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NOTING THAT YOUNG PEOPLE WERE "THE HOPE OF SOCIETY SHE SAID THAT IT WAS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF ADULTS ΤΟ ENSURE THEIR "BALANCED AND HEALTHY" GROWTH.

THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMMES, ARRANGED IN DIFFERENT DISTRICT EVERY YEAR TO GIVE YOUNG PEOPLE A CHANCE ΤΟ RELAX, ΤΟ MAKE MORE FRIENDS, TO LEARN NEW THINGS AND TO ENRICH THEIR LIFE EXPERIENCE, DEFINITELY PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THIS RESPECT, SHE NOTED.

MRS TAM POINTED OUT THAT THE CONSULTATION PERIOD OF THE REPORT ON YOUTH POLICY, WHICH WAS ANNOUNCED IN EARLY MAY, WOULD BE EXTENDED FOR TWO MONTHS TILL THE END OF SEPTEMBER.

THE DECISION ON THE EXTENSION WAS MADE BY THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE ON YOUTH IN RESPONSE TO REQUESTS FROM THE PUBLIC.

MRS TAM APPEALED то THOSE WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE UP-BRINGING OF YOUNG PEOPLE, AS WELL AS YOUTH THEMSELVES, ΤΟ EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS ON THE REPORT.

THE MONG KOK DISTRICT OFFICER, MR AUGUSTINE CHENG, REGIONAL SOCIAL WELFARE OFFICER (WEST KOWLOON), MR ALEXANDER PUNG, ALSO OFFICIATED AT TODAY'S CEREMONY.

WATER CARNIVAL LAUNCHES KWUN TONG SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME

THE YEARLY INCREASE IN FUNDING FOR SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME HAS PROVIDED YOUNG PEOPLE IN KWUN TONG WITH MORE OPPORTUNITIES то PARTICIPATE 1N VARIOUS CULTURAL, RECREATIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES, THE DEPUTY REGIONAL SECRETARY, HONG KONG

KOWLOON, MR PAUL LEUNG, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME AT KWUN TONG SWIMMING POOL, MR LEUNG SAID THERE HAD BEEN AN YEAR-BY-YEAR INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS ALLOCATED ΤΟ THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT AS WELL AS IN THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS.

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"IN 1986 A TOTAL OF $340,000 WAS FOR THE PROGRAMME. THIS AMOUNT WAS RAISED $485,000 THIS YEAR,' HE NOTED.

ALLOCATED TO THE

DISTRICT

TO $400,000 IN 1987 AND

MR LEUNG SAID THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME, WHICH ATTRACTED THOUSANDS OF YOUNGSTERS TO TAKE PART IN A WIDE VARIETY OF EVENTS HELD THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY IN MORE THAN TEN YEARS IN THE PAST, HAD PROVED TO BE VERY POPULAR AMONG THE YOUTH.

/HE ADDED