOUNG PEOPLE FROM SOUTH GLAMORGAN IN WALES WERE RECEIVED BY THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, DR JAMES HAYES, AT THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION HEADQUARTERS IN TS IM SHA TSUI THIS (TUESDAY) MORNING.
THE TWO WOMEN AND FOUR MEN, AGED BETWEEN 19 AND 24, ARRIVED IN HONG KONG YESTERDAY AND WILL STAY FOR ABOUT THREE WEEKS UNDER A COMMONWEALTH YOUTH EXCHANGE PROGRAMME.
DURING THE HOUR-LONG MEETING, DR HAYES BRIEFED THE GROUP
ON THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION SCHEME.
THE GROUP THEN VISITED SHA TIN DISTRICT OFFICE AND WERE BRIEFED ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHA TIN NEW TOWN BY AN ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, MR JEREMY CROFT, BEFORE TOUR ING THE NEW TOWN PLAZA AND NEARBY AREAS.
SINCE 1977, HONG KONG HAS BEEN ALTERNATING WITH SOUTH GLAMORGAN IN ACTING AS HOST TO SIX YOUNG PEOPLE.
THE PRIMARY AIM OF THE PROGRAMME IS TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE IN COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES.
WHILE HERE, THE VISITORS WILL RENEW THEIR ACQUAINTANCE WITH SIX YOUNG PEOPLE FROM HONG KONG WHO WENT TO BRITAIN LAST YEAR UNDER THE EXCHANGE PROGRAMME.
THEY WILL CALL ON VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN THE COMING WEEKS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT SOCIAL, CULTURAL, INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS.
THEY WILL ALSO LOOK OVER MODERN SPORTS AND CULTURAL FACILITIES IN HONG KONG, INCLUDING THE JUBILEE SPORTS CENTRE, THE COLISEUM AND THE ACADEMY FOR PERFORMING ARTS.
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