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THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1986

IT WILL HELP YOUNG PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THEIR CIVIC DUTIES AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO PARTICIPATE MORE ACTIVELY IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS,+ HE SAID.

+BY TAKING PART IN THE ACTIVITIES, OUR YOUNG PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE THROUGH THEIR OWN EXPERIENCE, TO DEVELOP THEIR TALENTS, ENRICH THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND PREPARE THEMSELVES FOR THE CHALLENGE OF CREATING A BETTER FUTURE FOR HONG KONG.+

MR LIAO SAID MORE THAN 10 000 ACTIVITIES HAD BEEN ORGANISED UNDER THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME FOR MORE THAN 1.5 MILLION

PARTICIPANTS.

HE ALSO POINTED OUT THAT A CENTRAL COMMITTEE ON YOUTH HAD BEEN SET UP TO ADVISE THE GOVERNMENT ON YOUTH AFFAIRS AND TO CO-ORDINATE YOUTH ACTIVITIES.

THE COMMITTEE IS CHAIRED BY LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEMBER MRS ROSANNA TAM, AND INCLUDES COMMUNITY LEADERS AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AMONG ITS MEMBERS.

+I AM CONFIDENT THAT UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE ON YOUTH, THE SPIRIT OF THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME WILL BE CARRIED FURTHER AND BRING BETTER RESULTS,+ MR LIAO SAID.

THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME HAS RECEIVED STEADY SUPPORT FROM THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB, COMMUNITY LEADERS, VOLUNTARY AND LOCAL ORGANISATIONS, THE DISTRICT BOARDS AND VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS. THE FIRST PROGRAMME WAS HELD IN 1969.

THIS YEAR, MR LIAD SAID, A TOTAL OF $15 MILLION WOULD BE SPENT ON THE SUMMER ACTIVITIES, WITH $6 MILLION OF THIS BEING DONATED BY THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.

THE OPENING CEREMONY WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE URBAN COUNCIL AND THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME CENTRAL CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE.

IT WAS FOLLOWED BY A VARIETY SHOW JOINTLY PRODUCED BY RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG AND THE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES.

BOTH THE VARIETY SHOW AND THE OPENING CEREMONY WERE RECORDED FOR BROADCAST ON TVB-JADE ON SUNDAY, JULY 6,

AN EXHIBITION OF PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN DURING THE PREVIOUS SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME ACTIVITIES WAS ALSO HELD AT THE STADIUM.

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