SATURDAY, JULY 9, 1988,
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SAI KUNG SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME BEGINS
SAI KUNG RESIDENTS AND YOUTHS ENJOYED AN AFTERNOON OF FUN AND ENTERTAINMENT TODAY (SATURDAY) WHEN THE DISTRICT'S 1988 SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME COMBINED OPENING CEREMONY AND FLOAT PARADE WAS HELD AT THE TANG SHIU KIN SPORTS GROUND CARPARK.
THE OPENING DAY'S PROGRAMME INCLUDED SINGING, MAGIC SHOW, PUPPET SHOW, CYCLING DEMONSTRATION, MURAL PAINTING AND VARIOUS CAMES.
FOUR DECORATED VEHICLES TOURED THE DISTRICT AND STOPPED AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN SAI KUNG TOWN, JUNK BAY NEW TOWN, AND HANG HAU TOWN. THEY ALSO STOPPED AT THE SAI KUNG CENTRAL PRIMARY SCHOOL IN HO CHUNG.
THE THEME OF THIS YEAR'S SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME IS FUN, SERVE THE COMMUNITY" AND MORE THAN 70 EVENTS WILL BE THE END OF AUGUST.
THESE EVENTS
"SHARE THE HELD UNTIL
CONTESTS,
INCLUDE VISITS, EXHIBITIONS, QUIZ PICNICS, BALL GAMES, WATER SPORTS, TRAINING COURSES AND VARIOUS COMPETITIONS.
CAMPING, CARNIVALS,
A SAI KUNG DISTRICT OFFICE SPOKESMAN SAID THE ACTIVITIES ARK DESIGNED TO ENABLE YOUNGSTERS TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE DISTRICT, TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE FUNCTIONS OF VARIOUS ORGANISATIONS AND TO DEVELOP A SENSE OF BELONGING TO THEIR COMMUNITY.
IN ORDER TO ATTRACT MORE RESIDENTS WHO HAVE RECENTLY MOVED INTO JUNK BAY NEW TOWN, ACTIVITIES SUCH AS CARNIVALS AND EXHIBITIONS ON JUNK BAY WILL BE HELD SO THAT THESE PEOPLE CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT THE VARIOUS ASPECTS AND THE FACILITIES OF THE AREA.
ALL THE ACTIVITIES ARE ORGANISED BY THE DISTRICT'S SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE WITH ASSISTANCE FROM THE DISTRICT OFFICE, THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT (SAI KUNG OFFICE) AND LOCAL ORGANISATIONS.
ABOUT $132,000 HAS BEEN EARMARKED FOR THIS YEAR'S PROGRAMMES. APART FROM $96,400 ALLOCATED FROM JOCKEY CLUB FUNDS, ABOUT $36,000 WAS SPONSORED BY THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT BOARD, AND LOCAL ORGANISATIONS ALSO DONATED FUNDS.
COPIES OF THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME BOOKLET, GIVING DETAILED INFORMATION ON ALL EVENTS, ARE AVAILABLE AT THE SAT KUNG DISTRICT OFFICE, SAI KUNG GOVERNMENT OFFICES, CHAN MAN SAI KUNG TOWN.
STREET,
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