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Wednesday, August 8, 1973
The mobile children service will consist of a group of young volunteers
who will plan a three week project for children in three of the 14 blocks in
the estate.
This group hopes to recruit another 25 young people from the estate
to help run the programme from August 13 to 31.
The programmes will take place in the afternoons during week days
with the overall theme on "child development".
This will include points on
cleanliness, getting to know Hong Kong, mutual co-operation and developing
creative talents.
For the block work service, an earlier survey showed that certain
types of services involving children, family and the elderly were much needed.
Consequently, the group of volunteers who are arranging this block work service
are considering ways to meet this need.
Some of the events they plan will be evening programmes for family
entertainment and picnics for families.
One already organised was a picnic for 70 residents and another will
be a social evening on August 18 for some 400 people living in block 10 of the
estate.
"The emphasis will be on keeping the family as an integral unit by
developing relationships between children and their parents," Miss Wong said,
"Volunteers are also planning services for the elderly in co-operation with
the Salvation Army as another part of their service."
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