SUNDAY, JULY 3, 1994
"YOU SHOULD ALSO BE PREPARED TO INTRODUCE HONG KONG ΤΟ THE PEOPLE YOU MEET THERE," PROFESSOR CHOW SAID.
THE PROGRAMME, WHICH WAS STARTED IN 1977, AIMS AT
ESTABLISHING
A TWO-WAY EXCHANGE LINK BETWEEN YOUTH GROUPS/ORGANISATIONS IN BRITAIN AND OTHER COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE HOME AFFAIRS BRANCH SAID: "HONG KONG FIRST PARTICIPATED IN THE SCHEME IN ITS INAUGURAL YEAR WHEN SIX LOCAL YOUTHS
WERE SELECTED."
SO FAR, 48 LOCAL YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SENT TO BRITAIN UNDER THIS PROGRAMME. AND IN TURN, HONG KONG HAS RECEIVED 42 YOUNGSTERS FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM.
HE SAID THIS YEAR'S THREE-WEEK ITINERARY WOULD COVER A SERIES OF VISITS TO PLACES OF INTEREST IN NORTHWEST ENGLAND, INCLUDING LIVERPOOL, MERSEYSIDE, WIRRAL AND CHESTER.
THESE WILL INCLUDE THE ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES AND THE INDUSTRIAL SCENES OF THE AREA AS WELL AS VISITS TO YOUTH CENTRES, SCHOOLS AND MUSEUMS.
OF
APART FROM ATTENDING A RECEPTION TO BE HOSTED BY THE MAYOR WIRRAL, PARTICIPANTS WILL MEET THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION AND PAY VISITS TO THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT AND THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE IN LONDON.
DISCUSSIONS FOCUSING ON EDUCATION AND HOUSING WILL ALSO BE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THEIR PROGRAMME.
DURING THEIR STAY IN BRITAIN, THE YOUNG DELEGATES WILL SERVE AS VOLUNTARY WORKERS IN SOME COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS AND EXPERIENCE THE BRITISH WAY OF LIFE WHILE SPENDING THEIR TIME IN HOST FAMILIES.
THE FIVE YOUTH AMBASSADORS ARE: MISS CHUANG MEI-HSIA, MISS HUI HIU-FAI, MR ALMON KWAN MAN-LEUNG, MISS LAM PIK-KI AND MISS LEUNG CHUI WAH.
THE GROUP IS EXPECTED TO RETURN TO HONG KONG IN AUGUST.