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Martial
Arts Camp for Youth
This
summer, our young people will have a chance to practice
martial arts and keep fit in a joint project organized
by the Federation and the Hong Kong Shaolin Wushu
Culture Centre(香港少林武術文化中心).click
here to read more...
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Northwest
Airlines and the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust
sponsor winners of the Odyssey of the Mind Programme for
World
Finals
The
long-awaited Odyssey of the Mind Programme Local Competitions
were held successfully on 3 April 2005. We are very grateful
to Northwest Airlines and the Hong
Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust who have
offered discount air tickets and accommodation expenses respectively
for winning teams going to the World Finals in U.S.click
to read more…
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Reciprocal
Attachment Programmes between Shanghai and Hong Kong
2005 Youth Workers
From
24 to 30 April 2005, the Federation and the Shanghai
Youth Federation will be jointly organizing a reciprocal attachment
programme for youth workers in Shanghai and Hong Kong...click
here to read more...
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Summer
Youth Programme Brochures 2005
Thanks
to the support of two large bookstore chains, namely Commercial
Press (Hong Kong) Ltd and Joint Publishing
(Hong Kong) Company Ltd, the Federation's Summer Youth Programme brochures for
2005 are now available for collection by young people and
their families...click
here to read more...
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Hospitable
Young Hong Kong Ambassadors
First impressions
make all the difference to a tired tourist and with 23.4 million
visitor arrivals forecast for 2005* the
Federation's Young Ambassadors offer a very worthwhile contribution
to the tourism industry. The Young Ambassador (YA) Scheme,
a joint effort of the Federation and the Tourism Commission,
is representative of our mission, encouraging young people
to contribute to the economy with pride while developing their
sense of civic responsibility.
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An
important knock-on effect takes place in the process - they
also get the message of hospitality across to the local community.
The happy result is that people of all ages have a growing
sense of belonging to our vibrant, vigorous and colourful
city and feel proud to welcome visitors to share it.
"We
have received numerous compliments and thank-you letters
from
passengers around the world on their service. We look forward
to an on-going partnership with the Federation in the future."
Mr.
Eric Wong
General Manager, Terminal, Airport Authority
click here to read more...
* http://www.partnernet.hktb.com and http://www.info.gov/hkfacts/tourism.pdf
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Hong
Kong Student Science Project Competition 2005
Participants: 151
teams from 75 schools to set up booths
for judges' inspection
Initial judging: Saturday
14 May 2005 10 am - 4:30 pm
Venues: |
Tech
Centre, Hong Kong Science and Technology Park |
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Hong
Kong Productivity Council building |
visit http://www.hksspc.gov.hk for
more info
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Summer
Youth Programme
Enrollment
begins: 8 May 2005
At the 21 Youth S.P.O.Ts,
visit http://www.u21.org.hk/syp05/index.html for
more info
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Global
Youth Service Day: 4 programmes & 6,700 volunteers
mobilized
April's programmes included:
Book Donation Campaign: about
2,500 books distributed to 600 CSSA families
Gift bags for 1,000 children with
learning disabilities and their families.
visit http://www.hkfyg.org.hk/yvn/gysd05 for
more info
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Hospitality
Hong Kong style
The Young Ambassador Scheme enjoys growing popularity, as the last
intake of over 200 new ambassadors from nearly 650 applicants shows.
Fifty Young Ambassadors (YAs) are now studying overseas
and have taken the message of hospitality abroad while here at
home
we have 152 who show visitors the very best of our city. Four current
and past YA volunteers - Angel, Florence, Melody and Simon - recently
shared their experience with us. Click
here to read about it
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The
beauty myth
The message is everywhere, on buses and hoardings, in magazines and on the TV.
If you are female and fat you're out. Being thin for girls is in. Most young
Hong Kong women are enviably slim yet eating disorders affect about 1% of all
Asian women according to recent reports. The figures for Europe and the
US are five times as high. Adverts for slimming products are often not only misleading,
they are also offensive and have done nothing to reduce the rise in obesity across
the globe. Click
to read more...
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Giving
a hand
Good news!
Volunteering makes you live longer and is good for your health
according to US researchers. In western countries the "brand
image" of volunteering has less positive impact than it does
in Hong Kong but figures worldwide are on an upward trend. The
Federation's Youth Volunteer network, VNET, now has 80,000 registered
members with annual service hours of approximately 500,000….Click
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Sino-Japanese
relations survey
Sino-Japanese
relationships are tense these days and the Federation has recently
conducted a telephone survey of young people's views on the issues
involved. It revealed that 91.3% of those interviewed considered
the recently reported changes in some of Japan's history textbooks
unacceptable…Read on... |
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