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SATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 1993

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HELD AT THE ENTRANCE ARENA OF THE NEW TOWN PLAZA OF SHA TIN, THE OPENING CEREMONY WAS FOLLOWED BY AN EXHIBITION DISPLAYING RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AND EXPLAINING THE AMENDMENT ORDINANCE.

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STALLS WERE ALSO SET UP TO TEST THE LUNG FUNCTION INTERESTED MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WITH THE HELP OF NURSES FROM THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH DIVISION.

YOUTHS URGED TO PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS

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THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR ALBERT C C LAM, TODAY (SATURDAY) APPEALED то YOUNG PEOPLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TERRITORY BY ACTIVELY PARTICIPATING IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS.

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE HONG KONG RED CRO99 BRADBURY TAI WO HAU CENTRE IN KWAI TSING, HE SAID BY TAKING PART IN COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES, YOUNGSTERS NOT ONLY MAKE MORE FRIENDS, BUT ALSO BUILD UP CONFIDENCE AND ENHANCE THEIR SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY.

MR LAM SAID HE WAS PLEASED TO NOTE THAT THERE WERE NOW MORE THAN 10,000 RED CROSS UNIFORMED MEMBERS FROM DIFFERENT WALKS OF LIFE, SCHOOLS AND YOUTH ORGANISATIONS.

"THEY CARRIED OUT 104 SERVICE PROJECTS LAST YEAR, BENEFITING MORE THAN 15,000 PEOPLE, HE SAID.

MR LAM ALSO COMMENDED THE VOLUNTEERS AND LEADERS OF THE RED CROSS FOR SACRIFICING THEIR LEISURE TIME AND PRAISED THE ORGANISATION FOR ITS MANY SOCIAL SERVICES.

YOUNG MUSICIANS TOUR AUSTRALIA

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FORTY MUSICIANS OF THE HONG KONG YOUTH SYMPHONIC MUSIC OFFICE LEFT FOR AUSTRALIA LAST (FRIDAY) TOUR.

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BAND ON AN 11-DAY

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WING-KIT, THE

UNDER THE BATON OF ITS MUSIC DIRECTOR, MR FUNG BAND WILL GIVE A SERIES OF PERFORMANCES IN BRISBANE AND SYDNEY.

FRIENDSHIP MR FUNG SAID.

"IT IS HOPED THAT THEIR PERFORMANCES WILL PROMOTE AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE BETWEEN HONG KONG AND AUSTRALIA,

THE 35 MEMBERS OF THE YOUTH BAND WERE SELECTED FROM MORE 60 CANDIDATES IN MARCH THIS YEAR BY THE MUSIC OFFICE.

THAN

SINCE THEN THEY HAVE BEEN RECEIVING INTENSIVE TRAINING AND HAVB JUST COMPLETED A TRAINING PROGRAMME IN THE 1993 HONG KONG YOUTH CAMP.

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