XN000022-1978-07-02 — Page 6

SUNDAY, JULY 2, 1978

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OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

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THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S YOUTH WORK UNIT HAS ORAGNISED A SERIES OF OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES TO PROVIDE YOUNG PEOPLE WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO STRENGTHEN THEIR PHYSICAL STAMINA AND TEAM SPIRIT DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS.

THE PROGRAMME CO-ORDINATOR, MR. S.W. YAM, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY) THAT THESE ACTIVITIES WOULD ALSO HELP YOUNGSTERS GAIN EXPERIENCE IN COMMUNITY SERVICE, AS SOME OF THEM WERE PLANNED AND RUN BY VOLUNTARY GROUPS UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE UNIT'S STAFF.

MR. YAM SAID THE FIRST EVENT, SCHEDULED FOR LATE JULY, WOULD BE A THREE-DAY EXPEDITION CAMP TO ENABLE PARTICIPANTS TO UTILISE SKILLS THEY HAD ACQUIRED AT A PREVIOUS TRAINING COURSE.

WHILE BASIC CAMPING SKILLS WILL BE THE MAIN EMPHASIS OF THE JULY EXPEDITION, HE SAID, THE FOCUS OF TWO +TREK CAMPS+ IN AUGUST SHIFTS TO MORE CHALLENGING ACTIVITIES SUCH AS ROCK-CLIMBING, ORIENTEERING, NIGHT JOURNEY AND CROSS-COUNTRY RACE.

+ALSO STARTING IN AUGUST WILL BE AN INTENSIVE TRAINING COURSE KNOWN AS 'UNDERSTANDING OUTDOOR LIFE', WITH INTRODUCTORY LECTURES ON MAP-READING, FIRST-AID, SAFETY CODE, SIGNALLING AND SECURITY MEASURES WHICH ARE THE BASIC SKILLS FOR INDIVIDUALS TAKING PART IN OUTDOOR VENTURES, HE SAID.

THE PRACTICAL SESSION OF THIS COURSE, TO BE HELD IN THE NEXT THREE MONTHS, WILL PUT TO TEST THE ORGANISING ABILITY OF THE TRAINEES, HE ADDED.

MR. YAM SAID: THEY WILL BE REQUIRED TO FORMULATE AND CONDUCT, ACCORDING TO THEIR OWN INCLINATION, PROGRAMMES WHICH WILL SHOW THE IR APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE ABSORBED FROM THE MONTH-LONG COURSE.+

THE OUTDOOR PROGRAMME IS OPEN TO YOUNG PEOPLE AGED FROM 16 TO 25. INTRODUCTORY PAMPHLETS AND APPLICATION FORMS ARE NOW CBTAINABLE FROM THE YOUTH WORK UNIT AT 405, NATHAN ROAD, TOP FLOOR. ENQUIRIES MAY BE MADE ON TELEPHONE NUMBER 3-884111 EXT. 331 OR 334.

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