TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1989
COY PRESENTS SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS TO YOUTHS
THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE ON YOUTH (CCY) TODAY (TUESDAY) PRESENTED SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS TO 18 YOUNG PEOPLE AND TWO YOUTH GROUPS FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO VOLUNTARY COMMUNITY AND YOUTH SERVICES IN HONG KONG.
THE 18 YOUTHS RECEIVED THE OUTWARD BOUND SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS THE 1988 SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME AND THE TWO GROUPS WERE CHOSEN AS HONG KONG REPRESENTATIVES IN THE COMMONWEALTH YOUTH SERVICE AWARDS SCHEME.
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CCY, MRS ROSANNA TAM, AND THE DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR BOWEN LEUNG, PRESENTED THE AWARDS TO THE WINNERS AT A CEREMONY HELD AT THE HONGKONG HOTEL.
SPEAKING AT THE FUNCTION, MRS TAM ENCOURAGED YOUNG PEOPLE ΤΟ MAKE GOOD USE OF THEIR SPARE TIME TO SERVE THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE VARIOUS ACTIVITIES ORGANISED BY THE CCY.
IN ADDITION, SERVING THE COMMUNITY COULD ENRICH ONE'S LIFE AND BROADEN ONE'S PERSPECTIVE.
BY PARTICIPATING IN VOLUNTARY SERVICES, YOUNG PEOPLE COULD GET IN TOUCH WITH VARIOUS KINDS OF PEOPLE, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS THROUGH WHICH THEY COULD ATTAIN A POSITIVE ATTITUDE TOWARDS LIFE AND DEVELOP THE COURAGE ΤΟ OVERCOME DIFFICULTIES, SHE ADDED.
AT THE CEREMONY, THE 18 YOUTHS WERE AWARDED THE OUTWARD BOUND SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING SERVICES DURING THE 1988 SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME AND VOLUNTARY SERVICES THEY HAD RENDERED ΤΟ THE COMMUNITY.
THE WINNERS HAD BEEN INVITED TO ATTEND AN 18-DAY DIPLOMA COURSE ON BOARD THE OUTWARD BOUND SHIP "JI FUNG".
THEY WERE CHOSEN FROM 59 CANDIDATES NOMINATED BY VARIOUS ORGANISATIONS INVOLVED IN VOLUNTARY SERVICES.
SINCE 1977, THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB HAS OFFERED OUTWARD BOUND SCHOLARSHIPS TO YOUTH LEADERS OF THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME EACH YEAR.
THE NUMBER OF SCHOLARSHIPS WERE INCREASED FROM 10 LAST YEAR TO 18 THIS YEAR IN VIEW OF THE IMPRESSIVE CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY THE YOUTH LEADERS.
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