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Tuesday, May 29, 1973
LEADERSHIP TRAINING PROGRAMME FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
The Youth Work Unit of the Social Welfare Department has arranged
a leadership training programme for young people.
The programme will be in two parts and is planned to help young
people develop their knowledge and skills n leadership as well as arouse
their interests in social services.
The first part -- a youth leadership symposium will be held from
June 14 to July 12 and will consist of lectures on such aspects as humanı
relations and communications, programme planning, public speaking and
organising outdoor activities. There will also be a practical exercise
organised by the participants themselves in the form of a practice camp.
The symposium will be held twice weekly on Tuesdays and Thursdays
from 7.30 p.m. to 9.30 p.m. at the Lady Trench Training Centre, Wanchai.
The second part of the programme will concentrate on social services
and will include lectures on community work, probation and correctional service,
counselling service, rehabilitation service and the social security scheme.
Visits to welfare agencies will also be arranged during the course.
This part of the programme will take place, again twice weekly, on
Tuesdays and Thursdays from July 24 to August 21 from 7.30 p.m. to 9.30 p.m.
It will be held at the Ward Memorial Methodist Church in Waterloo Road,
Certificates will be presented to those completing the course.
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