SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1991
ALSO OFFICIATING AT THE LAUNCHING CEREMONY TODAY WERE THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR LI YUET-TING; THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNTRY PARKS BOARD, MR CARLOS CHEUNG; AND THE DISTRICT GOVERNOR OF THE LIONS CLUBS INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT 303, HONG KONG AND MACAU, MR ALBERT WONG.
MR LI SAID: "IN RECENT YEARS, GREAT IMPORTANCE HAS BEEN PLACED IN ENCOURAGING OUR YOUNGER GENERATION TO DEVELOP A GREATER SENSE OF COMMITMENT TO THE WELL-BEING OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND IN THIS CONNECTION THE CYC HAS MADE CONSIDERABLE CONTRIBUTION THROUGH PROVIDING NUMEROUS COMMUNITY SERVICES.
SCHEME IS JUST A GOOD ACTIVELY IN SERVING THE
"THE CYC COUNTRY PARKS ADOPTION OPPORTUNITY FOR CYC MEMBERS TO PARTICIPATE COMMUNITY AND PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT, HE ADDED.
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MR LI EXPRESSED SINCERE APPRECIATION TO THE WORKED IN CLOSE CO-OPERATION FOR MANY YEARS WITH HIS PROVIDING PROFESSIONAL TRAINING IN FORESTRY WORK TO FOR OPENING THE COUNTRY PARKS FOR THEM TO WORK IN.
AFD, WHICH HAD DEPARTMENT, FOR CYC MEMBERS AND
HE ALSO PAID TRIBUTE TO THE LIONS CLUBS INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT: 303, HONG KONG AND MACAU, FOR THEIR CONTINUOUS SUPPORT FOR THE GROWTH OF THE CYC AS WELL AS MAKING A GENEROUS DONATION OF $69,000 TO FINANCE THIS YEAR'S SCHEME.
MR LI FINALLY THANKED THE HEADMASTERS AND TEACHERS OF VARIOUS PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS WHO HAVE SUPPORTED THIS SCHEME WITH GREAT ENTHUSIASM AS WELL AS THE STUDENTS FOR ACTIVELY PARTICIPATING IN THE SCHEME.
OUTSTANDING CENTRAL AND WESTERN STUDENTS RECEIVE MERIT AWARDS
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MORE THAN 100 CENTRAL AND WESTERN PRIMARY STUDENTS WERE TODAY (SATURDAY) AWARDED CERTIFICATES OF MERIT UNDER THE DISTRICT'S OUTSTANDING PUPILS AWARD SCHEME.
THEY WERE ALSO TAKEN ON A HALF-DAY TOUR OF THE OCEAN PARK.
IN THE PRESENTATION CEREMONY HELD EARLIER IN THE MORNING, THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE (DFCC), MR WU CHOR- NAM, TOLD THE STUDENTS AND THEIR PARENTS THAT THE SCHEME HAD BECOME INCREASINGLY POPULAR IN THE DISTRICT.
"THIS YEAR, A TOTAL OF 110 PRIMARY STUDENTS FROM 22 SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN NOMINATED BY THEIR HEADMASTERS FOR THEIR ACADEMIC WORK, CONDUCT AND PARTICIPATION IN EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, HE SAID,
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MR WU REMINDED THE RECIPIENTS NOT TO BE COMPLACENT BUT TO KEEP UP WITH THEIR GOOD WORK TO SET A GOOD EXAMPLE FOR OTHER STUDENTS.
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