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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1978

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TRIBUTE TO SUMMER FUN ORGANISERS

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THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS AND INFORMATION, MR. LI FOOK-KOW, TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THANKED ALL THOSE WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE SUCCESS OF THIS YEAR'S SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME THE TENTH IN THE SERIES.

IN A MESSAGE OF APPRECIATION, MR. LI SAID THAT THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAMME, NO LESS THAN 8,000 EVENTS INCLUDING CAMPING, OUTINGS SPORTS AND GAMES, TRAINING COURSES, FUN FAIRS, VARIETY SHOWS AND COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS WERE ORGANISED.

HE ALSO PAID TRIBUTE TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE THEMSELVES WHO, BY THEIR ENTHUSIASTIC PARTICIPATION, HAD SHOWED THE ORGANISERS THAT ALL THE EFFORTS WERE INDEED WORTHWHILE.

+AS WAS THE PRACTICE LAST YEAR, JOCKEY CLUB SCHOLARSHIPS WOULD AGAIN BE AWARDED TO THE THREE MOST OUTSTANDING YOUNG PEOPLE TO ATTEND COURSES AT THE OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOL, HE ADDED.

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THE FOLLOWING IS THE FULL TEXT OF MR. LI'S MESSAGE OF APPRECIATION ISSUED AT THE CLOSE OF THIS YEAR'S SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME:

+NOW THAT THE TENTH SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME HAS DRAWN TO A CLOSE, I SHOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE ALL THOSE WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO ITS UNDOUBTED SUCCESS.

+A SPECIAL VOTE OF THANKS SHOULD BE GIVEN TO THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB WHO HAS BEEN THE BIGGEST SINGLE DONOR OF FUNDS TOWARDS THE PROGRAMME SINCE 1969. THE CLUB'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE TENTH SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME AMOUNTED TO $1.76 MILLION, MANY OTHER ORGANISATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS, FAR TOO MANY TO NAME HERE, ALSO DIPPED DEEPLY INTO THEIR POCKETS TO GIVE FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO THE PROGRAMME, WHICH WAS ALSO BACKED BY GOVERNMENT AND URBAN COUNCIL FUNDS,

+THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAMME, NO LESS THAN 8,000 EVENTS INCLUDING CAMPING, OUTINGS, SPORTS AND GAMES, TRAINING COURSES, FUN FAIRS, VARIETY SHOWS AND COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS WERE ORGANISED. MY THANKS MUST THEREFORE ALSO GO TO ALL THE BODIES CONCERNED FOR THEIR EFFORTS IN PLANNING AND ORGANISING THESE ACTIVITIES. THEY INCLUDE THE 44 MEMBER AGENCIES OF THE HONG KONG COUNCIL OF SOCIAL SERVICE, OVER 1,500 PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS, SOME 950 COMMUNITY CENTRES AND LOCAL GROUPS, THE BRITISH FORCES, THE URBAN COUNCIL AND VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS. I SHOULD LIKE PARTICULARLY TO THANK THE 50,000 OR SO PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE WHO VOLUNTARILY GAVE THEIR TIME TO ASSIST IN THE PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EVENTS.

+LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE THEMSELVES WHO, BY THEIR ENTHUSIASTIC PARTICIPATION, SHOWED US THAT ALL THE EFFORTS WERE INDEED WORTHWHILE. AS WAS THE PRACTICE LAST YEAR. JOCKEY CLUB SCHOLARSHIPS WOULD AGAIN BE AWARDED TO THE THREE MOST OUTSTANDING YOUNG PEOPLE TO ATTEND COURSES AT THE OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOL.+

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