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SUNDAY, JULY 9, 1989
KOWLOON CITY SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME BEGINS
THE THREE-MONTH KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME WAS LAUNCHED TODAY (SUNDAY) IN A CARNIVAL ATOMSPHERE AT 'THE ARGYLE STREET PLAYGROUND.
SPEAKING AT A BRIEF OPENING CEREMONY, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME SUB-COMMITTEE OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE ON YOUTH, MR PETER LEE, SAID SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME IN KOWLOON CITY HAD BEEN A SUCCESS IN THE PAST, AND OVER 300 ACTIVITIES WERE ORGANISED LAST YEAR.
WITH A SUBSIDY OF $330,000 FROM THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB AND AN ALLOCATION OF $140,000 FROM THE DISTRICT BOARD FUNDS. ABOUT THE SAME NUMBER OF ACTIVITIES WILL BE HELD THIS SUMMER.
RESIDENTS OF KOWLOON CITY AGED BETWEEN SIX AND 25 ARE WELCOME TO TAKE PART IN THE ACTIVITIES. A BOOKLET GIVING DETAILS OF THE DISTRICT PROGRAMME IS NOW AVAILABLE FROM THE DISTRICT OFFICE AND ITS SUB-OFFICES.
JOINING MR LEE AT TODAY'S OPENING CEREMONY WERE THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT OFFICER, MR ALEX FONG; DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR WONG SIK-KONG; AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE DISTRICT'S SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE, MR TANG TAI-CHUEN.
SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME IN SHAM SHUI PO STARTS
THOUSANDS OF YOUNGSTERS TURNED OUT IN FORCE THIS (SUNDAY) AFTERNOON AT THE SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT'S SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME OPENING AT CHEUNG SHA WAN PLAYGROUND.
MANY OF THEM ENJOYED THE FUN AND EXCITEMENT OF THE STALL GAMES FROM 3 PM TO 7 PM, WHILE OTHERS WERE ATTRACTED BY THE PERFORMANCES STAGED BY LOCAL ORGANISATIONS.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE, MR RAYMOND CHOY, SAID A TOTAL OF $420,000 WOULD BE USED THIS SUMMER ΤΟ SPONSOR ABOUT 50 LOCAL BODIES IN STAGING MORE THAN 350 ACTIVITIES FROM TODAY UNTIL SEPTEMBER 17.
ABOUT $50,000 OF THE SUM CAME FROM THE DISTRICT BOARD WHILE THE REST WAS DONATED BY THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB, MR CHOY SAID.
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