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FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 1989

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1.5 MILLION YOUNGSTERS TO JOIN SUMMER YOUTH ACTIVITIES

ABOUT 1.5 MILLION YOUNG PEOPLE WILL PARTICIPATE IN OVER 11.000 ACTIVITIES IN THIS YEAR'S SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME.

THE PROGRAMME WILL BEGIN NEXT MONTH AND CONTINUE TO SEPTEMBER.

DETAILS OF THE PROGRAMME WERE ANNOUNCED AT A PRESS CONFERENCE THIS (FRIDAY) AFTERNOON BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME COMMITTEE OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE ON YOUTH, MR PETER S.T. LEE.

MR LEE SAID THAT SINCE 1969 SUMMER YOUTH ACTIVITIES HAD ATTRACTED LARGE NUMBERS OF YOUNG PEOPLE, WITH THE FIGURE GROWING FROM ONE MILLION IN 1986 TO 1.45 MILLION LAST YEAR.

"IN LINE WITH THE THEME OF THIS YEAR'S SUMMER YOUTH ACTIVITIES WHICH IS TO SHARE THE FUN, SERVE THE COMMUNITY'. THE COMMITTEE HAS ENCOURAGED PARTICIPATING ORGANISATIONS TO ORGANISE SOCIAL SERVICE ACTIVITIES," HE SAID.

"THESE WILL PROVIDE YOUNG PEOPLE WITH THE COMMUNITY, IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING ACTIVITIES IN WHICH TO SHARE THE FUN."

OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE THEM WITHI RECREATIONAL

SAID THAT

APART FROM

ON FUNDING OF THE PROGRAMME, MR LEE LIMITED REVENUE FROM NOMINAL FEES CHARGED FOR TAKING PART IN THE ACTIVITIES. MOST OF THE FUNDS CAME FROM THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB, VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, DISTRICT BOARDS AND PRIVATE ORGANISATIONS.

"I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY то THANK THE JOCKEY CLUB, WHICH HAS INCREASED ITS CONTRIBUTION FROM LAST YEAR'S $8.95 MILLION TO THIS YEAR'S $9.7 MILLION," HE SAID.

MR LEE SAID THAT IN ORDER TO ATTRACT MORE YOUNGSTERS ΤΟ TAKE PART IN PLANNING AND PROMOTING SUMMER YOUTH ACTIVITIES AS VOLUNTARY WORKERS, THE COMMITTEE WOULD AGAIN PROVIDE A SCHOLARSHIP FOR A 18-DAY DIPLOMA COURSE AT THE OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOL.

"THE SCHOLARSHIP WILL BE AWARDED TO THOSE YOUNGSTERS WHO GIVE AN OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE IN PROMOTING SUMMER YOUTH ACTIVITIES WHILE WORKING AS VOLUNTARY WORKERS, HE SAID.

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ON CO-ORDINATION AND PROMOTION OF THE PROGRAMME, A PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, MRS STELLA HUNG, SAID THAT A SUMMER YOUTHI PROGRAMME DISTRICT CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE HAD BEEN FORMED IN EVERY DISTRICT.

FROM VARIOUS YOUNGSTERS

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"THIS YEAR A TOTAL OF ABOUT $3,300.000 WILL COME DISTRICT BOARDS. THE MAIN PURPOSE BEING TO ENCOURAGE MAKE GOOD USE OF THEIR SUMMER HOLIDAYS BY ENJOYING RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES ON THE ONE HAND, AND BY PARTICIPATING COMMUNITY BUILDING PROJECTS ON THE OTHER, SHE ADDED.

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