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SATURDAY, JULY 4, 1987
NEED FOR WHOLESOME RECREATION FOR YOUTHS STRESSED
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MORE THAN 500 YOUTHS FROM PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS HAD A MORNING OF FUN TODAY (SATURDAY) IN A FOLK DANCE GATHERING AT THE CHAN HING SOCIAL SERVICES CENTRE TO LAUNCH THE MONG KOK DISTRICT SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME.
OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY. LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR, MRS ROSANNA TAM, SAID SUMMER ACTIVITIES WOULD HELP PARTICIPANTS FOSTER STRONG CHARACTER AND CULTIVATE LEADERSHIP IN ORDER TO PREPARE THEM FOR THE CHALLENGES OF A COSMOPOLITAN CITY.
SHE STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF PROMOTING WHOLESOME CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES TO HELP STRIKE A GOOD BALANCE AGAINST A
MATERIALISTIC SOCIETY.
SHE NOTED THAT THE SUMMER ACTIVITIES ORGANISED FOR THIS DISTRICT WERE IN LINE WITH THE THEME OF THIS YEAR'S PROGRAMME WHICH HIGHLIGHTED THE NEED TO SHARE THE FUN AND TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY.
ALSO SPEAKING AT THE OPENING, CHAIRMAN OF THE PROGRAMME'S CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE, MR JACOB CHAN URGED YOUTHS TO MAKE GOOD USE OF THE SUMMER ACTIVITIES WHICH WERE DESIGNED TO PROVIDE THEM WITH RECREATION AND TO HELP THEM BECOME INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS.
THERE ARE A TOTAL OF 72 EVENTS ORGANISED BY SOME 20 LOCAL COMMUNITY BODIES FOR MORE THAN 40,000 YOUTHS IN THE DISTRICT.
APART FROM SPORTS AND GAMES, TRAINING COURSES AND SEMINARS, THERE ARE ALSO ACTIVITIES ORGANISED BY VOLUNTARY AGENCIES TO SERVE THE NEEDY PEOPLE, SUCH AS SCHOOL DROPOUTS, MENTALLY UNBALANCED PEOPLE AND DISABLED CHILDREN.
THE MONG KOK DISTRICT OFFICER, MRS BRENDA FUNG AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE OPENING CEREMONY SUB-COMMITTEE, OFFICIATED AT TODAY'S CEREMONY,
MRS
GRACE
TAM ALSO
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