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TUESDAY, JULY 31, 1984

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YOUTHS URGED TO PASS ON +TORCH OF CONFIDENCE+

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YOUNG PEOPLE IN HONG KONG WERE TODAY (TUESDAY) URGED TO DEVELOP SELF-DISCIPLINE AND ENTERPRISE.

THE CALL CAME FROM THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, IN A MESSAGE TO THE 38TH SILVER AWARD PRESENTATION CEREMONY OF THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S AWARD.

HE ALSO CALLED ON HONG KONG'S YOUTHS TO PASS ON INTO THE FUTURE →THE TORCH OF CONFIDENCE AND COURAGE AND RESPECT FOR THOSE THINGS WHICH WE VALUE IN OUR SOCIETY+.

MR AKERS-JONES RECALLED THAT WHEN THE AWARD SCHEME STARTED IN 1961, THE TERRITORY WAS DESPERATELY SHORT OF COMFORT AND ENJOYMENT.

+WHAT A DIFFERENT PLACE HONG KONG IS TODAY!+ HE SAID.

+ IN THE PAST TWO DECADES WE HAVE BUILT ONE OF THE GREAT CITIES OF THE WORLD, WITH ITS LIFE-STYLE, RECREATION, ARTISTIC AND CULTURAL LIFE, HE SAID.

MR AKERS-JONES SAID CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS THESE ACHIEVEMENTS HAD COME FROM MANY SOURCES, AND THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S AWARD SCHEME HAD ENCOURAGED AND TRAINED THE YOUNG PEOPLE TO ASPIRE TO EVEN GREATER EFFORTS.

HE ADDED THAT THE PRIMARY INTENTION OF THE AWARD SCHEME, WHICH WAS TO STIMULATE ENTHUSIASM AND TO FACE THE CHALLENGE OF THE FUTURE, STILL HELD TRUE.

DB FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

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LOCAL ORGANISATIONS IN EASTERN DISTRICT MAY NOW APPLY TO THE DISTRICT BOARD FOR FUNDS TO ORGANISE COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE BOARD SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).

+THERE IS NO SET LIMIT ON THE AMOUNT TO BE GRANTED, THOUGH APPLICATIONS WILL BE VETTED BY THE BOARD'S COMMUNITY BUILDING COMMITTEE AND THE AMOUNT WILL DEPEND ON THE FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR THE PURPOSE.

+FOR ENTERTAINMENT, RECREATIONAL, CULTURAL AND FESTIVE ACTIVITIES, IT IS ALSO HOPED THAT THE ORGANISERS WILL SHOULDER PART OF THE COSTS, HE SAID.

/APPLICATIONS FROM ...................