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TUESDAY, JULY 18, 1978

TSUEN WAN'S SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME STARTS WITH A SPLASH

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TSUEN WAN'S SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME STARTED WITH SPLASH+ THIS EVENING WHEN MORE THAN 1,000 YOUNGSTERS ATTENDED A WATER SPORTS CARNIVAL AT THE KWAI CHUNG SWIMMING POOL, KWAI SHING CIRCUIT.

EVENTS OF THE EVENING INCLUDED DIVING AND LIFE-SAVING DEMONSTRATIONS, WATER-POLO MATCHES AND INVITATION SWIMMING

RELAYS.

THE DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. JOHN TODD, OFFICIATED AT THE POOL-SIDE RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMONY.

MR. TODD TOLD THE GATHERING THAT THE TSUEN WAN SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME WHICH STARTED TEN YEARS AGO ON A SMALL SCALE HAS NOW BEEN DEVELOPED INTO A MAJOR ANNUAL RECREATION PROGRAMME.

+THIS YEAR'S PROGRAMME PROVIDES FOR 600 ITEMS WITH ACTIVITIES RANGING FROM EXCURSIONS AND SPORTS COMPETITIONS TO LEADERSHIP TRAINING CAMPS AND OTHER USEFUL COMMUNITY SERVICES,+ MR. TODD SAID.

MORE THAN 100,000 LOCAL STUDENTS AND YOUNG PEOPLE WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAMME WHICH RUNS UNTIL MID-SEPTEMBER.

THIS YEAR'S PROGRAMME IS DIVIDED INTO THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES: RECREATION CAMPS, RECREATION CLUB AND CENTRE STUDY AND TRAINING, INTEREST GROUPS, VISITS AND EXCURSIONS, OUTINGS PHYSICA. ACTIVITIES AND SPORTS, GAMES, COMPETITIONS AND MATCHES, COMMUNITY SERVICES AND SPECIAL ACTIVITIES SUCH AS VARIETY SHOW AND FUN FAIR.

THE PROGRAMME IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY ABOUT 120 PARTICIPATING AGENCIES, INCLUDING THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE TSUEN WAN COMMUNITY AND YOUTH OFFICE.

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