SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 1986
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ACTION BEING TAKEN TO INCREASE RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES
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THERE IS A PRESSING NEED FOR MORE RECREATIONAL AND SPORTS ACTIVITIES IN NORTH DISTRICT WITH THE COMPLETION OF NEW HOUSING ESTATES AND THE INCREASE IN POPULATION, THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR MATTHEW CHEUNG, SAID THIS (SATURDAY) EVENING.
SPEAKING AT A CONCERT MARKING THE END OF THE DISTRICT SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME, MR CHEUNG SAID THAT EVERY EFFORT WAS BEING MADE TO HELP MEET THE DEMAND.
HE SAID THE CHEUNG WAH COMMUNITY HALL, WHICH HAD COME UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF THE DISTRICT OFFICE SINCE 1985, WAS AN IDEAL VENUE FOR HOLDING INDOOR FUNCTIONS.
VARIOUS PROMOTIONAL PROGRAMMES HAD BEEN CONDUCTED RECENTLY BY THE DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE COMMUNITY HALL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE. AMONG THEM WAS A PILOT SCHEME TO OPEN THE HALL TO THE PUBLIC THREE AFTERNOONS EACH WEEK, ALLOWING CHILDREN TO PLAY SUCH GAMES AS CHESS AND CHINESE BILLIARDS.
+THE SCHEME HAS PROVED TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND WE ARE PLANNING TO INCREASE THE SESSIONS TO FIVE TIMES A WEEK, MR CHEUNG ADDED.
IN ADDITION, AN EVERGEEN CLUB+ TO ENHANCE MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND FRIENDSHIP AMONG ELDERLY PEOPLE IN THE DISTRICT WAS BEING SET UP AND THE 100 ENROLMENT LIMIT WAS ALREADY MET, HE SAID.
CALL TO APPLY NOW FOR YOUTH PROJECTS
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THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT TODAY (SATURDAY) REMINDED YOUTH GROUPS PLANNING INNOVATIVE COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS TO APPLY FOR GRANTS UNDER THE +OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH SCHEME+ (OYS).
APPLICATIONS FOR GRANTS AND DETAILED PROJECT PROPOSALS SHOULD REACH THE DEPARTMENT'S SOCIAL WORK OFFICERS (YOUTH AND COMMUNITY) BEFORE OCTOBER 1, 1986.
THE OYS OFFERS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUTH TO BROADEN THEIR SCOPE OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE, TO ACHIEVE A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING ABOUT PEOPLE AND THE COMMUNITY, AND TO ATTAIN THE NECESSARY SATISFACTION FOR PERSONAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT.
THE SCHEME ENABLES YOUNG PEOPLE TO CARRY OUT THEIR PLANNED PROJECTS WHICH ARE CONDUCIVE TO THEIR PERSONAL AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AS TO THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY.
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