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GOING ON U.S. STUDY TOUR

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TEN TAI PO DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS WILL LEAVE FOR THE UNITED STATES ON A TWO-WEEK STUDY TOUR TOMORROW (TUESDAY).

ACCOMPANIED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR THOMAS CHAN, THE GROUP WILL VISIT SAN FRANCISCO, CHICAGO, WASHINGTON AND NEW YORK TO SEE LOCAL DEVELOPMENTS AND THE IR ANCILLARY COMMUNITY FACILITIES WHICH WILL BE HELPFUL TO THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF TAI PO NEW TOWN.

YOUNG BRITONS SEEING HONG KONG

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SIX BRITONS CURRENTLY IN HONG KONG UNDER THE COMMONWEALTH YOUTH EXCHANGE PROGRAMME TODAY (MONDAY) BEGAN THEIR THREE-WEEK ACTIVITIES OF MEETING PEOPLE AND VISITING PLACES.

THEY WERE FIRST BRIEFED ON THE WORK OF THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION BY PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY MR BOWEN LEUNG, AND ON DEVELOPMENTS OF THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM BY ASSISTANT SECRETARY, MRS MAUREEN YANG.

THE GROUP, FROM THE COUNTY OF SOUTH GLAMORGAN, LATER VISITED THE CITY HALL to SEE VARIOUS FACILITIES, AND THE SPACE MUSEUM.

THE GROUP IS LED BY MISS NICOLA SALTER, AND ITS OTHER MEMBERS ARE MISS CLAIRE DAVY, MR GERALD DUNNE, MISS JENNIE GARDNER, MISS SUE HUNT AND MR ANDREW THOMAS.

THEY ARRIVED OVER THE WEEKEND AND WERE MET BY THE SIX HONG KONG PARTICIPANTS WHO VISITED BRITAIN LAST YEAR UNDER THE PROGRAMME.

MR LEUNG SAID THAT THE EXCHANGE PROGRAMME WAS AIMED AT ENCOURAGING MEANINGFUL CONTACT AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE OF THE COMMONWEALTH.

+IT WILL ENABLE THEM TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THEIR NEIGHBOURS IN THE COMMONWEALTH THROUGH BILATERAL EXCHANGE VISITS WHICH WILL ENCOURAGE DISCUSSION AND SHARING OF IDEAS, EXPERIENCES AND CULTURE AND PROMOTE UNDERSTANDING AMONG THEM,+ HE SAID.

+HONG KONG FIRST PARTICIPATED IN THE PROGRAMME IN 1977 ON A RECIPROCAL BASIS, WITH THE BRITISH ORGANISER UNDERTAKING TO ACT AS HOST FOR A GROUP OF SIX YOUNG PEOPLE FROM HONG KONG IN ONE YEAR AND HONG KONG HOSTING A SIMILAR PROGRAMME FOR SIX BRITONS THE FOLLOWING YEAR,

/+50 FAR,