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SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 1992

STUDENTS TO SHOW THEIR DANCING SKILLS

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SCHOOLS

ARE COMPETING IN THE

ABOUT 3,800 STUDENTS FROM 28TH SCHOOLS DANCE FESTIVAL WHICH WILL END ON JANUARY 28.

THE ANNUAL EVENT IS ORGANISED BY THE EDUCATION

THE HONG KONG SCHOOLS SPORT COUNCIL.

DEPARTMENT AND

FOLK/NATIONAL

DANCE, 368 TEAMS, AND

COMPETING FOR PRIZES IN THE WESTERN CHINESE DANCE, ORIENTAL DANCE AND MODERN DANCE EVENTS ARE 176 OF WHICH ARE FROM SECONDARY SCHOOLS, 173 FROM PRIMARY SCHOOLS 19 FROM SPECIAL SCHOOLS.

THE THREE SECONDARY AND THREE PRIMARY SCHOOLS WITH THE TOTAL SCORES IN THEIR BEST FOUR DANCES WILL WIN THE OVERALL AWARDS.

HIGHEST CHALLENGE

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THE MOST PROGRESSIVE SCHOOL AWARD WILL GO TO A SECONDARY AND

THEIR PRIMARY SCHOOL, BASED ON

PAST AND CURRENT PARTICIPATION AND

RESULTS.

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SCHOOLS WINNING HONOURS OR HIGHLY COMMENDED WILL BE INVITED PERFORM AT THE WINNERS PERFORMANCES AND PRIZE PRESENTATION CEREMONY SHA TIN AT THE HONG KONG CULTURAL CENTRE ON APRIL 7 AND 8 AND AT THE TOWN HALL FROM APRIL 16 TO 18.

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YOUTH VOLUNTEERS RECEIVE SCHOLARSHIPS * * * * *

{SUNDAY} HELD AT THE

THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME (SYP) COMMITTEE TODAY PRESENTED SCHOLARSHIPS TO 20 YOUNG PEOPLE AT A CEREMONY HONG KONG SPORTS INSTITUTE, SHA TIN.

THE YOUTHS WERE AWARDED THE SCHOLARSHIPS IN RECOGNITION OF THEIR CONTRIBUTION ΤΟ THE 1991 SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME AND THE VOLUNTARY SERVICES THEY HAD RENDERED TO THE COMMUNITY.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE COMMITTEE SAID: "IN THE 1991 SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME, MORE THAN 11,000 ACTIVITIES WERE ORGANISED ATTRACTING SOME 1.27 MILLION PARTICIPANTS. THE SERVICES RENDEREI BY VOLUNTEERS HAD CONTRIBUTED SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE SUCCESS OF THE PROGRAMME.

ELEVEN OF THE AWARD RECIPIENTS WILL ATTEND AN 18-DAY OUTWARD BOUND COURSE AND THE OTHER NINE WILL ATTEND A 10-DAY COURSE.

"THIS GIVES THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN THROUGHI ACTIVITIES AND TOUGH TRAINING," THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

/SINCE 1977