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Friday, May 18, 1973
IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY'S SUPPORT FOR SOCIAL WELFARE SERVICES
The Director of Social Welfare today stressed the importance of
the community's support and understanding, particularly by young people,
in the field of social welfare services.
Mr. Li Fook-kow, who was opening an exhibition of the youth project
competition in the Ocean Terminal, said the competition was a joint effort
of the Hong Kong Council of Social Service, his Department, the Education
Department and many teachers and youth workers.
"It is, in fact, a project for youth and by youth with wide community
involvement."
Mr. Li said that youth today are more conscious of the environment
and social conditions and are more willing to contribute towards the community.
The exhibition, he said, was an illustration of their co-operative
efforts and the interest developed in the field of social welfare services.
He would like to see more projects of this kind with direct participation
by Hong Kong's youth.
Note to Editore:
Copies of Mr. Li's speech in English
and Chinese are distributed separately in the G.I.S. press boxes this evening.
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