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SATURDAY, JULY 9, 1988

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CHANCE FOR YOUTH TO EXPERIENCE COMMUNITY BUILDING

THE TAI PO DISTRICT OFFICER, MR JOHN BURRETT, TODAY (SATURDAY) CALLED ON YOUNG PEOPLE TO TAKE PART IN HEALTHY RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND VOLUNTARY SERVICES IN ORDER TO EXPERIENCE FOR THEMSELVES WHAT IS INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY BUILDING.

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE TAI PO DISTRICT SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME HELD IN THE TAI PO PLAYGROUND THIS EVENING, MR BURRETT SAID YOUTH PROBLEMS HAD ATTRACTED MUCH PUBLIC ATTENTION THE CONTINUING RISE IN THE NUMBER OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE POPULATION IN RECENT YEARS.

GIVEN

"IT IS IMPORTANT THAT OUR YOUNG GENERATION DEVELOP IN A HEALTHY WAY. SHOULD THEY GO ASTRAY, THE CONSEQUENCES WILL BR DISASTROUS, HE SAID.

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THE DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN AND TAI PO DISTRICT SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME CHAIRMAN, MR HO YUNG-SANG, NOTED THAT THIS YEAR'S PROGRAMME COMPRISED MORE THAN 300 ACTIVITIES WITH A BUDGET OF $250,000.

"OF THIS SUM, $169,800 WAS SPONSORED BY THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB, $35,000 BY THE DISTRICT BOARD AND SOME $40,000 BY LOCAL ORGANISATIONS AND LOCAL PERSONALITIES," MR HO SAID.

THE THEME FOR THIS YEAR'S PROGRAMME IS "SHARK THE FUN, JOIN THE COMMUNITY" AND ACTIVITIES WILL BE HELD FROM TODAY UNTIL AUGUST 28.

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WAN CHAI SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME TO BE LAUNCHED

A FUN

FAIR WILL BE HELD IN SOUTHORN PLAYGROUND TOMORROW (SUNDAY) AFTERNOON TO MARK THE OPENING OF THIS YEAR'S SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME IN WAN CHAI.

YOUNGSTERS IN THE DISTRICT ARE WELCOME ΤΟ TAKE PART IN THE STALL GAMES AND ENJOY THE SONGS, DANCES, DEMONSTRATIONS OF KARATE AND CANTONESE OPERA PERFORMED BY CHILDREN AT THE FUN FAIR.

MORE THAN 180 ACTIVITIES WILL BE ORGANISED UNDER THE PROGRAMME THIS YEAR. THESE ACTIVITIES RANGE FROM CAMPING, LAUNCH TRIPS, HALL GAMES, VISITS TO SEMINARS AND WILL FEATURE THE THEME OF "SHARE THE FUN, SERVE THE COMMUNITY".

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