Press Releases 1998
Best Project Awards on "Youth Action on AIDS"
The three best project awards on "Youth Action on AIDS 1997" were announced today (Saturday) for their outstanding presentation in spreading positive messages about AIDS to young people.
In the form of training courses, educational activities, exhibitions and competitions, the three best projects won prizes for the Hong Kong YWCA Tuen Mun Integrated Social Service Centre; St Paul's Convent School and Peer Counsellors' Society of Haking WONG Technical Institute.
They were selected among youth groups which participated in the scheme last year. Under this scheme, a total of $96,290 subsidy was granted to 21 participating groups. The projects which they organised enabled 40,000 young people to learn more about AIDS and its impact on the community.
Officiating at the prize presentation ceremony were the Deputy Secretary for Health and Welfare, Mr Gregory Leung; the Assistant Director of Social Welfare, Mr Carlos Leung; the Assistant Director of the Hong Kong Council of Social Service, Miss Kay Ku; and the 1997 Asian Fencing Championship Silver Medalist, Miss Ho Ka-lai.
Established since 1991, the "Youth Action on AIDS" Funding Scheme is run annually by the Task Force on Youth of the Committee on Education and Publicity on AIDS to encourage and mobilise young people to organise innovative projects on education and publicity on AIDS.
Successful applicants would be given a ceiling amount of $8 000 in subsidy to implement their proposed programmes.
The Committee on Education and Publicity on AIDS is now inviting young people to take part on the "Youth Action on AIDS 1998" Funding Scheme. Copies of a leaflet on the 1998 funding scheme and application forms are available from the Red Ribbon Centre. Enquiries can be made to Mr Mak Sik-yan of the centre at 2304 6268.
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