COC-OA-Form A

THE HONG KONG AWARD FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

Half-yearly Statistical Return from Operating Authority

(To be returned on or before	   	 April and October to the Admin. & Finance Officer, The Hong Kong Award for Young People, Nos. 301-307, 3/F., Lai Kwai House, Lai Kok Estate, Cheung Sha Wan, Kln.)

Name of Operating Authority	: 	

Statistical report for the period:				to	

I.	Number of User Units (if applicable)

	Number	Name of new/lapsed user units	
Total no. b/f from last period		New		
No. of new user units				
No. of lapsed user units		Lapsed		
Total no. as at end of period				

II. 	Membership 

	                   Participants		
	Bronze	Silver	Gold 	Total	Award leaders 	
	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female		(Note 3)	
Total no. b/f from last period									
No. of new entrants  (Note 1)									
No. of drop-outs (Note 2)									
Total no. as at end of period									

III.	AYP activities held during the period (please use separate sheet if necessary)

IV.	Remarks: 
	
	Date : 						Prepared by:
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Notes

(1)	A New Entrant is

	-	a young person who enters the Scheme for the first time during the period, i.e. a Bronze entrant, a direct Silver entrant or a direct Gold entrant; or

	-	a participant who enters a higher level of Award after completion of at least two Sections at a lower level of Award; or

	-	a participant transferred from another OA/Award country.

(2)	A Drop-out is

	-	a participant who reports withdrawal from the Award Scheme during the period; or

	-	a participant who reaches his/her upper age limit without having granted upper age extension; or

	-	a participant who has gained an Award whether he/she will be progressing on to a higher level of Award; or

	-	a participant who has not yet attained an Award but is progressing on to a higher level of Award; or

	-	a participant who has transferred to another OA/Award country.

(3)	An Award Leader is

	-	a person who offers voluntary service to the Award Scheme not for the purposes of achieving Award requirements nor placement work of a training course, and

	-	a person who is appointed/registered to be responsible for the operation of the Award Scheme, e.g. promotion, implementation or running of a specific section of activities.