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FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 1977

SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME TO OPEN ON SUNDAY

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A PRESS CONFERENCE TO MARK THE OPENING OF THIS YEAR'S SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME WILL BE HELD AT GILWELL CAMP, TATES CAIRN AT 3 P.M. ON SUNDAY (JUNE 19).

THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR. F.K. LI, ACCOMPANIED BY MR. JAMES Y.C. SO, CHAIRMAN OF THE CENTRAL CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE FOR YOUTH RECREATION, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE OPENING CEREMONY.

SIR KENNETH PING-FAN FUNG, WHO IS STEWARD OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB, WILL PRESENT A CHEQUE FOR $1.6 MILLION TO MR. LI AS THE CLUB'S DONATION TOWARDS THE 1977 SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME.

ABOUT 150 YOUNGSTERS WILL DEMONSTRATE FOLK DANCE, ARCHERY, CAMP CRAFT, LIFE SAVING, FIRST AID, AND VARIOUS OUTDOOR AND INDOOR ACTIVITIES TO OFFER MEDIA MEMBERS A PREVIEW OF THIS YEAR'S PROGRAMME.

A PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION ILLUSTRATING ASPECTS OF THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME WILL BE ON DISPLAY INSIDE THE CAMP'S JUBILEE LODGE. A TEA RECEPTION WILL ALSO BE HELD THERE.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THIS OPENING CEREMONY. TRANSPORTATION WILL BE PROVIDED. MEDIA MEMBERS SHOULD ASSEMBLE AT QUEEN'S PIER AT 2 P.M. ON SUNDAY TO BOARD SPECIAL COACHES FOR THE CAMP.

SECRETARY FOR NEW TERRITORIES TO OFFICIATE AT

GRADUATION CEREMONY

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NOTE TO EDITORS:

THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES, WILL OFFICIATE AT A GRADUATION CEREMONY OF THE JU CHING CHU ENGLISH COLLEGE NEXT MONDAY (JUNE 20).

THE CEREMONY WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE CITY HALL CONCERT HALL AT 4.30 P.M.

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO HAVE THE GRADUATION CEREMONY COVERED.

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