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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1984

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+WORK WILL COVER PILING TO FOUNDATIONS FOR TWO 22-STOREY SLAB BLOCKS, TWO SCHOOLS, A CAR PARK AND ELEVATED WALKWAYS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

HE SAID THE TWO DOMESTIC BLOCKS WOULD HAVE A TOTAL OF 1 976 UNITS FOR MORE THAN 6 000 PEOPLE ON COMPLETION BY 1987.

+LONG PING ESTATE IS BEING DEVELOPED IN THREE PHASES AND WILL HOUSE ALTOGETHER 35 000 PEOPLE BY 1987.+

NEW YEAR'S DAY START FOR YOUTH YEAR

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THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE 1985 INTERNATIONAL YOUTH YEAR (YY) TO BE HELD AT THE HONG KONG COLISEUM ON JANUARY 1.

ABOUT 8 000 YOUNGSTERS FROM DIFFERENT SECTORS OF THE COMMUNITY WILL BE ATTENDING THE 90-MINUTE PROGRAMME AND ENJOYING PERFORMANCES BY MORE THAN 2 000 YOUTHS FROM 40 ORGANISATIONS AND SCHOOLS IN HONG KONG.

ANNOUNCING THIS AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY (FRIDAY),

MRS SELINA CHOW, CHAIRPERSON OF THE CENTRAL CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE ON 1985 INTERNATIONAL YOUTH YEAR (CCCIYY) SAID, +A SERIES OF YOUTH ACTIVITIES WILL BE ORGANISED BY THE COMMITTEE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO HIGHLIGHT THE IYY THEME OF 'PARTICIPATION, DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE'.+

DISCLOSING THE DETAILS OF THE OPENING EVENT, MR LO KING-MAN, CHAIRMAN OF THE ACTIVITIES SUB-COMMITTEE SAID, THE OFFICIAL OPENING CEREMONY, FOCUSING ON PARTICIPATION, ONE OF THE THEMES OF IYY WILL INCLUDE PERFORMANCES BY SCHOOL CHOIRS THE MUSIC OFFICE COMBINED YOUTH BAND, THE HONG KONG SCHOOL DANCE TEAM, AND A FLIP-TORCH DISPLAY, AEROBICS AND A MASS DANCE.+

POPULAR YOUNG ARTISTES - MISS RUTH CHEN, MR MICHAEL KWAN, MISS ANNABELLE LOUIE AND MR TERENCE TSOI - WILL DEDICATE THE IR SONGS TO THE YOUTH YEAR.

TICKETS FOR THE OPENING WILL BE DISTRIBUTED THROUGH ALL DISTRICT OFFICES FROM MONDAY (DECEMBER 17), ON A FIRST-COME-FIRST- SERVED BASIS.

MRS CHOW SAID ALSO FOLLOWING THE LAUNCH, A TWO-PART YOUTH CONFERENCE WOULD BE HELD IN MARCH AND AUGUST NEXT YEAR, WHERE YOUTH WORKERS AND YOUNGSTERS THEMSELVES WOULD HAVE A CHANCE TO EXAMINE THE EXISTING YOUTH PROBLEMS, POLICIES AND SERVICES FOR THE BENEFIT OF FUTURE PLANNING.

/THIS MULD