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SATURDAY, JULY 8, 1989
THE ACTIVITIES INCLUDE
TRAINING
LAUNCH TRIPS, VISITS, AND SEMINARS, CO-OPERATION WITH 16 LOCAL ORGANISATIONS.
COURSES, CAMPING, PICNICS, WHICH ARE ORGANISED
IN
THE PROGRAMME IS SPONSORED BY THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB WITH DONATIONS ALSO COMING FROM THE PUBLIC. ABOUT $210,000 HAS BEEN ALLOCATED TO THE WAN CHAI SYP THIS YEAR.
THE PROGRAMME, WHICH WILL RUN UNTIL ESPECIALLY FOR PEOPLE FROM THE AGE OF SIX SPEND THEIR LEISURE IN A MEANINGFUL WAY.
LATE AUGUST, IS TO 25 SO THAT
DESIGNED THEY MAY
SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME IN SOUTHERN DISTRICT
THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT HAS ORGANISED MORE THAN 750 ACTIVITIES UNDER THE DISTRICT'S SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME (SYP), WHICH STARTED TODAY (SATURDAY), FOR THOSE AGED BETWEEN SIX AND 25 YEARS OLD.
THE ACTIVITIES ARE ORGANISED BY 38 LOCAL BODIES. THEY RANGE FROM CARNIVALS, OUTINGS, VISITS, CAMPING, INTERESTS CLASSES AND SKILL TRAINING TO SOCIAL SERVICE PROGRAMMES FOR THE UNDER-PRIVILEGED AND COUNSELLING SERVICE FOR STUDENTS AND JOB-SEEKERS.
SPEAKING AT THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT SYP OPENING CEREMONY TODAY, CHAIRMAN OF CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE, MR HUI YUNG-CHUNG, CALLED ON LOCAL YOUTHS TO TAKE PART IN THE ACTIVITIES AND SPEND THEIR SUMMER HOLIDAYS IN A MEANINGFUL WAY.
"IT IS HOPED THAT THROUGH PARTICIPATION IN THESE DIVERSIFIED ACTIVITIES, THE YOUTHS CAN GET TO UNDERSTAND THE SYP THEME OF 'SHARE THE FUN, SERVE THE COMMUNITY' BETTER, HE ADDED.
ALSO SPEAKING AT THE CEREMONY, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TERRITORY-WIDE SYP COMMITTEE, MR PETER LEE, SAID THE SYP WAS A LARGE-SCALE COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT AIMED AT ENCOURAGING YOUNG PEOPLE TO DEVELOP THEIR POTENTIAL, CULTIVATE HEALTHY HOBBIES AND UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF CO-OPERATION.
OTHER OFFICIATING GUESTS IN THE OPENING CEREMONY INCLUDED SOUTHERN DISTRICT OFFICER, MRS MAUREEN CHAN; EXECUTIVE SECRETARY (HONG KONG ISLAND) OF THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS ASSOCIATION, MR MUI WAI-SZE; A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF HONG KONG SOUTH; AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS,
THE CEREMONY WAS FOLLOWED BY A CARNIVAL AT WAH FU ESTATE, WHICH PROVIDED A VARIETY OF STALL GAMES AND AN ELEPHANT TRAMPOLINE, ATTRACTING HUNDREDS OF YOUNGSTERS.
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