ment. A playground is also provided on the rooftop. These buildings are provided on the scale of one for each 50,000 residents; three were completed during the year.
82. There are also three government community centres near Wong Tai Sin, Tai Hang Tung and Kwun Tong estates respectively. These are six-storey buildings with an assembly hall on the ground floor and various other facilities on the upper floors such as day nurseries, libraries and clubs. These centres are managed by the Social Welfare Department, but many of the projects housed in them are run by voluntary agencies.
KAIFONGS AND RESIDENTS ACTIVITIES
83. Although kaifong or neighbourhood help associations had been set up in the older cottage areas and estates before 1967, the movement received a great impetus following the disturbances of that year when it was agreed that each estate should have a kaifong to represent residents' views. At present there are altogether 31 resettlement kaifongs, 22 in estates and 9 in cottage areas, with an aggregate membership of 47,374 households. These associations play an important part in making known residents' views to the department and other government agencies. In addition they carry out such activities as mediation in disputes, enquiry services, distribution of relief goods, provision of libraries and reading rooms, running or vocational training classes and the sponsoring of youth activities. Where accommodation is available kaifongs also operate kindergartens to help the residents.
84. The department has a special Estates Liaison Unit which holds regular bi-monthly meetings with kaifong chairmen. Besides liaison duties this Unit also helps to organize a wide variety of recreational activities for the estate residents. Among the youth activities held during the last year, the series of six swimming parties for resettlement youth jointly sponsored by the department, the Urban Council, the Hong Kong Life Guard Club and the South China Morning Post Organization was the most spectacular. In all 11,200 youngsters from various estates and cottage areas were entertained free of charge. His Excellency the Governor, Sir David TRENCH and the Colonial Secretary, Sir Hugh NORMAN-WALKER attended two of these functions. In these activities close co-operation is maintained with the City District Officers who, during the year, started to take over some of the department's functions in this direction.
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