SATURDAY, JULY 20, 1974
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ACTIVITIES ORGANISED BY SELF-PROGRAMMING GROUPS
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SELF-PROGRAMMING GROUPS SPONSORED BY COMMUNITY CENTRES RUN BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT ARE CONTINUING TO PLAY A MORE ACTIVE ROLE IN ORGANISING AND PLANNING COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS.
TOMORROW (SUNDAY), THREE GROUPS FROM THE PRINCESS ALEXANDRA COMMUNITY CENTRE IN TSUEN WAN WILL BE CONDUCTING DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN AND EX-MENTAL PATIENTS.
THE FIRST OF THESE FUNCTIONS ORGANISED BY A GROUP GO ING UNDER THE NAME OF HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN+ WILL PAY A VISIT TO THE NEW LIFE PSYCHIATRIC REHABILITATION FARM IN CASTLE PEAK WHERE THEY WILL ENTERTAIN THE EX-MENTAL PATIENTS UNDERGOING
THE GROUP HAS TREATMENT TO INTEGRATE THEM INTO THE SOCIETY. ORGANISED A DAY OF RECREATION AND ENTERTAINMENT AND WILL ALSO PREPARE A LUNCH FOR THE PEOPLE LIVING ON THE FARM.
THIS IS A NEW VENTURE BY SELF-PROGRAMMING GROUPS AND FOLLOUS THE INTEREST WHICH THEY HAVE EXPRESSED EARLIER ON IN PROVIDING SUCH TYPES OF SERVICES FOR THIS CATEGORY OF PEOPLE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
THE OTHER TWO PROJECTS ARE FOR CHILDREN BETWEEN THE AGES OF SEVEN AND 14 YEARS. ONE IS A CHILDREN'S GAMES DAY ORGANISED BY THE TSUEN WAN EVENING INSTITUTE STUDENT'S ASSOCIATION SELF-PROGRAMMING GROUP FOR 150 YOUNGSTERS IN THE THIS WILL BE HELD FROM 2 P.M. TO TAI WO HAU HOUSING ESTATE.
5 P.M. AT THE BUDDHIST LAM BING YIM MEMORIAL SCHOOL IN TEXACO ROAD, TSUEN WAN.
THE OTHER FUNCTION IS A CAMPFIRE GATHERING FOR 50 CHILDREN PLANNED BY THE SOUTH SEA COLLEGE STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION SELF-PROGRAMMING GROUP. TO BE HELD AT THE PINE HILL BEACH IN CASTLE PEAK FROM 4 P.M. TO 9 P.M., IT WILL INCLUDE GROUP CAMPS, PERFORMANCES AND SINGING ROUND THE CAMPFIRE FOLLOWED BY A BARBECUE.
NEXT WEEK ON THURSDAY YET ANOTHER SELF-PROGRAMMING GROUP, THIS TIME FROM THE COMITY ASSOCIATION, WILL BE TAKING 30 YOUNG PEOPLE FROM 15 TO 18 YEARS. OF AGE ON AN OVERNIGHT
THIS CAMP AS PART OF A YOUTH LEADERSHIP TRAINING PROGRAMME. CAMP WILL BE HELD AT THE Y.U.C.A. LOUISA LANDAL CAMP IN SA! KUNG. TRAINEES VILL RECEIVE BASIC INSTRUCTIONS ON OUTDOOR COOKING, PIONEERING, CAMPING KNOWLEDGE, RECOGNITION OF TREES AND SHRUBS AND FIRST AID.
IN THE MEANTIME, IT IS RUNNING A TRAINING COURSE FOR FIVE EVENINGS PRIOR TO THE CAMP TO PROVIDE INSTRUCTIONS ON PLANNING AND ORGANISING ACTIVITIES AND THE QUALITIES AND BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF YOUTH LEADERS.
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