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Thursday, August 2, 1973
LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLORS TO VISIT SWD'S SUMMER YOUTH PROJECT
Two unofficial members of the Legislative Council, Mr. Wilson
Wang and Mr. James M.H. Wu, will visit summer youth projects sponsored
by the Social Welfare Department in the New Territories on Saturday,
(August 4).
In the morning, Mr. Wang will visit a group of young people
learning about village life at Shui Lau Tin in the Yuen Long district.
Members of the group are from the rural observation and service
society, one of the self-programming bodies of the Social Welfare Department's
Youth Work Unit.
The began their programme today (Thursday) and will spend five
days in the village.
The group, whose ages range from 17 to 25 will also have a
chance to try their hands at farming. In the evenings, they will arrange
entertainment for the village children and hold discussions with the
people there.
This is the third year in which this particular self-programming
group has been active in the New Territories. In the past, it has
rendered service to different villages organising fun fairs and taking
village children to visit the city. At present, the group has about
100 registered members half of whom are students, most of them attending
post-secondary schools.
Mr. Wu's