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SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 1983

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SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME CLOSING

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THE TWO-MONTH SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME BEING HELD IN WONG TA! SIN, NORTH DISTRICT, KWUN TONG AND TAI PO WILL END TOMORROW (SUNDAY).

AT 4.30 PM TOMORROW, THE WONG TAI SIN SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME CLOSING CEREMONY WILL BE HELD AT THE S.K.H. CHING SHAN PRIMARY SCHOOL IN CHOI HUNG ESTATE.

PRIOR TO THE CEREMONY, A MODEL CAR RACE AND A PAINTING

EXHIBITION WILL BE HELD.

FOR THE PAST TWO MONTHS, MORE THAN 800 ITEMS OF ACTIVITIES HAVE BEEN HELD IN THE DISTRICT, ATTRACTING SOME 140 000 PARTICIPANTS.

IN THE NORTH DISTRICT, A CLOSING CEREMONY IN THE FORM OF

A VARIETY SHOW WILL BE HELD AT 7 PM AT THE SHEK WU HUI PLAYGROUND IN SHEUNG SHUI.

FOR THE PAST TWO MONTHS, MORE THAN 200 ACTIVITIES HAVE BEEN HELD, WITH WATER SPORTS BEING THE MOST POPULAR AMONG THE YOUNGSTERS IN THE DISTRICT.

AT 7.30 PM, A PERFORMANCE BY THE KWUN TONG CHILDREN CHORUS AND A LUCKY DRAW AT THE OCEAN PALACE RESTAURANT IN TSIM SHA TSUI WILL MARK THE CLOSING OF THE SUMMER YOUTH ACTIVITIES IN KWUN TONG.

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IN TAI PO, THE SUMMER YOUTH ACTIVITIES HAVE BEEN HELD BETWEEN JULY 10 AND AUGUST 28, ATTRACTING ABOUT 30 000 PARTICIPANTS. CLOSING CEREMONY WILL BE HELD AT 8 PM AT THE TAI PO PLAYGROUND.

ON TUESDAY (AUGUST 30), BOTH THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN AND SHA TIN WILL HOLD THEIR CLOSING CEREMONY.

FOR CENTRAL AND WESTERN, A VARIETY SHOW AND A LUCKY DRAW WILL BE HELD AT 10.30 AM AT THE CITY HALL CONCERT HALL.

IN SHA TIN, A VARIETY SHOW WITH SINGING AND DANCING PERFORMANCES WILL BE HELD AT 7.30 PM AT THE KIANGSU-CHEKIANG COLLEGE IN WO CHE ESTATE.

ANTI-FLY OPERATION LAUNCHED IN SHA TIN

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TEAMS FROM THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAVE APPLIED LARVICIDE TO MORE THAN 150 POTENTIAL FLY-BREEDING SPOTS THROUGHOUT SHA TIN OVER THE LAST THREE WEEKS IN AN ANTI-FLY OPERATION.

THE FOUR WEEK-LONG OPERATION WILL END NEXT WEEK. BUT ALREADY, IT HAS IMPROVED THE ENVIRONMENT OF THE NEW TOWN AND THE SURROUNDING VILLAGES, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID.

+THIS FIRST ANTI-FLY OPERATION IN SHA TIN IS ALSO AIMED AT PROTECTING THE PUBLIC AGAINST DISEASES, PARTICULARLY THOSE TRANSMITTED THROUGH FLIES DURING THE HOT, HUMID SUMMER, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

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