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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1994

HK PROJECT WINS YOUTH SERVICE AWARD

A HONG

KONG PROJECT ON

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, THE "GREEN EXPRESS", HAS WON THIS YEAR'S COMMONWEALTH YOUTH SERVICE AWARD.

IT WAS RUN BY 14 YOUNG VOLUNTEERS AND 20 DELINQUENTS AGED BETWEEN 14 AND 16 FROM BEGONIA ROAD BOYS' HOME.

THE "GREEN EXPRESS"

CONTRIBUTE GONE ASTRAY, TO ACTIVITIES.

HAS ENABLED THESE BOYS, WHO TO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH A

HAVE ONCE SERIES OF

THE THEME OF

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IS PARTICULARLY STIMULATING FOR IT HAS ENGAGED THE BOYS IN THE ACTIVE PURSUIT OF A BETTER WORLD AND PEACEFUL INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP.

THE PROJECT COVERED WORKSHOPS FOR THE DELINQUENT BOYS, TALKS ON POLLUTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, BEACH-CLEANING, TREE-PLANTING AS WELL AS THE PRODUCTION OF A HUGE MURAL PAINTING MEASURING 390 SQUARE METRES IN NAM SHAN CHUEN.

MESSAGE

TODAY (FRIDAY),

SAID OF

SPEAKING AT THE AWARD-PRESENTATION CEREMONY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMISSION ON YOUTH, MR ERIC LI KA-CHEUNG, THE PROJECT

SUCCESSFULLY CONVEYED

HAD

!

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

THE

"IT HAS ALSO PROVIDED A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR THESE HAS YOUNG OFFENDERS TO TAKE PART IN COMMUNITY SERVICES, WHICH IN TURN HELPED THEM ESTABLISH A POSITIVE ATTITUDE TOWARDS LIFE," HE ADDED.

ORGANISED BY THE COMMONWEALTH YOUTH PROGRAMME IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, THE AWARDS ARE PRESENTED TO YOUNG PEOPLE WHOSE OUTSTANDING TEAMWORK HAS SET A MODEL OR INSPIRATION TO OTHER LOCALITIES, BOTH NATIONALLY AND COMMONWEALTH-WIDE.

THE "GREEN EXPRESS" WAS SELECTED FROM A TOTAL OF 19 ENTRIES FROM NINE COUNTRIES.

THE GROUP HAS WON A CASH GRANT OF 1,000 POUNDS CERTIFICATE AND MEDALLIONS.

STERLING,

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