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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1983

1983

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YOUNG +ENVOYS+ HEADING FOR UK

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TWELVE YOUNGSTERS WILL LEAVE FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM ON DECEMBER 20 FOR A TWO-WEEK TRIP AS HONG KONG'S AMBASSADORS.

THE YOUNGSTERS EIGHT GIRLS AND FOUR BOYS MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY YOUTH CLUB,

ARE OUTSTANDING

IN A CEREMONY HELD THIS (TUESDAY) AFTERNOON, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR COLVYN HAYE, PRESENTED A BANNER AND AIR TICKETS TO THE AWARD WINNERS.

+THESE 12 OUTSTANDING CYC MEMBERS WILL, ON BEHALF OF THE 100 000 CYC MEMBERS. BEAR THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF PASSING ON THE MESSAGE OF THE CYC MOVEMENT IN HONG KONG TO YOUTHS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM WHOM THEY WILL MEET DURING THE TRIP AND BRINGING HOME THE VALUABLE EXPERIENCE GAINED FROM THE TOUR TO THEIR CYC MATES, + HE SAID.

THE WINNERS WERE SELECTED FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE IN THE CYC MERIT AWARD SCHEME.

MR HAYE POINTED OUT THAT THE SCHEME WAS STARTED IN OCTOBER, 1978 WITH THE AIM OF ENCOURAGING MEMBERS TO TAKE AN ACTIVE PART IN COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS AND TO TAKE A PERSONAL INTEREST IN COMMUNITY PROBLEMS AND WELFARE.

+WHAT THESE MEMBERS GET IN RETURN ARE THE POINTS OF ENCOURAGEMENT. AFTER MUCH PERSEVERANCE AND INVOLVEMENT IN COMMUNITY- ORIENTED ACTIVITIES, THEY MANAGED TO RISE FROM THE BASE OF

LEVEL 1 TO THE PEAK OF LEVEL 3,+ HE SAID.

DURING THEIR TRIP, THE STUDENTS WILL VISIT A NUMBER OF

EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS IN ADDITION TO SCENIC RESORT CENTRES.

MR HAYE THANKED THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB (CHARITIES) LIMITED

FOR ITS GENEROUS FUNDING OF CYC ACTIVITIES.

CLUB.

ALL THE EXPENSES FOR THE U.K. TRIP ARE BEING BORNE BY THE

IN THE CEREMONY. HE ALSO PRESENTED A MEMBERSHIP CARD TO THE 100 000TH MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY YOUTH CLUB.

OVER 120 NURSERIES PLANNED

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THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT HAS PLANS FOR AN ADDITIONAL 123 NURSERIES OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR JOHN CHAMBERS, SAID THIS TODAY (TUESDAY) AT A PARTY TO CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS AND THE 20TH YEAR OF THE KOWLOON WOMEN'S WELFARE CLUB NURSERY IN KOWLOON CITY.

THREE OF THE NEW NURSERIES WOULD BE IN KOWLOON CITY, HE ADDED.

/HONG KONG,