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LY 21, 1985

OVER THE SAME PERIOD, SURRENDERS AND RESUM TIONS OF LAND DROPPED BY 38.5 PER CENT FROM 109 TO 67, WITH THE AMOUNT OF COMPENSATION DECREASING BY 35.3 PER CENT FROM $66.3 MILLION TO $42.9 MILLION.

THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PROPERTY OWNERS THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY ROSE BY 4.0 PER CENT FROM 724 389 IN JUNE 1984 TO 753 015 IN DECEMBER 1984 AND AGAIN BY 4.1 PER CENT TO 784 155 IN JUNE 1985.

IN MAY 1984 THE LAND OFFICE OBTAINED APPROVAL OF FUNDS FOR THE COMPUTERISATION OF ALL LAND OFFICE REGISTER CARDS. PLANS ARE IN HAND TO COMMENCE COMPUTERISATION IN MID 1986. THE COMPUTERISED SYSTEM WILL REDUCE MUCH OF THE TIME REQUIRED FOR MAKING A SEARCH AND CONSEQUENTLY WILL REDUCE THE WAITING TIME OF A SEARCHER FROM ABOUT 30 MINUTES AT PRESENT TO ABOUT 10 MINUTES.

YOUTH MUSIC CAMP 1985 OPENED

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HONG KONG'S FUTURE LIES IN THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF TODAY. THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PROVISIONAL REGIONAL COUNCIL, MR CHEUNG YAN-LUNG SAID THIS (SUNDAY) MORNING WHEN HE OPENED THE 1985 HONG KONG YOUTH MUSIC CAMP.

+EVERYONE OF US,+ MR CHEUNG SAID, +BE IT THE REGIONAL COUNCIL, THE URBAN COUNCIL OR THE GOVERNMENT HAS A VERY DEFINITE ROLE TO PLAY IN HELPING OUR YOUNG PEOPLE TO GROW UP TO BECOME MORE INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY THEY LIVE IN AND TO TAKE UP THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES AS PARTICIPATING CITIZENS OF OUR COMMUNITY.+

THE ANNUAL MUSIC CAMP, NOW IN ITS SIXTH YEAR, IS BEING HELD AT THE PO LEUNG KUK PAK TAM CHUNG HOLIDAY CAMP IN SAI KUNG AND WILL LAST UNTIL AUGUST 4.

MR CHEUNG, WHO IS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, SAID THAT IN THIS INTERNATIONAL YOUTH YEAR, THE HONG KONG YOUTH MUSIC CAMP PROVIDED AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF DEVELOPMENT AND PARTICIPATION.

+THE HONG KONG YOUTH MUSIC CAMP IS A GOOD TRAINING GROUND, FOR IT NOT ONLY PROVIDES EXCELLENT MUSIC EDUCATION, BUT ALSO TRAINING IN LIFE, SHARPENING THE PARTICIPANTS' AWARENESS OF THE NEEDS OF OTHERS, LEARNING CONSIDERATION AND RESPECT FOR OTHERS' PROPERTY AS WELL AS THE IR FEELINGS AND NEEDS, HELPING ONE ANOTHER TO OVERCOME DIFFICULTIES, AND UNDERSTANDING THE TRUE VALUE OF MUTUAL COOPERATION.

+OUR YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE THE IR PROBLEMS BUT THEY ARE NO DIFFERENT FROM THOSE OF YOUNG PEOPLE ELSEWHERE. BY CHANNELLING THE IR ENERGIES INTO USEFUL PURSUITS SUCH AS MUSIC TRAINING AND HEALTHY OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES, WE HOPE THAT THEY WILL BE BETTER EQUIPPED TO TACKLE WHATEVER PROBLEMS THEY MAY FACE IN FUTURE,+ MR CHEUNG SAID.

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