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THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1975

COMMENTING ON THE CONFERENCE,

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MR. KENNARD SAID TODAY: +I'M VERY GLAD THAT HONG KONG CAN BE REPRESENTED AT THIS GATHERING THE SUBJECT IS ONE ON WHICH HONG KONG HAS SOMETHING TO SAY FROM ITS OWN EXPERIENCE AND ABOUT WHICH IT HAS EVERY INCENTIVE TO LEARN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

+MR. CHENG AND I WILL THEREFORE BE DOING AS MUCH LISTENING AS TALKING. FROM MY ATTENDANCE AT PREVIOUS CONFERENCES SPONSORED BY THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON TALL BUILDINGS, I KNOW JUST HOW VALUABLE THESE MEETINGS CAN BE.

+ONE OF THE MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE IS THE COMPILATION OF A MONOGRAPH, OR A PROFESSIONAL ENCYCLOPAEDIA, OF KNOWLEDGE ON TALL BUILDINGS, AND WHILE IN CAIRO WE'LL BE PUSHING THIS PROCESS A STAGE FÜRTHER.

+MR. CHENG AND I ARE BOTH CONTRIBUTORS TO THE MONOGRAPH MAINLY THROUGH CORRESPONDENCE WITH OTHER INTERNATIONAL MEMBERS WITH WHOSE IDEAS WE ARE FAMILIAR BUT MOST OF WHOM WE HAVE NOT MET FACE TO FACE.

+THE CONFERENCE WILL GIVE US A CHANCE TO GET TOGETHER WITH OUR OPPOSITE NUMBERS IN PERSON AND EXCHANGE INFORMATION ABOUT TECHNICAL PROBLEMS IN A WAY WHICH YOU JUST CAN'T ALWAYS DO ON PAPER.+

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+YOUTH WEEK+ IN LI CHENG UK ******

A GROUP OF VOLUNTARY WELFARE AGENCIES ARE ORGANISING

A + YOUTH WEEK+ IN LI CHENG UK TO ENCOURAGE YOUNG PEOPLE TO CONCERN THEMSELVES MORE WITH THEIR COMMUNITY AND ITS PROBLEMS RELATED TO YOUTH.

THE WEEK STARTS ON SATURDAY, APRIL 19, WITH AN EXHIBITION ON +YOUTH LIFE+ TO BE HELD AT THE LI CHENG UK GOVERNMENT PRIMARY SCHOOL FOR THREE DAYS.

DURING THE WEEK THERE WILL BE A SERIES OF SEMINARS TO DISCUSS YOUTH PROBLEMS, THE ACTIVITIES WILL END WITH A VARIETY SHOW AT THE KEI OI YOUTH CENTRE ON SATURDAY, APRIL 26.

THE ORGANISERS ARE THE LI CHENG UK WELFARE COUNCIL, WHICH IS COMPOSED OF MEMBERS FROM SEVEN ORGANISATIONS OPERATING IN THE AREA, AND THE SHAM SHUI PO COMMUNITY AND YOUTH OFFICE.

MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL ARE THE LI CHENG UK FRIENDLY CENTRE, THE KEI OF YOUTH CENTRE, THE CHINESE Y.M.C.A., THE BOYS' AND GIRLS' CLUBS ASSOCIATION, THE HONG KONG FEDERATION OF YOUTH GROUPS, THE FRIENDS OF SCOUTING SO UK CENTRE AND THE LI CHENG UK KAI FONG ASSOCIATION.

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