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SUNDAY, JULY 6, 1986

IT WILL ALSO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR CO-ORDINATING THE PUBLICITY FOR SYP AND THE EVALUATION OF ITS EFFECTIVENESS.

THE TERMS OF REFERENCE OF THE WORKING PARTY ON YOUTH POLICY IS TO STUDY EXISTING POLICIES OF GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS PERTAINING TO YOUTH AND TO EXAMINE AVAILABLE YOUTH POLICIES IN OTHER COUNTRIES AND THE IR FORMULATION.

IT WILL ALSO RECOMMEND TO THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE ON THE NEED

FOR A COMPREHENSIVE YOUTH POLICY.

THESE FOUR COMMITTEES WILL REPORT TO THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON MATTERS RELATING TO THEIR RESPECTIVE SCOPE OF WORK.

THE FOUR COMMITTEES WILL BE HOLDING THE IR FIRST MEETING THIS MONTH.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEES WILL INCLUDE UNOFFICIALS AND REPRESENTATIVES OF GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS SITTING ON THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE ON YOUTH. OTHER MEMBERS MAY BE CO-OPTED AS AND WHEN NECESSARY.

IN ADDITION, THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE ON YOUTH HAS LAUNCHED A VISIT PROGRAMME TO REACH RELEVANT ORGANISATIONS ON YOUTH WORK SUCH AS CHILDREN AND YOUTH CENTRES AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTES.

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SERVICE BY YOUTH NEEDED FOR COMMUNITY

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THE ORGANISATION OF THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME ALLOWS YOUNG PEOPLE TO IDENTIFY THE NEEDS OF THE DISTRICT AND TO JOIN HANDS IN BETTER SERVING THEIR COMMUNITY, THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR BRIAN CHAU, SAID.

OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING OF THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME TODAY (SUNDAY) MR CHAU SAID, THE PROGRAMME ALSO HELPS YOUNG PEOPLE TO SPEND THEIR SUMMER HOLIDAYS IN A MORE FRUITFUL AND HEALTHY WAY.+

MR CHAU NOTED THAT THE MAIN THEME FOR THIS YEAR'S PROGRAMME WAS TO +TO CARE FOR THE COMMUNITY AND TO GET TO KNOW IT BETTER+.

+WE HOPE THE ACTIVITIES CAN ENHANCE YOUNG PEOPLE'S SENSE OF BELONGING TO THE DISTRICT SO AS TO BRING ABOUT DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRESS TO THE COMMUNITY, HE SAID.

MR CHAU BELIEVED THAT THEIR AFFECTION AND CONCERN FOR THE COMMUNITY WERE INDISPENSABLE IN BUILDING A HARMONIOUS AND PLEASANT COMMUNITY.

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