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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 1983

SIX YOUNG PEOPLE VISIT BRITAIN

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SIX YOUNG PEOPLE LEFT HONG KONG FOR BRITAIN LAST NIGHT (TUESDAY) TO PARTICIPATE IN A THREE WEEK COMMONWEALTH YOUTH EXCHANGE PROGRAMME.

THE THREE MEN AND THREE WOMEN WERE SELECTED FROM 37 NOMINEES FROM SECONDARY SCHOOLS, UNIVERSITIES, COLLEGES OF EDUCATION, COMMUNITY CENTRES AND A MISSIONARY SOCIETY.

THEY WILL SPEND THE FIRST TWO WEEKS IN SOUTH GLAMORGAN, WALES VISITING VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND ORGANISATIONS INCLUDING SCHOOLS, YOUTH CENTRES, BBC STUDIOS AND A NEWSPAPER OFFICE.

FROM THE WEEK STARTING JULY 17, THEY WILL GO TO LONDON TO JOIN AND LIVE WITH DELEGATES FROM OTHER COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES.

THE PROGRAMME, WHICH BEGAN IN 1977, IS ORGANISED BY THE COMMONWEALTH YOUTH EXCHANGE COUNCIL IN LONDON TO PROVIDE YOUNG PEOPLE IN BRITAIN AND OTHER COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE EXCHANGE VISITS ON A BILATERAL AND RECIPROCAL BASIS.

ITS AIM IS TO ENCOURAGE DISCUSSION AND SHARING OF IDEAS AND EXPERIENCES AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE.

THE HONG KONG PARTICIPANTS ARE MR LEUNG SIU-TONG, MR LEE SHU-FAI, MR CHOW KAM-SIU, MISS LING KIT-CHING, MISS CHAN PUI- SHAN AND MISS CHAU LING-YU.

THEY WERE SELECTED BY A BOARD COMPRISING REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, CIVIL SERVICE TRAINING CENTRE, EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT AND THE HONG KONG COUNCIL OF SOCIAL SERVICE.

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