HONG KONG ANNUAL REPORT, 1954
a management committee appointed by the Standing Conference of Youth Organizations, which is the body that co-ordinates all youth welfare activities in the Colony.
The Club Leadership Training Course for prospec- tive youth leaders continues to be run by the Youth Welfare Section of the Social Welfare Office in co-operation with the Grantham Teachers' Training College.
At the Second Assembly of the World Assembly of Youth held in Singapore in August 1954 Hong Kong was represented by five observers.
Care of the Physically Handicapped
Increasing attention is being paid to the needs of the physically handicapped. A welfare centre at Lantao Island is nearing completion and by April 1955 this will be able to take in the 80 blind and 360 other disabled persons and their dependents from Rennie's Mill Camp, 50 disabled inmates from North Point Camp and other destitute physically handicapped persons between the ages of 18 and 60. The centre will form a new community of 17 separate buildings including a sick-bay, school, workshops and living quarters. Its object is to fit the residents to return eventually to a normal community, and vocational training in printing, sewing, weaving, carpentry and farming will be given. Special education for blind inmates and supplementary education for adults and children will be provided as the centre develops. The social needs of the inmates are catered for by the inclusion on the staff of case-workers and a recreational worker.
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