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SATURDAY, JULY 6, 1985

MR NG ALSO DISCLOSED THAT THE SHA TIN CENTRAL LIBRARY, WHICH WILL HAVE AN INITIAL STOCK OF 220 000 BOOKS AND 10 000 ITEMS OF AUDIO-VISUAL MATERIALS ON ITS 3 250-SQUARE-METRE PREMISES, WILL BE OPENED AROUND SEPTEMBER NEXT YEAR.

THIS CENTRAL LIBRARY WILL FUNCTION AS A DISTRICT LIBRARY IN SHA TIN BUT WILL ALSO PROVIDE SUPPORTING REFERENCE AND INFORMATION AND AUDIO-VISUAL SERVICES FOR THE SURROUNDING AREAS.

GOOD START TO WAN CHAI YOUTH PROGRAMME

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THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME GOT OFF TO A GRAND START TODAY (SATURDAY) AS HUNDREDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE GATHERED AT A CARNIVAL IN THE LOCKHART ROAD PLAYGROUND FOR A DAY OF FUND AND GAMES.

THE CARNIVAL, WHICH FEATURED GAMES STALLS, FILM SHOW AND QUIZ, WAS ORGANISED WITH THE AIM OF ENCOURAGING YOUNG PEOPLE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE IR DISTRICT.

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, WAN CHAI DISTRICT OFFICER, MR ROGER GARCIA, SAID THE INTERNATIONAL YOUTH YEAR'S THESIS OF +PARTICIPATION, DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE+ WAS ADOPTED AS THE CENTRAL THEME OF THIS YEAR'S PROGRAMME.

+ IT IS HOPED THAT THROUGH ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES, YOUNG PEOPLE WILL PAY MORE ATTENTION TO AND GET INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY SERVICES AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS, HE SAID.

+THIS MAY SERVE AS A KIND OF CIVIC EDUCATION AND MAY HELP STRENGTHEN THEIR UNDERSTANDING AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF GOVERNMENT, MR GARCIA ADDED.

+THROUGH MEANINGFUL ACTIVITIES, YOUNG PEOPLE CAN NOT ONLY DEVELOP THEIR POTENTIAL AND CHARACTER, BUT ALSO HELP PROMOTE AND ENHANCE THE HARMONY AND PROSPERITY OF THE SOCIETY, HE SAID.

THE CARNIVAL, JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE DISTRICT'S SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE AND THE BOYS' AND GIRLS' CLUBS ASSOCIATION, WAS ONLY THE FIRST OF ABOUT 170 INDOOR AND OUTDOOR EVENTS ORGANISED BY VARIOUS ORGANISATIONS AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES IN THE DISTRICT.

A PAMPHLET ON THE VARIOUS ACTIVITIES OF THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT PROGRAMME HAS BEEN PUBLISHED AND IS AVAILABLE FOR FREE DISTRIBUTION AT THE DISTRICT OFFICE AND ITS BRANCH OFFICES.

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE DISTRICT'S CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE, MR TERENCE TENG, AND THE GENERAL SECRETARY OF THE BOYS' AND GIRLS' CLUBS ASSOCIATION, MRS JUSTINA LEUNG, ALSO OFFICIATED AT TODAY'S OPENING CEREMONY.

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