XN000022-1982-08-29 — Page 6

SUNDAY, AUGUST 29, 1982

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TAI PO SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME WELL RECEIVED

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MORE THAN 15 000 YOUNG PEOPLE TOOK PART IN SOME 120 OUTDOOR AND INDOOR ACTIVITIES IN THE TWO-MONTH LONG TAI PO DISTRICT SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME, WHICH ENDED THIS (SUNDAY) EVENING WITH A CEREMONY HELD AT THE TAI PO PLAYGROUND.

OFFICIATING AT THE CEREMONY, THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR NICKY LO, SAID THAT THE WIDE RANGE OF ACTIVITIES HAD SERVED TO HELP THE PARTICIPANTS DEVELOP HEALTHY BODIES AND MINDS DURING THE SUMMER HOLIDAYS.

HE ALSO STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING SUFFICIENT LOCAL RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.

+THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT THE PROGRAMME IS CO-ORDINATED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICE WITH DISTRICT BOARD SPONSORSHIP.

+WITH THIS YEAR'S EXPERIENCE, IT IS HOPED THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO ARRANGE A MORE SUBSTANTIAL PROGRAMME FOR OUR EVER-INCREASING POPULATION NEXT YEAR.+

HE THANKED THE DISTRICT YOUTH RECREATION CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE AND LOCAL LEADERS WHO HAD CONTRIBUTED THEIR TIME, MONEY AND EFFORT TOWARD MAKING THE PROGRAMME A SUCCESS.

A MILITARY BAND PERFORMANCE, A SOCCER TOURNAMENT AND PRESENTATION OF SOUVENIRS HIGHLIGHTED THE CLOSING CEREMONY AT WHICH THE TAI PO RURAL COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, MR CHEUNG WAI-LAM AND THE SAI KUNG NORTH RURAL COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, MR LAM PAK-PING, WERE ALSO PRESENT.

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