32. In the Girl Guides Association the emphasis has been on training over 150 new Guiders and on refresher and advanced courses for about 100 of the present leaders. A new temporary camp site at Pokfulam, which can be used in wet weather, has given many Guiders the opportunity to obtain their Camper's Licences. Many members are doing something to help a large number of welfare organizations and institutions.
33. At the Silver Mine Bay Holiday Camp on Lantao Island, 2,144 boys and 1,139 girls from poor families spent a week's holiday by the sea. The camp is managed by a Committee of the Standing Conference of Youth Organizations. 300 children also attended the camp at Junk Bay established by the Lions Club of Hong Kong and managed by the Y.M.C.A.
34. Club work for the 16 to 21 age group is less well developed, there being only 6 clubs with a membership of 180. On the other hand a great deal is done for young persons of this age group by the Y.M.C.A. and the Y.W.C.A. whose interest group activities are attended by a total of about 3,000 young persons. Members of these groups come from families with rather higher incomes than those whose children attend Boys' and Girls' clubs.
35. More low-cost hostel accommodation has been provided in Kowloon by the opening of two new hostels for 235 girls at Sham Shui Po and Yau Yat Chuen (Maurine Grantham Centre) by the Y.W.C.A. and by the addition of an extra floor for another seventy young apprentices at the Thomson Memorial Hostel (Salvation Army).
CHAPTER V
FAMILY WELFARE
36. As in many other Far Eastern territories, economic and social changes have had their impact on family life in Hong Kong. Rapid urbanization, industrialization and cultural change have tended to evolve a smaller family system and create problems associated with such changes.
37. The rapid increase in population through the influx of refugees has led to over-crowding in urban areas which makes a satisfactory family life more difficult. Under-employment has meant that some
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