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SATURDAY, JULY 19, 1986

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CALL TO JOIN SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME

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YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE YAU MA TEI DISTRICT WERE URGED TO PARTICIPATE MORE ACTIVELY IN THE DISTRICT'S SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME WHICH STARTED TODAY (SATURDAY).

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY AT THE NEW WORLD PLAZA, YAU MA TEI ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, MISS SANDY HO, SAID MORE THAN 130 ACTIVITIES, INCORPORATING THE CENTRAL THEME OF

HAD +CARING FOR THE COMMUNITY AND GETTING TO KNOW IT BETTER+ BEEN ORGANISED BY 19 LOCAL ORGANISATIONS FOR THE SUMMER MONTHS.

THESE INCLUDED SEMINARS, LEADERSHIP TRAINING CAMPS, CARNIVALS, EXCURSIONS AND EDUCATION VISĪTS.

+ IT IS HOPED THAT THROUGH THESE ACTIVITIES PARTICIPANTS CAN DEVELOP THEIR POTENTIAL, ENHANCE THEIR CIVIC AWARENESS AND BROADEN THEIR OUTLOOK IN LIFE,+ MISS HO SAID.

THE ENTIRE PROGRAMME COST $163 000, WITH $133 000 BEING DONATED BY THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB AND THE BALANCE MET BY DISTRICT BOARD FUNDS.

ALSO OFFICIATING AT TODAY'S OPENING WERE DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR YIP WAH, AND DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS MR SO CHUNG-PING, MR CHAN WAI-WANG, MR DAVID KWAN AND MRS ENA CHAN.

AFTER THE CEREMONY, A VARIETY SHOW FEATURING FOLK SONGS, CHINESE DANCE AND MARTIAL ARTS WAS STAGED BY LOCAL VOLUNTARY AGENCIES.

BOOKLETS CONTAINING DETAILS OF THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME ARE AVAILABLE AT THE YAU MA TEI DISTRICT OFFICE AND TSIM SHA TSUI SUB-OFFICE. COPIES WERE ALSO DISTRIBUTED TO THE PUBLIC EARLIER IN THE DAY DURING A BUS PARADE AROUND THE DISTRICT.

SUPPORT FOR CIVIC EDUCATION URGED *****

THE PROMOTION OF CIVIC EDUCATION WAS AIMED AT ENHANCING AN INDIVIDUAL'S AWARENESS OF HIS CIVIC RIGHTS AND DUTIES AS WELL AS A SENSE OF BELONGING TOWARDS THE COMMUNITY, SAI KUNG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR KEVIN HO, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

IT WOULD ALSO ENABLE RESIDENTS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT DISTRICT AFFAIRS, AND HONG KONG'S POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL DEVELOPMENTS, HE SAID.

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF SAI KUNG DISTRICT SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME 1986, MR HO SAID THAT AS TIME WAS THE ESSENCE IN DEVELOPING A GOOD FUTURE FOR HONG KONG, THE PROMOTION OF CIVIC EDUCATION HAD BECOME A MATTER OF URGENCY.

/HE POINTED

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