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WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1991

OPEN POR PUBLIC CENTRE AT

THE LOCAL HISTORY PROJECT EXHIBITION IS NOW VIEWING UNTIL SATURDAY (JULY 6) AT THE HONG KONG TEACHERS' PAK FUK ROAD, NORTH POINT.

ON DISPLAY ARE EXHIBITS MOUNTED BY THE 15 SCHOOLS, THE MONUMENTS AND ANTIQUITIES OFFICE, THE COLLEGES OF EDUCATION AND THE HISTORY SECTION OF THE ADVISORY INSPECTORATE OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.

SIX FLY TO BRITAIN UNDER COMMONWEALTH YOUTH EXCHANGE PROGRAMME

KONG

SIX YOUTHS LEFT FOR LONDON TODAY (WEDNESDAY) TO REPRESENT HONG IN A THREE-WEEK PROJECT IN BRITAIN UNDER THIS YEAR'S COMMONWEALTH YOUTH EXCHANGE PROGRAMME.

SPEAKING BEFORE THEIR DEPARTURE, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PROGRAMME'S SELECTION PANEL, MRS JOYCE TAI, WHO IS ALSO A MEMBER OF COMMISSION ON YOUTH, TOLD THE DELEGATES TO MAKE GOOD USE OF THE TRIP TO BROADEN THEIR OVERSEAS EXPERIENCE.

"SINCE YOU HAVE BEEN CHOSEN FROM MORE THAN 40 NOMINEES FROM 28 LOCAL TERTIARY INSTITUTES, YOUTH OR YOUTH-RELATED ORGANISATIONS TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAMME, YOU SHOULD SET GOOD EXAMPLES FOR OTHER YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE TERRITORY AND SHARE WITH THEM VALUABLE ACQUIRED FROM THE SCHEME," SHE SAID.

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PRINCIPAL SAID IT EXCHANGE

ON THE COMMONWEALTH YOUTH EXCHANGE PROGRAMME, THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS (YOUTH), MR PARRISH NG, WAS INITIATED IN 1977 WITH THE AIM OF ESTABLISHING TWO-WAY 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 DIFFERENT PARTS OF THAT COUNTRY," HE SAID.

SO FAR, 42 LOCAL YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SENT TO THIS PROGRAMME. IN TURN, HONG KONG HAS RECEIVED 36 YOUNG ADDED.

BRITAIN UNDER BRITONS, HE

MR NG SAID THIS YEAR'S THREE-WEEK ITINERARY WILL COVER A SERIES OF VISITS TO PLACES OF INTEREST IN LONDON AND IN

CARDIFF, WALES, AS WELL AS OTHER YOUTH WORK PROGRAMMES.

THEY WILL VISIT YOUTH CENTRES, CITY COUNCILS, HIGH SPECIAL NEEDS GROUPS, COMMUNITY THEATRE GROUPS, LEISURE RESOURCE CENTRES, WOMEN'S WORKSHOPS AND SCOUT ASSOCIATIONS.

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