XN000022-1984-07-07 — Page 5

SATURDAY, JULY 7, 1984

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR PUBLICITY WORK

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YOUNG PEOPLE IN YUEN LONG WERE TODAY (SATURDAY) CALLED UPON TO HELP IN THE DISTRICT OFFICE'S PUBLICITY WORK TO ENCOURAGE MORE VOTERS FOR NEXT YEAR'S DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS.

THE APPEAL CAME FROM THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, MR FREDERICK LAM, DURING A TALK TO 60 PARTICIPANTS ATTENDING A TWO-MONTH TRAINING COURSE FOR YOUTH LEADERS AND VOLUNTEERS.

HE SAID HOUSEHOLD VISITS WOULD BE CONDUCTED BETWEEN AUGUST 15 AND OCTOBER 1 IN BOTH THE TOWN AND RURAL AREAS TO ENCOURAGE ELIGIBLE RESIDENTS TO REGISTER, AND YOUNG VOLUNTEERS WERE NEEDED FOR SUCH VISITS.

DURING THE VISITS, MR LAM SAID, VOLUNTEERS WOULD BE REQUIRED TO EXPLAIN TO RESIDENTS AND VILLAGERS THE WORK, FUNCTIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF LOCAL DISTRICT BOARDS.

+ INDUCTION COURSES WILL BE GIVEN TO THE VOLUNTEERS PRIOR TO MAKING THE VISITS AND CASH PAYMENT WOULD BE AWARDED TO THEM,+ HE SAID.

ANYONE INTERESTED IN TAKING UP THE WORK CAN WRITE TO THE DISTRICT OFFICE AT YUEN LONG DISTRICT BRANCH OFFICES BUILDING, 269 CASTLE PEAK ROAD.

NEW SEMINAR FORMAT WELCOMED ****

THE CHANGE OF FORMAT IN THIS YEAR'S SEMINARS ON UNRULY BEHAVIOUR AMONG STUDENTS HAD BEEN WELCOMED BY PARTICIPANTS. MR T.L. LAM, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (SCHOOLS), SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

HE SAID PARTICIPANTS FELT THAT THEY COULD DEVOTE MORE TIME TO PROBLEMS OF THEIR INDIVIDUAL DISTRICT AT THE SEMINARS, WHICH WERE ORGANISED FOR SCHOOL HEADS.

MR LAM WAS SPEAKING AT THE CLOSING CEREMONY OF THE SEMINARS HELD AT LOK SIN TONG WONG CHUNG MING SECONDARY SCHOOL IN SAN PO KONG.

+PARTICIPANTS OF PAST SEMINARS HAVE EXPRESSED THE VIEW THAT EACH DISTRICT HAS ITS OWN TYPES OF PROBLEMS WHICH MAY NOT NECESSARILY APPLY TO SCHOOLS IN OTHER AREAS,+ MR LAM SAID.

/BASED CH