FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1985
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STUDENTS ATTEND SOUTHERN DISTRICT BOARD MEETING
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ABOUT 100 SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS TODAY (FRIDAY) ATTENDEL THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT BOARD MEETING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM IN HONG KONG.
THE VISIT WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT BOARD AND THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE ON THE 1985 INTERNATIONAL YOUTH YEAR, AS PART OF A CIVIC EDUCATION PROGRAMME TO PROMOTE THE IYY THEME OF PARTICIPATION, DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE+.
THE DISTRICT BOARD HAD MOVED THE VENUE OF ITS MEETING TO THE AP LEI CHAU COMMUNITY HALL SO THAT IT WOULD ACCOMMODATE A LARGER AUDIENCE.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE IYY CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE SAID ABOUT 15 SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT WERE INVITED TO SEND STUDENTS TO THE MEETING.
+THE COMMITTEE VALUES THE SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS AND MANY OF OUR ACTIVITIES ARE EITHER JOINTLY ORGANISED WITH SCHOOLS OR AIMED PARTICULARLY AT STUDENTS, HE SAID.
THE SPOKESMAN STRESSED THAT IYY ACTIVITIES IN THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT AIMED AT PROMOTING CIVIC EDUCATION AND KNOWLEDGE OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT.
+APART FROM THE DB VISIT, A YOUTH TRAINING CAMP ON DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION WAS ORGANISED IN MARCH AND THERE ARE PLANS TO PRODUCE A TEACHING KIT ON DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION LATER IN THE YEAR. +
+A SOCIAL SERVICE AWARD SCHEME AND A NUMBER OF OUTDOOR RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES ARE ALSO BEING LINED UP FOR YOUTHS
IN SOUTHERN DISTRICT,+ HE ADDED.
URBCO BACKS PERFORMING COMPANIES
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IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE URBAN COUNCIL'S POLICY TO PROMOTE CULTURAL ACTIVITIES AND TO ASSIST IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF PERFORMING COMPANIES IN HONG KONG, URBAN COUNCIL CHAIRMAN, MR HILTON CHEONG-LEEN SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
MR CHEONG-LEEN WAS SPEAKING AT A RECEPTION GIVEN FOR THE FIRST TIME BY THE COUNCIL IN HONOUR OF ITS FOUR PERFORMING COMPANIES THE HONG KONG REPERTORY THEATRE, THE HONG KONG CHINESE ORCHESTRA, THE HONG KONG DANCE COMPANY AND THE HONG KONG CHORUS.
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