SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1988
CONCERT HELPS EDUCATE YOUTH ABOUT AIDS SCOURGE
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YOUNG PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE A POSITIVE ATTITUDE IN LIFE AND ENGAGE IN CASUAL SEX, SO THAT THEY CAN AVOID THE POSSIBLE CONTRACTION OF AIDS.
THESE WERE THE PRIME MESSAGES DELIVERED AT A YOUTH CONCERT HELD THIS (SUNDAY) AFTERNOON AT THE SHA TIN RACECOURSE.
THE CONCERT, ORGANISED BY THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY ON AIDS, WAS A HIGHLIGHT OF THE COMMUNITY AIDS CONCERN WEEK BEING HELD IN SUPPORT OF WORLD AIDS DAY.
THE COMMITTEE BELIEVED THAT THE CONCERT WAS THE RIGHT MEDIUM THROUGH WHICH TO DISSEMINATE RELEVANT MESSAGES TO YOUNG PEOPLE.
THE CONCERT FEATURED A POPULAR JAPANESE SINGER, MISS NAOKO KAWAI; AND LOCAL SINGERS AND ARTISTS TOOK PART IN A MUSICAL DRAMA, HIGHLIGHTING THE DANGER OF CASUAL SEX.
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THE COMMITTEE ALSO MADE USE OF THE OCCASION TO RELEASE A SONG FOR THE LOCAL AIDS PREVENTION CAMPAIGN. THE SONG WAS SUNG FOR THE FIRST TIME IN PUBLIC.
OFFICIATING AT AN OPENING CEREMONY WERE THE SENIOR MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR ALLEN LEE: LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEMBER, MRS PEGGY LAM; LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEMBER AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF ASIA TELEVISION, MRS SELINA CHOW; THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, DR S.H. LEE; AND THE DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION SERVICES, MRS IRENE YAU.
MORE THAN 10,000 YOUNG PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE ATTENDED. THE LIVE BROADCAST OF THE CONCERT THROUGH ASIA TELEVISION ALSO ENABLED HOME VIEWERS TO SEE THE CONCERT IN PROGRESS.
SUBSIDIES FOR CIVIC EDUCATION PROJECTS
A TOTAL OF $700,000 HAS BEEN ALLOCATED BY THE COMMITTEE ON THE PROMOTION OF CIVIC EDUCATION FOR SUBSIDISING COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION PROJECTS IN CIVIC EDUCATION NEXT YEAR.
"APPLICATIONS FOR THE SUBSIDY ARE NOW OPEN TO REGISTERED COMMUNITY ORANISATIONS AND THE MAXIMUM GRANT PER PROJECT IS $50,000, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION GROUP OF THE MR MAK HOI-WAH, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
COMMITTEE,
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