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SUNDAY, JULY 10, 1988

GUESTS OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING CEREMONIES PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE VARIOUS ACTIVITIES PROGRAMMES.

CALLED ON YOUNG PROVIDED BY THE

THEY REMINDED YOUNG PEOPLE THAT THROUGH PARTICIPATION THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO DEVELOP BOTH THEIR SENSE OF COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY AND THEIR POTENTIAL, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME SERVING THE COMMUNITY.

AROUND 1,200 ACTIVITIES HAVE BEEN ORGANISED FOR YOUNG PROFLE BY VOLUNTARY AGENCIES, COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS AND SCHOOLS IN KOWLOON CITY AND WONG TAI SIN,

CENTRED ON THE THEME OF "SHARING THE FUN AND SERVING THE COMMUNITY", THE ACTIVITIES INCLUDE CAMPING, OUTINGS, CARNIVALS, TRAINING COURSES, GAMES, SPORTS, VARIETY SHOWS AND VISITS.

YOUNG PEOPLE AGED BETWEEN SIX AND 25 WHO WOULD LIKE TO JOIN THESE ACTIVITIES MAY CONTACT THE BRANCH OFFICES OF THE KOWLOON OITY AND WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT OFFICES FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

YAU TSIM DISTRICT SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME STARTS

YOUNGSTERS IN YAU TSIM DISTRICT CAN ENJOY A WIDE VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES THIS SUMMER, CHAIRMAN OF THE DISTRICT'8 SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME ORGANISING COMMITTEE, MISS SUSAN 90, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE DISTRICT'S SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME AT THE NEW WORLD PLAZA, MISS 80 POINTED OUT THAT AMONG THE MORE THAN 140 EVENTS, THERE WERE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES, SUCH AS CANOEING AND FISHING AS WELL AS INDOOR GAMES, SUCH AS SINGING CONTESTS OR TRAINING CLASSES.

ADDED.

A MEANINGFUL ACTIVITY WAS A VOLUNTARY SERVICES PROGRAMME, SHE

"BY JOINING THE VOLUNTARY

SERVICES PROGRAMME TO HELP THE DISABLED, MENTALLY ILL PATIENTS OR DEAF CHILDREN, PARTICIPANTS CAN LEARN ABOUT COMMUNITY SPIRIT AND AT THE SAME TIME DEVELOP THEIR POTENTIAL, MISS SO NOTED.

THIS YEAR, THE DISTRICT'S ENTIRE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME COSTS MORE THAN $288,000 OF WHICH $232,700 WAS DONATED BY THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB AND THE REST BY THE YAU TSIM DISTRICT BOARD AND PRIVATE ORGANISATIONS.

ALSO OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING WERE CHAIRMAN OF THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME COMMITTEE, MR PETER LEE AND YAU TSIM DISTRICT OFFICER, MR AUGUSTINE CHENG.

THE OPENING WAS FOLLOWED BY A VARIETY SHOW FEATURING CHINESE DANCES, BALLET AND CHINESE MUSIC STAGED BY LOCAL VOLUNTARY AGENCIES.

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