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WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 1983

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1983 SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME STARTS

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INCREASING DISTRICT INVOLVEMENT AND PARTICIPATION HAS ENABLED HONG KONG TO HAVE A MORE BALANCED SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME THIS YEAR TO CATER FOR INDIVIDUAL NEEDS OF EACH DISTRICT.

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE 1983 SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME HELD AT THE QUEEN ELIZABETH STADIUM IN WAN CHAI THIS (WEDNESDAY) EVENING, THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES SAID, LAST YEAR, I MENTIONED THAT THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME WOULD BE EXPANDED WITH INCREASED LOCAL INITIATIVE. THIS HAS BEEN DONE.+

THIS YEAR, MORE THAN 8 000 INDOOR AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES ARE BEING ORGANISED AT TERRITORY-WIDE AND DISTRICT LEVELS FOR YOUNGSTERS THROUGHOUT HONG KONG. THESE ACTIVITIES NOT ONLY PROVIDE HEALTHY RECREATIONAL OUTLET FOR YOUTHS IN THE LONG HOT SUMMER MONTHS BUT ALSO AIM AT DEVELOPING THEIR INDIVIDUAL TALENTS AND ABILITIES.

MORE COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS ARE BUILT INTO THE PROGRAMME TO TIE IN WITH THIS YEAR'S THEME OF BETTERING ONESELF THROUGH COMMUNITY SERVICE'.

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AT THE CEREMONY, MR AKERS-JONES THANKED MEMBERS OF THE CENTRAL CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE FOR YOUTH RECREATION (CCCYR) FOR THE IR CONTRIBUTION TO THE ANNUAL SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME. MEMBERS INCLUDE THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB (CHARITIES) LTD., HONG KONG COUNCIL OF SOCIAL SERVICE, CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT, RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT, INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT, URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND LABOUR DEPARTMENT.

HE THANKED THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB IN PARTICULAR FOR ITS $4.5 MILLION DONATION TOWARDS THIS YEAR'S PROGRAMME.

A SOUVENIR WAS PRESENTED TO SIR SIDNEY GORDON, STEWARD OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB IN APPRECIATION OF THE CLUB'S GENEROUS CONTRIBUTION.

THE OPENING CEREMONY WAS FOLLOWED BY A ONE-AND-A-HALF HOUR VARIETY SHOW WHICH WAS ATTENDED BY REPRESENTATIVES OF VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES AND MORE THAN 1 000 YOUNGSTERS.

THE SHOW WAS JOINTLY PRODUCED BY THE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICSES AND RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG (TV DIVISION) AS THE FIRST EPISODE OF THE SWINGING SUMMER+ T.V. SERIES.

THE ENTERTAINMENT