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THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1986

THE PROGRAMME INCLUDED SINGING, MAGIC DEMONSTRATIONS, AND MARTIAL ARTS PERFORMANCES. TELEVISION ARTISTES AND JUNIOR POLICE CALL MEMBERS WERE AMONG THOSE TAKING PART AND THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN CHILDREN'S CHOIR ALSO GAVE A PERFORMANCE.

SPEAKING AT THE CLOSING CEREMONY. THE CHAIRMAN OF THE DISTRICT BOARD, MR VINCENT KO, SAID THE CENTRAL THEME OF +CARE FOR THE COMMUNITY, GETTING TO KNOW IT BETTER+ WAS INCORPORATED INTO THIS YEAR'S ACTIVITIES IN ORDER TO PROMOTE CIVIC AWARENESS AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE.

HE SAID THAT APART FROM HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE DEVELOP THE IR INTERESTS AND POTENTIAL, IT WAS IMPORTANT TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO TAKE PART IN COMMUNITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES.

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE DISTRICT'S SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE, MR WONG CHUNG-YING, SAID MORE THAN 500 ACTIVITIES HAD BEEN ORGANISED, AND MORE THAN 30 000 YOUNGSTERS TOOK PART.

HE THANKED THE PARTICIPATING ORGANISATIONS FOR CONTRIBUTING TO THE SUCCESS OF THE PROGRAMME.

THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, MISS ELIZABETH TSE, WAS AMONG THOSE TAKING PART IN THE CLOSING CEREMONY.

CONCERT TO CLOSE SUMMER YOUTH ACTIVITIES

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RESIDENTS IN NORTH DISTRICT WILL BE ABLE TO ENJOY A NIGHT OF ENTERTAINMENT IN A CONCERT ON SATURDAY (AUGUST 30) AT THE NORTH DISTRICT TOWN HALL.

JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE NORTH DISTRICT SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE AND THE REGIONAL COUNCIL, THE CONCERT WILL MARK THE CLOSE OF THE DISTRICT'S SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME LAUNCHED IN MID-JULY.

+ENTHUSIASTIC RESPONSE WAS RECEIVED WITH MORE THAN 15 000 YOUNG PEOPLE PARTICIPATING IN 50 EVENTS ORGANISED BY 18 LOCAL COMMUNITY BODIES,+ A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE SAID.

PROGRAMMES FOR THE CONCERT INCLUDE PERFORMANCES BY WINNERS OF TWO SINGING CONTESTS ORGANISED BY THE FINNISH MISSIONARY SOCIETY CHOI YUEN CHRISTIAN CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES CENTRE AND THE NORTH DISTRICT JAYCEES, TALK SHOW AND PERFORMANCES BY LOCAL POP SINGERS.

/AMONG GUESTS