SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1993
"WE HOPE TO SELECT TWO PROJECTS TO REPRESENT HONG KONG IN 1994.
"PROJECTS CARRIED OUT BY A SMALL GROUP OF YOUNG PEOPLE TO SERVE A COMMUNITY NEED AND SET AN EXAMPLE FOR OTHER LOCALITIES WILL BE CONSIDERED FAVOURABLE, HE SAID,
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BY THE COMMONWEALTH YOUTH
COMMEMORATE
THE AWARDS SCHEME, SPONSORED PROGRAMME (CYP), WAS INTRODUCED IN 1985 TO INTERNATIONAL YOUTH YEAR.
THE
IT IS ALSO MEANT TO RECOGNISE ACHIEVEMENTS OF SMALL YOUTH GROUPS AND INSPIRE YOUNG PEOPLE TO WORK TOGETHER.
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ANOTHER OBJECTIVE IS TO FOSTER CO-OPERATION IDEAS AND EXPERIENCE AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE, HE SAID.
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AND EXCHANGE OF
FOR 1993/94, PRIORITY WILL BE GIVEN TO YOUTH GROUPS ACTIVE IN THE FIELD OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
IN
YOUTH GROUPS IN HONG KONG HAVE WON THE AWARDS SEVERAL TIMES THE PAST. THE LATEST WAS IN 1992 BY THE CARITAS ABERDEEN COMMUNITY CENTRE'S LINNAM SERVICE PROJECT.
EACH MEMBER OF THE TEAM
1,000 POUNDS STERLING ΤΟ BE WILL
THE WINNING TEAM WILL BE GRANTED ENABLE THEM TO FURTHER THEIR WORK. GIVEN MEDALLIONS AND CERTIFICATES.
THE PROJECTS SELECTED ΤΟ REPRESENT HONG KONG WILL BE ADJUDICATED BY THE INTERNATIONAL AWARDS PANEL OF THE CYP EARLY NEXT
YEAR.
THE PANEL WILL SELECT UP TO FIVE PROJECTS FROM AMONG ALL THE NOMINATIONS MADE BY COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES.
NOMINATIONS, TO BE SUPPORTED BY PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS, SHOULD REACH THE YOUTH DIVISION, CNTA, 31ST FLOOR, SOUTHORN HENNESSY ROAD, WAN CHAI BY DECEMBER 1 THIS YEAR.
CENTRE,
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ENQUIRIES ON THE SCHEME CAN BE MADE ON TEL 835 1736.
ENVIRONMENT PUBLICATION ON SALE
THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT TODAY (SATURDAY) PUBLISHED THE CHINESE VERSION OF THE "ENVIRONMENT HONG KONG 1993".
CONTAINING DIAGRAMS, TABLES OF TECHNICAL INFORMATION AS WELL PICTURES, THE 184-PAGE DOCUMENT COVERS A WIDE RANGE OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMMES CARRIED OUT BY THE GOVERNMENT LAST YEAR.
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THEY INCLUDE SEWERAGE WORKS, NEW ARRANGEMENT AND FOR THE DISPOSAL OF SOLID WASTE AND THE COMPLETION CONSTRUCTION OF THE CHEMICAL WASTE TREATMENT PLANT.
FACILITIES
OF
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