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SATURDAY, JULY 8, 1989

KWAI TSING SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME STARTS

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THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME IN KWAI TSING DISTRICT STARTED TODAY (SATURDAY) FOLLOWING THE OPENING CEREMONY HELD AT TSING YI CHEUNG CHING ESTATE.

MORE THAN 670 RECREATION AND COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES WILL BE HELD FOR YOUTHS IN THE DISTRICT DURING THE SUMMER VACATION 'THIS YEAR.

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THE KWAI TSING DISTRICT OFFICER, MR PAUL TANG, SAID A TOTAL $530,000 HAD BEEN ALLOCATED TO 56 VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS IN THE DISTRICT FOR ORGANISING THESE ACTIVITIES.

HE ENCOURAGED YOUNG PEOPLE TO TAKE PART IN THE ACTIVITIES TO SHARE THE FUN AND SERVE THE COMMUNITY.

DETAILS OF THE ACTIVITIES ARE CONTAINED IN A PAMPHLET WHICH CAN BE OBTAINED FREE OF CHARGE FROM THE KWAI TSING DISTRICT OFFICE AND SUB-OFFICES.

TAI PO SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME STARTS

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME COMMITTEE, MR PETER LEARN MORE LEE SHUNG-TAK, TODAY (SATURDAY) CALLED ON YOUNG PEOPLE TO ABOUT THEIR CIVIC DUTIES BY PARTICIPATING IN CULTURAL, RECREATIONAL AND ATHLETIC ACTIVITIES.

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE TAI PO DISTRICT SUMMER

THIS YOUTH PROGRAMME HELD AT THE TAI PO PLAYGROUND

EVENING, MR LEE SAID WITH TAI PO DEVELOPING INTO A NEW TOWN, THERE WAS A DRASTIC INCREASE IN THE DISTRICT'S POPULATION, ESPECIALLY IN THE POPULATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE.

"THE VARIETY OF SUMMER YOUTH ACTIVITIES WILL GIVE YOUNG PEOPLE A CHANCE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE COMMUNITY

ALSO ENADLE THEM TO UTILISE THEIR FREE TIME PROPERLY,

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HE SAID.

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TAI PO DISTRICT SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE, MR CHƯNG YICK-MING, SAID THIS YEAR'S PROGRAMME, COSTING $287,000, WOULD LAST FOR TWO MONTHS AND FEATURE OVER 300 ACTIVITIES.

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VARIETY

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TODAY'S OPENING CEREMONY WAS FOLLOWED BY STALL GAMES, ATTRACTING THOUSANDS OF LOCAL RESIDENTS.

/THE TAI