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TUESDAY, JULY 27, 1982

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BRITONS ARRIVE FOR COMMONWEALTH YOUTH EXCHANGE PROGRAMME

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SIX YOUNG BRITONS PARTICIPATING IN THE COMMONWEALTH YOUTH EXCHANGE PROGRAMME ARRIVED IN HONG KONG TODAY (TUESDAY) TO BEGIN A THREE-WEEK VISIT HERE.

THE GROUP, FROM THE COUNTY OF SOUTH GLAMORGAN, WALES, COMPR I SED MISS ELAINE JOHNS, MISS JENNIFER LENCZNER, MR BRIAN JOHNSON, MR BRIAN MURPHY, MR ANDREW KNILL AND MR PETER HIGGINS.

THEY WERE MET AT THE AIRPORT BY OFFICERS OF THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION - COORDINATOR OF THE PROGRAMME AND WERE ESCORTED TO THEIR ACCOMMODATION AT THE CARITAS BIANCHI LODGE.

A CNTA SPOKESMAN SAID THE EVENT WAS ORGANISED BY THE COMMONWEALTH YOUTH EXCHANGE COUNCIL AS AN ON-GOING PROGRAMME TO ENABLE YOUNG PEOPLE IN COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES TO MAKE EXCHANGE VISITS ON A RECIPROCAL AND BILATERAL BASIS.

+THE OBJECT IS TO ENABLE YOUNG PEOPLE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THEIR NEIGHBOURS IN THE COMMONWEALTH AND TO EXCHANGE IDEAS AND EXPERIENCES, THUS MAKING THE COMMONWEALTH CONCEPT A GREATER REALITY FOR THEM,+ HE SAID.

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DURING THEIR STAY. THE VISITORS WILL CALL ON VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, SUCH AS THE URBAN SERVICES, RECREATION AND CULTURE, HOUSING, EDUCATION, MEDICAL AND HEALTH AND THE POLICE.

A TOUR TO SHA TIN NEW TOWN AND A CRUISE TO THE OUTLYING ISLANDS WILL BE ARRANGED FOR THEM, THEY WILL ALSO VISIT PLACES LIKE THE OCEAN PARK, SPACE MUSEUM, MUSIC CAMP, CHI MA WAN REFUGEE CAMP, SAI KUNG OUTDOOR RECREATION CENTRE, LADY MACLEHOSE HOLIDAY VILLAGE, CHONG HING WATER SPORTS CENTRE AND QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL.

SIX HONG KONG PAST PARTICIPANTS WILL ACCOMPANY THE VISITORS DURING THE TOURS. THEY ARE MR FRANCIS AU, MISS VIVIAN FONG, MR FRANK IP, MISS LO MAN-YI, MISS NG YIM-HO AND MR RAYMOND TSENG.

HONG KONG HAS SENT 18 YOUNG PEOPLE TO THE UNITED KINGDOM SINCE PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAMME IN 1977.

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