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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1977

COMMUNITY YOUTH CLUBS IN SCHOOLS

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NEWLY FORMED COMMUNITY YOUTH CLUBS (C.Y.C.'S) IN PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS HAVE GOT OFF TO A GOOD START, MR. MICHAEL SIU, EXECUTIVE OFFICER IN CHARGE OF THE C.Y.C. UNIT IN THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY.

+ THE RESPONSE FROM SCHOOLS HAS BEEN VERY ENCOURAGING,+ MR. SIU SAID. HE CITED AS AN EXAMPLE THAT 180 ADDITIONAL APPLICATION FORMS HAD BEEN REQUESTED BY ONE SCHOOL ALONE.

MR. SIU SAID THAT APPLICATION FORMS HAD BEEN SENT TO HEADS OF ALL PRIMARY AND SECONDARY DAY SCHOOLS REQUESTING THEM TO GIVE THEIR FULL SUPPORT TO THE NEW C.Y.C. MOVEMENT AND TO ENCOURAGE THE IR PUPILS TO JOIN.

ALL PUPILS FROM PRIMARY 4 TO FORM 3 ARE INVITED TO JOIN THE C.Y.C.'S.

+THERE IS NO LIMIT TO THE NUMBER OF C.Y.C. GROUPS A SCHOOL MAY FORM. HOWEVER, THE OPTIMUM NUMBER OF MEMBERS IN ONE GROUP IS ELEVEN - ONE LEADER AND TEN MEMBERS, HE SAID.

THE GROUP LEADER SHOULD EITHER BE ELECTED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE GROUP OR BE APPOINTED BY THE TEACHER CONCERNED.

C.Y.C. GROUPS, ORIGINALLY DESIGNATED CLEAN YOUR CITY/ COUNTRYSIDE+ GROUPS, WERE FORMED IN 1974 AS PART OF THE DRIVE OF THE +KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN.+

THE NEW MOVEMENT, ORGANISED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, IS TO EXTEND THE SCOPE OF THESE GROUPS TO COVER A WIDE RANGE OF COMMUNITY-ORIENTED ACTIVITIES.

THE NEW GROUPS WILL TAKE THE FORM OF SCHOOL CLUBS ENGAGED IN EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES. IN ANY ONE SCHOOL THERE MAY BE A NUMBER OF C.Y.C. GROUPS, EACH INTERESTED IN A DIFFERENT RANGE OF COMMUNITY-ORIENTED ACTIVITIES, BUT ALL BELONGING TO THE CENTRAL ORGANISATION IN THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.

THE ACTIVITIES OF THE GROUPS WILL TAKE PLACE AT THREE LEVELS:

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SCHOOL-BASED ACTIVITIES ORGANISED BY ONE OR MORE GROUPS WITHIN A SCHOOL AND ADVISED AND ASSISTED BY THE CENTRAL ORGANISATION, WHICH WILL PROVIDE FUNDS WHERE REQUIRED AND DESERVED.

DISTRICT ACTIVITIES WHERE A GROUP OF SCHOOLS JOIN TOGETHER FOR MORE AMBITIOUS PROJECTS- AND

TERRITORY-WIDE PROJECTS IN WHICH THE WHOLE C.Y.C. MOVEMENT IS INVOLVED.

IT IS HOPED THAT BY THEIR ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT IN THESE ACTIVITIES, YOUNG PEOPLE WILL HELP SPEARHEAD COMMUNITY CONCERN AND MOTIVATE A RESPONSE TO PUBLIC ISSUES CONCERNING THE ENVIRONMENT.

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