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SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 1988

MORE YOUTH AND CHILDREN'S FACILITIES FOR SHA TIN

YOUNG PEOPLE IN SHA TIN WILL ENJOY MORE GROUP FOUR YOUTH AND CHILDREN'S CENTRES AND AN OUTREACHING SOCIAL WORK

ACTIVITIES WILL BEGIN SERVICE THIS YEAR.

AS

TEAM

YOUTH AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR

THESE NEW CENTRES WILL BE IN ADDITION TO THE 16 CHILDREN'S CENTRES ALREADY SERVING THE DISTRICT, THE OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR STEPHEN LAW, SAID THIS (SATURDAY) EVENING.

1988 SHA TIN

HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE CLOSING CEREMONY OF THE DISTRICT SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME HELD AT THE SHA TIN CENTRAL PARK.

CENTRES WILL

**IN 1988-89, A TOTAL OF 27 YOUTH AND CHILDREN'S BB COMPLETED, ADDING TO SOME 230 OF THESE CENTRES NOW SERVING YOUNG PATRONS IN THE TERRITORY, MR LAW SAID.

270,000

"ALSO, THE MEMBERSHIP OF UNIFORMED YOUTH ORGANISATIONS EXCEEDS 70,000."

THE

NOW

PART IN WHILE THE

HE NOTED THAT MORE THAN 50,000 YOUNG PEOPLE HAD TAKEN SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMMK IN SHA TIN THIS YEAR, TERRITORY-WIDE FIGURE WAS ESTIMATED TO BE ONE MILLION.

SUMMER YOUTH

IN SHA

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE ON PROGRAMME, MR PETER S.T. LEE, SAID THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME TIN COMPRISED A WIDE VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES.

PEOPLE WHO

THESE CATERED FOR THE NEEDS AND INTERESTS OF YOUNG AMOUNTED TO ABOUT 35 PER CENT OF SHA TIN'S 460,000 POPULATION.

"THE AIM OF THE PROGRAMME IS TO GIVE YOUNG PEOPLE MORE FOR COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION AND TO DEVELOP BODY AND MIND IN A WAY," HE SAID.

CHANCES HEALTHY

SHA TIN

THE SHA TIN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR VICTOR YUNG, AND THE DISTRICT SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, LAU KONG-WAH, ALSO OFFICIATED AT TODAY'S CEREMONY HELD AT THE SHA CENTRAL PARK'S AMPHITHEATRE.

MR TIN

THE HIGHLIGHT WAS A

TWO-HOUR VARIETY SHOW IN THE INVOLVING PERFORMANCES BY

EVENING, 10 SCHOOL AND YOUTH PERFORMANCES INCLUDED A CHILDREN'S

ORGANISATIONS. THE FASHION SHOW, DANCING, CHINESE ORCHESTRAL MUSIC AND A BRASS BAND DISPLAY.

SINGING,

BETWEEN

DRAWING

PM AND 6 PM, THERE WERE ON-THE-SPOT COMPETITIONS FOR CHILDREN IN THE AGE GROUPS OF SIX TO NINE 10 TO 15 YEARS.

YEARS AND

THE WINNING ENTRIES, TOGETHER WITH THOSE FROM AN PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION ON SUMMER YOUTH ACTIVITIES, WERE DISPLAYED IN THE CENTRAL PARK FOR THE EVENING.

THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THE AMPHITHEATRE WAS USED FOR PERFORMANCES SINCE THE PARK'S OPENING LAST MONTH.

EARLIER THEN

PUBLIC