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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1985

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YOUTHS VOLUNTEER TO REPAIR FOOTPATH

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YOUNG VOLUNTEERS TODAY (SATURDAY) JOINED LOCAL RESIDENTS TO REPAIR A FOOTPATH AT THE KAI FUK TEMPORARY HOUSING AREA IN KOWLOON BAY AS PART OF KWUN TONG DISTRICT'S PROGRAMME TO ENCOURAGE YOUNG PEOPLE TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY.

CHAIRMAN OF KWUN TONG'S +ACTION CIVIC YOUTH+ ORGANISING COMMITTEE, MR LAM KIN-KWOK, SAID THE 19-METRE FOOTPATH, OUTSIDE BLOCK 18 OF THE THA, WAS A BUSY ACCESS FOR THE 7 500 RESIDENTS OF THE HOUSING AREA.

+AS THE ROUTE IS NOT A PROPER ACCESS, THE FOOTPATH HAD BEEN DILIPADATED THROUGH YEARS OF WEAR AND TEAR, HE SAID.

+THE COMMITTEE THEREFORE INCLUDED THE ROAD-REPAIR PROJECT IN ITS ACTION CIVIC YOUTH PROGRAMME, THE THEME OF WHICH IS TO CARE, SERVE, AND BUILD THE COMMUNITY,+ HE ADDED.

THE REPAIRED FOOTPATH HAS BEEN NAMED CIVIC PATH AND A PLAQUE WAS ERECTED TODAY TO COMMEMORATE THE EFFORTS OF THE VOLUNTEERS.

OFFICIATING AT THE BRIEF CEREMONY TODAY, KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR KEVIN MAK, SAID HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE YOUTHS COMING OUT TO SERVE THEIR COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE WERE MORE THAN 280 000 PEOPLE IN KWUN TONG AGED BETWEEN 10 AND 29.

+THIS PROJECT IS ALSO A GOOD EXAMPLE WHERE THE DISTRICT BOARD. PROVIDING FINANCIAL AND MORAL SUPPORT, CO-OPERATES WITH THE KAIFONGS TO IMPROVE THE COMMUNITY,+ HE ADDED.

SPONSORED BY THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT BOARD, THE ONE-MONTH +ACTION CIVIC YOUTH PROGRAMME WILL CLOSE TOMORROW AFTERNOON WITH A KWUN TONG CIVIC DAY FOR YOUTH AT THE MAIN SQUARE OF TELFORD GARDENS.

DRAWING COMPETITION ORGANISED FOR STUDENTS

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STUDENTS LIVING OR STUDYING IN THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT ARE INVITED TO TAKE PART IN A DRAWING COMPETITION ORGANISED BY THE DISTRICT'S ARTS AND CULTURE ASSOCIATION.

THE COMPETITION, SPONSORED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD AND OCEAN PARK. IS ONE OF THE DISTRICT'S INTERNATIONAL YOUTH YEAR PROJECTS AIMED AT ENHANCING YOUNGSTERS' INTEREST IN ART AND THEIR KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT.

/THE COMPETITION

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