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THURSDAY, JULY 4, 1985
THE 15 PUBLIC LIBRARIES MANAGED BY THE RSD HAVE A TOTAL REGISTERED MEMBERSHIP OF ABOUT 280 000. THE COMPETITION IS PART OF THE RSD'S ON-GOING LIBRARY EXTENSION ACTIVITIES TO ATTRACT MOKE READERS.
LAST YEAR, 3.5 MILLION BOOKS WERE ISSUED FROM THE RSD LIBRARIES FOR HOME USE, AND 5.8 MILLION WERE READ IN THE LIBRARIES.
PRIZES WILL BE PRESENTED BY THE CHIEF LIBRARIAN OF THE RSD, MR ALEX NG, AT A CEREMONY AT SOUTH KWAI CHUNG PUBLIC LIBRARY AT 11 AM ON SATURDAY.
YUEN LONG TREAT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
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A +MIDSUMMER NIGHT CONCERT+ WILL BE HELD TOMORROW (FRIDAY) EVENING TO LAUNCH THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME.
THE POP AND FOLK CONCERT, STAGED AT THE LUT SAU HALL, WILL PROVIDE FREE ENTERTAINMENT FOR ABOUT 900 PEOPLE.
MORE THAN HALF OF THE DISTRICT'S 118 ACTIVITIES THIS SUMMER WILL BE FREE OF CHARGE.
THE TOTAL EXPENDITURE FOR THE ACTIVITIES IS ABOUT $300 000, OF WHICH ONE THIRD IS DONATED BY THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB FUND, AND THE REST CONTRIBUTED BY ABOUT 29 PARTICIPATING ORGANISATIONS.
THE TWO-MONTH-LONG YUEN LONG SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME HAS A WIDE RANGE OF ACTIVITIES SUCH AS STUDY CAMPS, PICNICS, VISITS, EXHIBITIONS, CONCERTS, MOVIES, SPORTS AND FUN-FAIRS.
FOLLOWING TOMORROW'S OPENING CEREMONY, VARIOUS ACTIVITIES WILL BE HELD IN YUEN LONG TOWN AS WELL AS IN THE RURAL AREAS.
IT IS EXPECTED THAT MORE THAN 30 000 YOUNG PEOPLE AGED BETWEEN SIX AND 25 WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAMME.
+THE PROGRAMME IS A COMMUNITY BUILDING EXERCISE AIMED AT PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO LEARN THROUGH PARTICIPATION IN SOCIAL, RECREATIONAL AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES,+ A SPOKESMAN FOR THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE SAID.
/+THE ACTIVITIES
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