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TUESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1977

SUMMER FUN FOR YOUTHS

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A PROGRAMME OF SUMMER FUN WITH EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS HAS PEEN ORGANISED THIS MONTH FOR MONG KOK AND LAM TIN YOUTHS TO ENABLE THEM TO MAKE GOOD USE OF THEIR SUMMER VACATION.

THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S COMMUNITY WORK OFFICE IN LAM TIN ESTATE WILL CONDUCT A TOUR OF HISTORICAL SITES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES THIS SATURDAY (AUGUST 6) AND HOLD A SERIES OF LECTURES, VISITS AND STUDY CAMPS FROM AUGUST 10 TO AUGUST 27.

THE NEW TERRITORIES TOUR, INCLUDING VISITS TO TSANG'S HOUSE IN SHA TIN, A HISTORICAL CHINESE FACTORY, SHEUNG SHUI CLAN TEMPLE, KUT HING WALLED VILLAGE IN KAM TIN AND ANCIENT TOMBS IN TSUEN WAN, WILL GIVE 50 YOUTHS OF OVER 14 YEARS OLD AN OPPORTUNITY TO WIDEN THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND TO HAVE A DAY OF FUN.

THE LECTURES, VISITS AND STUDY CAMPS ARE AIMED AT PROMOTING THE YOUNG PEOPLE'S CONCERN TOWARDS COMMUNITY AND STIMULATING THEM TO BECOME VOLUNTEERS. THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS, HOWEVER, IS LIMITED TO 40 STUDENTS OF FORM 3 LEVEL OR ABOVE.

FOR THOSE AGED BETWEEN 17 AND 25 AND LIVING IN MONG KOK DISTRICT, CAMPING IN THE COUNTRY HAS BEEN JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE SWD'S MONG KOK COMMUNITY AND YOUTH OFFICE AND THE ARMY.

THE THREE-DAY CAMP STARTS FROM AUGUST 11 AND WILL BE HELD AT SAN TIN, APPLICATION FORMS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE MONG KOK COMMUNITY AND YOUTH OFFICE AT 38-40, SAI YEUNG CHOI STREET, MONG KOK.

THE MAIN EMPHASIS OF THE CAMP PROGRAMME WILL BE PLACED ON PHYSICAL TRAINING MIXED WITH ENTERTAINMENT.

NOTE TO EDITORS :

LADY MACLEHOSE TO VISIT GIRL GUIDES CAMP

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LADY MACLEHOSE WILL VISIT THE GIRL GUIDES CAMP IN PING SHAN NEW TERRITORIES, ON THURSDAY (AUGUST 4) MORNING IN HER CAPACITY AS PRÉSIDENT OF GIRL GUIDES IN HONG KONG.

ON ARRIVAL, LADY MACLEHOSE WILL BE TAKEN ON A TOUR OF THE CAMP WHERE SHE WILL VIEW AN EXHIBITION OF HANDICRAFTS AND OBSERVE SOME GIRL GUIDES MAKING MACRAME AND DOING FOLK DANCE.

THE TOUR WILL START AT 10 A.M. AND FINISH AT 11 A.M.

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER LADY MACLEHOSE'S VISIT. PRESS TRANSPORT HAS BEEN ARRANGED AND

WILL LEAVE AT 8.15 A.M. ON THURSDAY FROM THE GIRL GUIDES HEADQUARTERS, 8, GASCOIGNE ROAD, KOWLOON.

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