XN000022-1985-12-22 — Page 4

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1985

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+ON THE OTHER HAND, YOUNGSTERS SHOULD BE GUIDED IN CHOOSING THE IR PEER GROUPS, AND IN BUILDING POSITIVE AND STABLE GUIDELINES FOR THEIR FUTURE, HE ADDED.

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PRIOR TO THE CAMP, PARTICIPANTS CARRIED OUT SURVEYS ON VARIOUS DISTRICT ISSUES AND THE RESULTS WERE DISPLAYED AT THE CAMP.

ORGANISED AS PART OF THE CURRENT KWUN TONG FESTIVAL 185, THE THREE-DAY CAMP, WITH 700 PARTICIPANTS, WAS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND ORGANISED IN KWUN TONG.

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IT IS CO-ORGANISED BY THE XWUN TONG FESTIVAL 85 ORGANISING COMMITTEE AND THE KWUN TONG SCHOOL LIAISON COMMITTEE, AND SPONSORED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD.

PEACE RALLY CLOSES YOUTH YEA

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THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE AND LADY YOUDE ATTENDED THE INTERNATIONAL YOUTH YEAR PEACE RALLY AND WATCHED PERFORMANCES STAGED BY LOCAL ARTISTES AT THE HAPPY VALLEY SPORTS GROUND THIS (SUNDAY) AFTERNOON.

THE FOUR-HOUR LONG OPEN-AIR CARNIVAL, WHICH ATTRACTED THOUSANDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE FROM VARIOUS DISTRICTS OF HONG KONG, WAS THE FINAL EVENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL YOUTH YEAR HERE IN HONG KONG.

DR CHAN CHO1-LAI, CHAIRMAN OF THE WORKING GROUP RESPONSIBLE FOR PLANNING THE RALLY, SAID HE WAS VERY IMPRESSED BY THE DEGREE OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN TODAY'S PEACE RALLY AND THE 'PEACE HI-TOUCH EXHIBITION' HELD LAST WEEK, BOTH OF WHICH WERE ONLY MADE POSSIBLE WITH THE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE 19 DISTRICTS AND A NUMBER OF COMMERCIAL SPONSORS.

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ON BEHALF OF THE CENTRAL CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE OF THE 1985 INTERNATIONAL YOUTH YEAR (CCCIYY), HE EXPRESSED HIS GRATITUDE TO MORE THAN 50 ARTISTIC AND CULTURAL GROUPS WHO HAD AGREED TO PERFORM IN THE RALLY FOR A NOMINAL FEE.

+ IN CONTRAST TO THE 'PEACE HI-TOUCH EXHIBITION WHICH UTILISED HIGH-TECHNOLOGY TO ILLUSTRATE THE ABSTRACT CONCEPT OF PEACE, THE PEACE RALLY ATTEMPTED TO PROMOTE THE THEME THROUGH VARIOUS ARTISTIC FORMS INCLUDING DANCING, SINGING, DRAMA, AND MIME, HE SAID.

+BUT AS IN THE CASE OF THE EXHIBITION, THE AUDIENCE WHO CAME TO THE RALLY DID NOT SIMPLY ENJOY THE PERFORMANCE PASSIVELY, THEY WERE ALSO INVITED TO PARTICIPATE AND SHARE THE FUN WITH THE PERFORMERS,+ DR CHAN SAID. + IN THIS WAY THE SPIRIT OF THE YOUTH YEAR WHICH IS PARTICIPATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND PEACE' CAN BE KEPT ALIVE.+

TO EMPHASISE