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SUNDAY, JULY 9, 1989

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BOARD

ALSO ADDRESSING THE OPENING CEREMONY WAS DISTRICT CHAIRMAN, MR TAI TUNG-NGOK, WHO PRAISED LOCAL ORGANISATIONS FOR THEIR ACTIVE SUPPORT IN THE PROGRAMME.

HE HOPED YOUNGSTERS WOULD DEVELOP THEIR POTENTIALS AND ABILITIES THROUGH PARTICIPATING IN THESE ACTIVITIES, THUS MAKING THE SUMMER MORE JOYOUS AND MEANINGFUL.

MR TAI BELIFVED THE PROGRAMME WOULD HELP CULTIVATE IN YOUR AS BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF AND GREATER DEGREE OF CONCERN FOR THE SOCIETY.

MR

ALSO OFFICIATING AT TODAY'S CEREMONY WERE SUAM SHUT PO DISTRICT OFFICER, MRS JENNIE CHOK; AND POLICE DISTRICT COMMANDER, GERALD FRITH.

PLAYGROUND LIGHTS UP FOR SUMMER FUN IN KWUN TONG

HUNDREDS OF TORCHLIGHTS LIT UP THE SAU NGA ROAD TONIGHT (SUNDAY) TO MARK THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE DISTRICT SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME.

IN THE FOLLOWING TWO MONTHS, OVER 500 ACTIVITIES ORGANISED TO ENABLE YOUNGSTERS IN THE DISTRICT TO SPEND A SUMMER VACATION,

KWUN TONG RESIDENTS AGED BETWEEN SIX AND 25 WILL BE CHOOSE FROM A WIDE RANGE OF ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING SEMINARS AND TRAINING COURSES,

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VISITS,

DEPUTY

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, THE SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR AUGUSTINE CHENG, SCALE OF AWUN TONG DISTRICT SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME AND THE ITS PARTICIPANTS HAD BEEN GROWING OVER THE YEARS.

PLAYGROUND

KWUN TONG

WILL BE MEANINGFUL

ABLE ΤΟ PICNICS,

REGIONAL SAID THE NUMBER OF

"SHARE THE

BECOME

FUN,

MORE THEIR

NOTING THAT THE THEME OF THIS YEAR'S SYP WAS SERVE THI COMMUNITY" HE SAID YOUNG PEOPLE WOULD INTERESTED IN SOCIAL AFFAIRS AND HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF CIVIC RESIVESIBILITIES THROUGH PARTICIPATING IN THE ACTIVITIES.

ABOUT 500 KWUN TONG RESIDENTS ATTENDED THE OPENING CEREMONY.

THE CEREMONY WAS PRECEDED BY A PARADE BY

GROUPS OF YOUNG PEOPLE REPRESENTING THE 15 AREAS IN THE DISTRICT.

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A TALENT SHOW WAS ALSO HELD DURING WHICH THE 15 GROUPS COMPETED FOR PRIZES FOR THE MOST ENTERTAINING, THE MOST OUTSTANDING AND THE MOST ORIGINAL PERFORMANCES.

MR CHRIS

DISTRICT

SUMMER

THE OTHER GUESTS WERE THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICER, WAN: DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, NR LAM HANG-TAI; LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR, MR POON CHI-PAU

TONG AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE KWUN YOUTH PROGRAMME CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE. MADAM YEUNG KAM-CHUN,

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