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THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1982

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SUMMER PROGRAMME FOR YUEN LONG YOUTHS

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ANNUAL SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME SERVES TO ENCOURAGE, PARTICIPATION, YOUNG PEOPLE TO DEVELOP INTEREST IN COMMUNITY SERVITE, BUILD UP A SENSE OF TEAM SPIRIT, AND BROADEN HORIZONS BY TAK VG UP NEW HOBBIES.

AND IN YUEN LONG THERE IS A CONTINUAL DEMAND FOR LEISURE PURSUITS, AND HENCE THE NEED TO ORGANISE SUCH ACTIVITIES AT ALL TIMES TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE DEVELOP HEALTHY BODIES AND HEALTHY MINDS.

THE SECRETARY FOR CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, MR IAN MACPHERSON, SAID THIS TODAY (THURSDAY) AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME HELD AT THE LUT SAU HALL,

THIS YEAR THE PROGRAMME IS, FOR THE FIRST TIME, BEING CO-ORDINATED BY THE ADMINISTRATION.

+THE ACTIVITIES PLANNED CATER FOR A WIDE RANGE OF TALENTS AND PROVIDE INTERESTING AND ENJOYABLE PURSUITS FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF YUEN LONG DURING THE SUMMER HOLIDAY, HE SAID.

+YUEN LONG HAS A STRONG TRADITION OF ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT IN ORGANISING COMMUNITY BUILDING PROJECTS. THIS IS EVIDENT FROM THE MANY CULTURAL, RECREATIONAL AND SPORTS ACTIVITIES ORGANISED AND PARTICIPATED IN BY THE DISTRICT BOARD AND VARIOUS DISTRICT ASSOCIATIONS ALL THE YEAR ROUND.+

HE SAID TO SUSTAIN EFFORTS IN THIS FIELD THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WAS IMPORTANT IN THE TOWN WHERE OVER 50 PER CENT OF THE POPULATION WERE UNDER THE AGE OF 24.

+1 AM THEREFORE VERY ENCOURAGED TO SEE SO MANY LEADING MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AND YOUNG VOLUNTEERS GIVING GENEROUSLY OF THEIR TIME AND EFFORT TO HELP MAKE THIS PROGRAMME A SUCCESS.+

AN EXTENSIVE PROGRAMME WITH MORE THAN 130 ITEMS HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT YOUTH RECREATION CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE, WITH FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.

ALSO PRESENT AT THE OPENING CEREMONY WERE THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR JAMES WILSON, AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE, TANG TAK-KAU.

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