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FRIDAY, MAY 22, 1981

STUDENTS URGED TO JOIN YOUTH CLUB EFFORT

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STUDENTS FROM PRIMARY 4 TO FORM 7 ARE INVITED TO JOIN THE COMMUNITY YOUTH CLUB (CYC) MOVEMENT, WHICH AIMS AT INFORMAL EDUCATION WITHIN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, WITH PARTICULAR COMMITMENT TO MORAL EDUCATION AND THE TRAINING OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN CITIZENSHIP,

THE MOVEMENT IS ADMINISTERED BY THE CYC SECTION IN THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S ADVISORY INSPECTORATE.

+ IT IS HOPED THAT BY PARTICIPATING IN THE VARIOUS ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE MOVEMENT, STUDENTS WILL BECOME MORE AWARE OF THE IR CIVIC RESPONSIBILITIES AND WILL SHOW AN ACTIVE CONCERN TOWARDS THE IR COMMUNITY, AN EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.

CYC ENGAGES IN A WIDE RANGE OF ACTIVITIES, HE SAID.

THE ACTIVITIES INCLUDE VISITS, TALKS, DEBATES, TELEGAMES, SEMINARS, SURVEYS, COMPETITIONS, EXHIBITIONS AND TELEVISION GAMES RELATED TO VARIOUS THEMES WHICH WILL CONTRIBUTE TO +COMMUNITY BUILDING+ IN HONG KONG, SUCH AS CONSERVATION AND COUNTRY PARKS, FIRE PREVENTION, CONSUMER EDUCATION, ROAD SAFETY AND KEEPING HONG KONG CLEAN.

CYC GROUPS TAKE THE FORM OF SCHOOL CLUBS ENGAGED IN EXTRA- CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

+THERE IS NO LIMIT TO THE NUMBER OF CYC MEMBERS A SCHOOL MAY RECRUIT. THE SCHOOL HEAD SHOULD ALSO APPOINT A MEMBER OF THE SCHOOL STAFF TO OVERSEE THE ACTIVITIES OF THE CYC GROUPS WITHIN THE SCHOOL, HE SAID.

APPLICATIONS TO FORM CYC GROUPS MAY BE MADE THROUGH HEADS OF SCHOOLS TO THE CYC SECTION AT CAROLINE MANSION, 4TH FLOOR, B YUN PING ROAD, CAUSEWAY BAY, HONG KONG. ENQUIRIES MAY ALSO BE MADE ON TELEPHONE NUMBERS 5-779007 OR 5-7902993.

SIX NT SITES FOR LETTER A/B TENDER

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APPLICATIONS ARE BEING INVITED FROM REGISTERED OWNERS OF LAND EXCHANGE ENTITLEMENTS (LETTERS A AND B) FOR THE GRANT OF SIX LOTS TOTALLING 1.82 HECTARES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

FOUR SITES ARE IN SHA TIN, ONE IS IN TAI PO AND THE REMAINING SITE IS IN YUEN LONG.

THE TAI PO SITE, ONE OF NINE SITES IN THE TOWN CENTRE, IS FOR RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.

IT MEASURES 5 320 SQUARE METRES AND CARRIES A BUILDING COVENANT

OF $52 MILLION TO BE COMPLETED IN FOUR YEARS.

ALTOGETHER, THE TOWN CENTRE, MUCH OF WHICH WILL BE LAND RECLAIMED FROM TOLO HARBOUR, WILL OCCUPY AN AREA OF 41.6 HECTARES WHEN COMPLETED BEFORE THE END OF THIS DECADE.

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