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SUNDAY, MAY 26, 1991

SIX TO TAKE PART IN COMMONWEALTH YOUTH EXCHANGE PROGRAMME

SIX YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SELECTED то REPRESENT HONG KONG IN A THREE-WEEK PROJECT IN BRITAIN IN JULY UNDER THIS YEAR'S COMMONWEALTH YOUTH EXCHANGE PROGRAMME.

ANNOUNCING THIS TODAY (SUNDAY), A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION SAID THE YOUTH REPRESENTATIVES WERE SELECTED FROM MORE THAN 40 NOMINATIONS SUBMITTED BY 28 LOCAL SECONDARY SCHOOLS, TERTIARY INSTITUTES, YOUTH-RELATED ORGANISATIONS AND RELEVANT GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.

THE ADJUDICATION PANEL HAD A HARD TIME IN MAKING THE SELECTIONS, WHICH WERE BASED ON NOMINEES' COMMUNITY SERVICE BACKGROUND, ABILITY TO REFLECT HONG KONG'S SITUATION, FLUENCY IN ENGLISH AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

HEADED BY A MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION ON YOUTH, MRS JOYCE TAI I THE SELECTION PANEL COMPRISED REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE HONG KONG COUNCIL OF SOCIAL SERVICE, THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT AND THE CNTA.

THE SIX YOUTH AMBASSADORS ARE: MISS DONNA CHU, MISS VIVIAN SUM, MR LEUNG PAK-WAI, MISS DIANA LEONG, MR LEUNG TAK-HING AND MISS WONG WAI-CHING.

ON THE COMMONWEALTH YOUTH EXCHANGE PROGRAMME, THE SPOKESMAN SAID IT WAS INITIATED IN 1977 WITH THE AIM OF ESTABLISHING TWO-WAY EXCHANGE LINKS BETWEEN LOCAL EDUCATION AUTHORITIES IN BRITAIN. AND OTHER COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

"HONG KONG FIRST PARTICIPATED IN THE SCHEME IN ITS INAUGURAL YEAR WHEN SIX LOCAL YOUTH WORKERS WERE SELECTED TO TAKE PART IN THE THREE-WEEK PROGRAMME HOSTED BY BRITAIN AND HELD IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE COUNTRY," HE SAID.

SO FAR, 42 YOUNG PEOPLE FROM THE TERRITORY HAVE BEEN SENT TO THE UK UNDER THE PROGRAMME, WHILE HONG KONG HAS IN TURN RECEIVED 36 YOUNG BRITONS.

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