WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1988
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YOUTHS LEARN FROM LIFE EXPERIENTIAL CAMP
MADE
קלאיי
USE
LIFE
THIRTY-SIX STUDENTS FROM SIX SECONDARY SCHOOLS OF PART OF THEIR SUMMER HOLIDAYS BY PARTICIPATING IN A EXPERIENTIAL CAMP AT THE LONG KE DRUG ADDICTS' TREATMENT CENTRE IN SAI KUNG.
THE THREE-DAY CAMP WHICH CONCLUDED TODAY (WEDNESDAY), WAS ORGANISED BY THE BOYS' AND GIRLS' CLUBS ASSOCIATION. IT IS ONE OF THE MAJOR ACTIVITIES OF THIS YEAR'S SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMMB (SYP) WHICH CARRIES THE THEME OF "SHARE THE FUN, SERVE THE COMMUNITY".
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SYP COMMITTEE, MR PETER LEE, AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS VISITED THE CAMP YESTERDAY TO LOOK AT THE LIFE OF THE CAMPERS.
THEY LEARNT THAT THE CAMPERS TOOK PART IN ACTIVITIES SUCH AB FARMING, GARDENING, COOKING AND HOUSE CONSTRUCTION WHICH WERK ORIGINALLY DESIGNED FOR DRUG ADDICTS A8 PART OF THEIR ONE-TEAR TREATMENT IN THE CENTRE TO PREPARE THEM FOR A RETURN TO NORMAL LIFE.
THE CAMPERS FOUND THE EXPERIENCE BENEFICIAL AND REALISED THAT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO HAVE A STRONG MIND AND HEALTHY BODY IN ORDER TO FACE UP TO CHALLENGES IN LIFE.
ACCORDING TO THE CENTRE'S OFFICER-IN-CHARGE, MR F. P. LEE, THE CARE AND CONCERN SHOWN BY THE CAMPERS AND VISITORS HAD HELPED TO BOOST THE MORALE OF THE DRUG ADDICTS UNDER TREATMENT THERE.
THE CAMPERS AGREED THAT THEY FOUND THE FUNCTION ENJOYABLE AS WELL AS MEANINGFUL. MOST OF THEM EXPRESSED THE WISH TO JOIN AGAIN NEXT YEAR.
GRAND PRIZE FOR ESSAY WINNERS
TEN WINNERS OF THE KWAI TSING DISTRICT YOUTH ESSAY COMPETITION WILL FORM A TEAM OF YOUTH AMBASSADORS FOR A SEVEN-DAY VISIT SINGAPORE.
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SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY (WEDNESDAY), CHAIRMAN THE ESSAY COMPETITION CO-ORDINATION COMMITTEE, MR CHAN KWOK-WAI, THE YOUTH AMBASSADORS
SECONDARY AND UNIVERSITY STUDENTS BETWEEN 16 AND 20 - WOULD HAVE AN INTERESTING ITINERARY VISIT TO SINGAPORE FROM FRIDAY (AUGUST 5) TO AUGUST 11.
/THEY WILL
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