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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1974
SINGING COMPETITION FOR BOYS AND GIRLS IN WELFARE AND CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS
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THE BOYS AND GIRLS OF SEVEN WELFARE AND CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS, INCLUDING TWO RUN BY VOLUNTARY AGENCIES, WILL TAKE PART IN THE INTER-INSTITUTION SINGING COMPETITION WHICH WILL DE HELD THIS (THURSDAY) AFTERNOON AT 2.30 P.M. AT THE NEWLY- ESTABLISHED CHAK YAN CENTRE OF THE SOCIETY OF BOYS' CENTRES.
THE TWO WELFARE INSTITUTIONS ARE THE HONG KONG JUVENILE CARE CENTRE AND THE SOCIETY OF BOYS' CENTRES. THE OTHER FIVE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS RUN BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT ARE THE BEGONIA ROAD BOYS' HOME, THE O PUI SHAN BOYS' HOME, THE CASTLE PEAK BOYS' HOME, THE KWUN TONG HOSTEL AND THE MÁ TAU WEI GIRLS' HOME,
PRIZES HAVE BEEN DONATED BY MR. MICHAEL S.H. CHAN, CHAIRMAN OF THE SOCIETY OF BOYS' CENTRES AND AN ENTHUSIASTIC AND WELL-KNOWN SOCIAL EDUCATOR IN THE CHILD CARE FIELD. MR. YIP WAI-HONG, PROFESSOR OF MUSIC, BAPTIST COLLEGE, WILL BE THE JUDGE.
MISS AMNIE CHAN, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, WILL ADDRESS THE GATHERING BEFORE THE COMPETITION STARTS.
THE COMPETITION IS ONE OF THE ANNUAL SERIES OF ACTIVITIES SPONSORED BY THE INTER-INSTITUTION ACTIVITIES EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PLANNING AND ORGANISING VARIOUS INDOOR AND OUTDOOR HEALTHY AND MEANINGFUL GULTURAL COMPETITIONS OR ATHLETIC EVENTS EACH YEAR FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS UNDER THE CARE OF THESE INSTITUTIONS.
THE AIM IS TO BRING THEM TOGETHER, TO ENCHANCE THEIR MENTAL DEVELOPMENT AND PHYSICAL WELL-BEING, AND TO PROMOTE MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE VOLUNTARY AND GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS, SAID MR. K.W, LEUNG, THE COMMITTEE'S EXECUTIVE SECRETARY.
+ON ACCOUNT OF THE PUBLIC SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT GIVEN IN PAST COMPETITIONS, THIS. ONE, WE FEEL WILL CERTAINLY DE ANOTHER SUCCESS. IT IS SINCERELY HOPED THAT THERE WILL BE MORE SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT FROM THE PUBLIC FOR THIS COMMITTEE 'SO THAT IT CAN MAKE ITS BEST ENDEAVOURS IN REHABILITATING AND
CARING FOR THESE YOUNGSTERS.+
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