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SUNDAY, JUNE 23, 1985

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GREATER YOUTH CIVIC EFFORT URGED

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YOUNG PEOPLE WERE URGED TODAY (SUNDAY) TO JOIN VOLUNTEER GROUPS AND DEVELOP THE IR POTENTIAL THROUGH HELPING OTHERS.

THE APPEAL CAME FROM MR DONALD LIAO, SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION AND CHAIRMAN OF THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME POLICY COMMITTEE, WHEN HE LAUNCHED THE 1985 SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME AT THE PO LEUNG KUK PAK TAM CHUNG CAMP THIS MORNING.

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, MR LIAO POINTED OUT THAT THIS YEAR'S PROGRAMME ADOPTED THE INTERNATIONAL YOUTH YEAR (IYY) THEME OF +PARTICIPATION, DEVELOPMENT, PEACE+.

HE SAID THERE WOULD BE A BALANCE OF ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THIS SUMMER, REVOLVING AROUND THIS THEME.

REMINDING YOUNG PEOPLE THAT THE SPIRIT OF PARTICIPATION GOES BEYOND ENROLMENT IN AN ACTIVITY, MR LIAO SAID, +WHERE POSSIBLE, THEY SHOULD ALSO INVOLVE THEMSELVES IN PLANNING THE ACTIVITY AND ASSIST IN THE ORGANISATION OF IT.+

THE ACHIEVEMENT OF OUTSTANDING YOUTH LEADERS WHO CONTRIBUTE THE IR TIME AND SERVICE TO THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME IS RECOGNISED BY THE AWARD OF THE JOCKEY CLUB'S OUTWARD BOUND SCHOLARSHIPS.

MR LIAO STRESSED THAT THE SUCCESS OF THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME DEPENDED TO A LARGE EXTENT ON THE SUPPORT OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB, COMMUNITY LEADERS, VOLUNTARY AGENCIES, DISTRICT BOARDS, LOCAL ORGANISATIONS AND GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS,

+THE JOCKEY CLUB, IN PARTICULAR, HAS PROVIDED UNFAILING SUPPORT FOR THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME IN THE LAST 16 YEARS, + MR LIAO SAID.

+THIS YEAR, THE CLUB HAS AGAIN MADE A GENEROUS DONATION OF $5.25 MILLION TOWARDS THE TOTAL PROGRAMME COST OF ABOUT $15 MILLION. +

AFTER THE OPENING ADDRESS, MR WONG CHUNG-HIN, STEWARD OF THE RHKJC, PRESENTED A CHEQUE FOR $5.25 MILLION TO MR LIAO.

TODAY'S CEREMONY WAS ATTENDED BY ABOUT 150 GUESTS, INCLUDING MEMBERS OF THE SYP POLICY AND CENTRAL CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEES, CHAIRMEN OF THE 19 DISTRICT CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEES, REPRESENTATIVES FROM GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES.

THE GUESTS, WHO WERE TAKEN ON A GUIDED TOUR ROUND THE CAMP PRIOR TO THE OPENING CEREMONY, WATCHED 300 YOUTHS TAKING PART IN SPORTS AND GAMES,

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