SUNDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1989
THE PANEL OF JUDGES INCLUDED LOCAL PERSONALITY MS SIAO FONG-PONG, RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG SENIOR EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, CHAN YUK-CHEUNG. ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF HONG KONG COUNCIL OF SOCIAL SERVICE, VIRGINIA CHAN, AND EDUCATION DEPARTMENT REPRESENTATIVE KONG CHT-HO. ALSO TAKING PART IN THE JUDGING WAS KWOK KA-MING, CONVENER OF THE COMMITTEE'S PUBLICITY WORKING GROUP.
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ORIGINALITY.
WERE GIVEN ACCORDING то INTERPRETATION, USE OF VOCABULARY, STYLE AND RHYMING PATTERN,
LI THE
THEME
YOUNG PEOPLE URGED TO CONTRIBUTE TO FUTURE
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD, MR SHUM CHOI-SANG, TODAY (SUNDAY) CALLED ON YOUNG PEOPLE TO FULFIL THEIR IMPORTANT ROLE IN SOCIETY AND BE COMMITTED TO THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG.
MR SHUM SAID YOUNG PEOPLE'S CONCERN FOR THEIR FELLOW CITIZENS AS WELL AS THEIR SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY HAD TAKEN ON MORE SIGNIFICANCE AT THIS TIME OF TRANSITION.
HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE EASTERN DISTRICT YOUTH DAY HELD IN VICTORIA PARK TO COINCIDE WITH THE CURRENT YOUTH FESTIVAL.
SEVERAL HUNDRED YOUNG PEOPLE WERE INVOLVED IN ORGANISING THE
SPONSORED FUNCTION WHICH WAS
BY THE EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD, THE DISTRICT OFFICE AND 10 YOUTH SERVICE AGENCIES.
THE VARIOUS ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING A YOUTH FORUM, STREET DRAMA
BRING AND EXHIBITION, AIMED TO
OUT THE IMPORTANCE OF PROPER AND BALANCED YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AND YOUNG PEOPLE'S ACTIVE PARTICIPATION COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, MR SHUM NOTED.
YOUNG
IN
PEOPLE FROM
AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, THREE OUTSTANDING THE DISTRICT RECEIVED AWARDS FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO COMMUNITY SERVICE AND VOLUNTARY WORK.
19-YEAR-OLD
THE TRIO, 28-YEAR-OLD POLICEMAN MR CHOW FUK-KEUNG, FORM SEVEN STUDENT MISS HUANG HAI-YEN, AND 17-YEAR-OLD FORM SIX STUDENT MISS NG YUEN-YEE, WERE SELECTED FROM AMONG 56 NOMINEES.
THEIR PRIZES INCLUDE AN EIGHT-DAY STUDY TRIP TO SINGAPORE AND
A TROPHY.
ALSO PRESENT AT THE OPENING CEREMONY WERE THE ACTING EASTERN
MISS CHANG DISTRICT OFFICER,
KING-YIU, AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CENTRAL CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE ON THE YOUTH FESTIVAL, MR ERIC LI.
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