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SATURDAY, JANUARY 22, 1994

YOUTH CLUB SOUVENIR COVER SALE HELPS CHARITY

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15TH

THE COMMUNITY YOUTH CLUB OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HAS RAISED $1.23 MILLION FOR THE COMMUNITY CHEST THROUGH THE SALE OF ITS ANNIVERSARY SOUVENIR COVERS.

ACTIVITIES

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AT A CEREMONY TO MARK THE END OF A SERIES OF CELEBRATE

EDUCATION, ITS 15TH ANNIVERSARY TODAY, THE DIRECTOR OF DOMINIC S W WONG, PRESENTED THE $1.23 MILLION

CHEQUE TO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COMMUNITY CHEST, MRS LOUIS MOK AND MRS BETTER

SUN.

MR WONG WAS ALSO PRESENTED WITH A CHEQUE FOR $94,000 BY MR LAW

REPRESENTING SPONSORSHIP BY LAW'S FOUNDATION TOWARDS TING-PONG,

PART

OF THE CELEBRATION ACTIVITIES.

THE $1.23 MILLION CAME FROM LAST MONTH'S SALE OF THE SOUVENIR COVERS WHICH WAS PART OF THE SERIES OF ACTIVITIES TO COMMEMORATE THE CLUB'S CONTRIBUTION ΤΟ THE COMMUNITY AND то CELEBRATE ITS 15TH ANNIVERSARY.

THE COVER DEPICTS

THE CLUB'S WORLD-RECORD GIANT POSTER ASSEMBLED BY ITS MEMBERS ON OCTOBER 26 LAST YEAR TO MARK THE "INTERNATIONAL FAMILY YEAR", WHICH WAS OFFICIALLY RECOGNISED BY THE GUINNESS BOOK OF RECORDS.

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PUBLIC FORUMS ON ARTS DEVELOPMENT

THE SECOND IN A SERIES OF FIVE PUBLIC FORUMS ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG ARTS DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL WORKING GROUP WAS HELD TODAY (SATURDAY) IN THE URBAN COUNCIL CHAMBER.

THE FORUMS SERVE TO EXPLAIN THE PROGRESS BEING MADE BY THE WORKING GROUP SINCE IT WAS APPOINTED IN OCTOBER LAST YEAR AND TO GATHER OPINIONS FROM BOTH THE ARTS COMMUNITY AND THE PUBLIC AT ON HOW THE ARTS SHOULD BE DEVELOPED IN THE 1990'S AND BEYOND.

LARGE

TODAY'S FORUM AND THE NEXT TWO FORUMS ARE EACH FOCUSED ON A PARTICULAR ART FORM.

THE FORUM TODAY WAS MAINLY AIMED AT GATHERING OPINIONS AND FORWARD-LOOKING IDEAS FROM BOTH THE ARTS COMMUNITY AND THE PUBLIC AT LARGE ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF VISUAL ARTS.

SUBSEQUENTLY, THE WAY FORWARD FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THE LITERARY ARTS AND PERFORMING ARTS WILL BE DISCUSSED AT THE THIRD AND FORUMS.

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