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Saturday, July 22, 1972

VISIT TO WORK CAMP AT MA WAN

Mr. Peter Williams, the Principal Assistant Colonial Secretary

(Social Services), who is Chairman of the Central Co-ordinating Committee

for Youth Recreation, will visit a work camp at Ma Wan on Monday (July 24)

morning.

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On arrival, Mr. Williams will be met by Mr. Stephen Law, Senior

Social Welfare Officer; Mr. Albert Lai, Assistant District Officer,

Tsuen Wan, Mr. Chan Kwong Chuen, Chairman of Ma Wan Rural Committee, and

other members of the Social Welfare Department.

The five-day work camp is organised by the Fulgent Youth Society,

a self-programming group sponsored by the Youth Work Unit of the Social

Welfare Department.

The project of the work camp is the building of a 1,000-foot long

footpath leading from a football field to Lau Fa village.

About 40 young people will take part in the project. Most of them

are secondary or university students between the age of 19 and 25.

The purpose of the work camp is to enable the participants to have

a better understanding of the ways of life between the urban and the rural

district, and give them an opportunity to learn about community life.

Note to Editors:

You are cordially invited to cover the visit which begins at 10.30 a.m. on Monday. Transport will be provided for members of the press. A government station Wagon will leave the transport sub-pool behind the Tsim Sha Tsui Post Office at 8.45 a.m. sharp.

A ferry will be waiting at the pier in Sham Tseng, Tsuen Wan to take them across to Ma Wan.

A Social Welfare Officer will be present to assist the press.

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