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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1985

+CIVIC DAY FOR YOUTH+ PROMOTES CIVIC SENSE

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HONG KONG NEEDS A CIVIC-MINDED GENERATION TO BUILD A

STABLE AND PROSPEROUS COMMUNITY AT THIS TIME OF POLITICAL CHANGES.

THE REMARK CAME FROM MRS SEL INA CHOW, CHAIRMAN OF THE CENTRAL CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE ON 1985 INTERNATIONAL YOUTH YEAR (CCCIYY), AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF CIVIC DAY FOR YOUTH+ HELD TODAY (SUNDAY) IN EDINBURGH PLACE.

+ HOPE THAT THROUGH ORGANISING THE 'CIVIC DAY FOR YOUTH' TODAY, WE CAN AROUSE PUBLIC INTEREST IN PROMOTING CIVIC EDUCATION,+ MRS SELINA CHOW SAID IN EMPHASISING THE OBJECTIVE OF THE EVENT IN HER WELCOMING SPEECH.

OVER 500 YOUNG PEOPLE REPRESENTING ALL 19 DISTRICTS ATTENDED THE CEREMONY TO LAUNCH THE EXTENSIVE PROGRAMME OF DISTRICT ACTIVITIES TO MARK THE EVENT.

IT IS EXPECTED THAT OVER 10 000 YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY WILL TAKE PART IN THESE ACTIVITIES DURING THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.

THE OTHER OFFICIATING GUEST WAS THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR DONALD LIAO.

MISS SIU CHANG-KWUN, A F.7 GRADUATE AND CYC MEMBER, EXPRESSED HER OWN VIEWS AND EXPERIENCES IN SOCIAL PARTICIPATION IN A SPECIAL ADDRESS TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE ATTENDING THE OPENING CEREMONY, WHEN SHE SAID, IN ORDER TO ENCOURAGE MORE YOUNG PEOPLE TO FEEL CONCERNED ABOUT AND TO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN SOCIAL AFFAIRS, THE FIRST AND ESSENTIAL STEP IS TO FOSTER THEIR CIVIC SENSE.

+A SOUND COMMUNITY DEPENDS LARGELY ON THE EXTENT OF THE COMMITMENT OF ITS CITIZENS. SINCE WE ARE THE YOUNG ONES, FULL OF DRIVE AND ENTHUSIASM, WE SHOULD NEVER LAG BEHIND IN SOCIAL PARTICIPATION.+

HIGHLIGHT OF THE CEREMONY WAS THE RELEASE OF A HELIUM-FILLED BALLOON BY THE OFFICIATING GUESTS AND DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVES, SYMBOL ISING THEIR JOINT EFFORT IN CARRYING OUT THE THEME OF THE DAY TO CARE FOR, TO SERVE AND TO BUILD YOUR COMMUNITY+.

AFTER THE CEREMONY, MRS SELINA CHOW AND MR DONALD LIAO ALSO JOINED IN THE SPIRIT AND VISITED SOME DISTRICT ACTIVITIES,

THEY WERE ACCOMPANIED BY MEMBERS OF THE CCCIYY, AND CHAIRMAN OF THR WORKING GROUP ON +CIVIC DAY FOR YOUTH+, MR LEE CHIK-YUET.

MRS SELINA CHOW FIRST WENT TO SOUTHERN DISTRICT TO SEE A BLOOD DONATION FUNCTION.

/SECONDARY SCHOOL