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TUESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1987

RECOGNITION FOR CONTRIBUTION TO YOUTH AFFAIRS

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TWENTY YOUNG PEOPLE TODAY (TUESDAY) RECEIVED PRIZES AND AWARDS FROM THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE ON YOUTH (CCY) FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO YOUTH AFFAIRS IN HONG KONG,

THEY WERE THE WINNERS OF THE COMMONWEALTH YOUTH SERVICES AWARD SCHEME, OUTWARD BOUND SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THE 1986 SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME AND THE CCY LOGO DESIGN COMPETITION.

OFFICIATING AT THE PRESENTATION CEREMONY IN THE ROYAL GARDEN HOTEL WERE CHAIRMAN OF THE CCY, MRS ROSANNA TAM, AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, MR KWOK KA-MING, MR FAN KAM-PING AND MR ERIC LI,

THE COMMONWEALTH YOUTH SERVICES AWARD SCHEME WAS IN COMMEMORATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL YOUTH YEAR LAUNCHED BY THE COMMONWEALTH YOUTH PROGRAMME.

IT WAS DESIGNED TO RECOGNISE THE CONTRIBUTION MADE BY YOUTH TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR SOCIETIES THROUGH COMMUNITY AND OTHER PROJECTS OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE.

THIS YEAR, TWO PROJECTS CARRIED OUT BY THE SCOUTS ASSOCIATION OF HONG KONG AND THE HONG KONG ACADEMY OF PERFORMING ARTS WERE CHOSEN TO REPRESENT HONG KONG IN THE INTERNATIONAL AWARD.

THE TEAM LEADERS OF THE PROJECTS, MR CHAN YAT-TAT, MR LAI KWOK-DICK, MISS WOO MEI-PING AND MISS SUEN KA-WAI, RECEIVED THEIR PRIZES TODAY.

THE OUTWARD BOUND SCHOLARSHIPS WERE OFFERED BY THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB SINCE 1977 TO OUTSTANDING YOUTH LEADERS THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME EACH YEAR.

THIS YEAR, SEVEN SCHOLARSHIPS WERE GRANTED TO MR CHAN KIN-KI, MR WOO CHAU-WAÌ, MR CHU KA-LOK; MR CHEUNG WAI-LAP; MISS LIU YIM-YI; MR CHAN FUND-HOI AND MR FAN WA-HING. THE WINNERS HAD BEEN INVITED TO ATTEND AN 18-DAY COURSE ON BOARD THE OUTWARD BOUND SHIP +JI FUNG+,

THE CCY LOGO DESIGN COMPETITION WAS ORGANISED BY THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE ON YOUTH LAST YEAR, IT ATTRACTED OVER 900 ENTRIES.

THE COMPETITION WAS DIVIDED INTO THREE CATEGORIES THE JUNIOR SECTION (10-15 YEARS OLD) THE INTERMEDIATE SECTION (16-19 YEARS OLD) AND THE SENIOR SECTION (20-25 YEARS OLD).

WINNERS OF THE COMPETITION WERE MISS CHIK BOON-WAI, MISS YEUNG PUI-YAN AND MR LAM CHUN-YIN (JUNIOR SECTION); MR CHAN STU-LUN, MISS ANNIE CHOI AND MR WONG YIN-KEE (INTERMEDIATE SECTION) AND MR TANG WAI-HUNG, MR SIU KAM-FONG AND MR SO PING-KUEN (SENIOR SECTION).

ONE OF THE WINNING ENTRIES WOULD BE ADOPTED BY THE COMMITTEE AS ITS LOGO,

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