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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1974
NEIGHBOURHOOD ADVICE-ACTION COUNCIL PRAISED
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THE NEIGHBOURHOOD ADVICE-ACTION COUNCIL, WORKING AMONG THE PEOPLE PROVIDING ADVICE AND OTHER FORMS OF ASSISTANCE TO HELP THEM ADAPT AND COPE WITH LIFE, WAS PRAISED BY THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE TODAY.
MR. THOMAS LEE, SPEAKING AT THE COUNCIL'S NEW CENTRE IN UPPER PAK TIN ESTATE, SHAM SHUI PO, SAID ITS SERVICES WERE VERY MUCH NEEDED IN AN URBANIZED SOCIETY SUCH AS OURS.
HE SAID THE PACE OF LIFE HERE WAS BECOMING SO FAST AND ITS PATTERN INCREASINGLY COMPLICATED THAT PEOPLE OFTEN REQUIRED CONSTANT ADAPTATION AND ADJUSTMENT TO FIT INTO THEIR SURROUNDINGS.
+THIS PROCESS MAY PERHAPS BE COMPARATIVELY EASY FOR A FEW, BUT FOR THE MAJORITY, IT CAN DE STRENUOUS OR EVEN DIFFICULT RESULTING IN VARIOUS PROBLEMS.+
HE SAID TO HELP THE PEOPLE WITH THESE PROBLEMS THE COUNCIL PROVIDED SERVICES RANGING FROM INFORMATION AND ADVICE, RESEARCH AND SURVEY, TO ITS MORE RECENT DEVELOPMENT ON GRASSROOT COMMUNITY WORK BY INVOLVING THE RESIDENTS IN PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING FOR THEMSELVES.
+THE COUNCIL'S EFFORTS IN RECRUITING ON-THE-SPOT VOLUNTEERS AND TRAINING THEM TO SOLVE THEIR OWN PROBLEMS SHOULD HAVE FAR REACHING EFFECT ASIDE FROM FOSTERING MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP IN THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE NO-ONE KNOWS A DISTRICT BETTER THAN THOSE WHO ARE ACTUALLY LIVING THERE.+
THE NEIGHBOURHOOD ADVICE-ACTION COUNCIL'S CENTRE FOR SHAM SHUI PO WAS FORMERLY LOCATED IN SHEK KIP MEI ESTATE, BUT FOLLOWING DECANTATION OF SOME OF THE RESIDENTS TO PAK TIN ESTATE, IT WAS DECIDED TO MOVE THERE AS WELL.
READING ROOM FOR VILLAGE CHILDREN ******
A GROUP OF 25 YOUTHS WILL BE SPENDING TOMORROW (SUNDAY) IN VOLUNTEER SERVICE TO HELP CLEAN AND SET UP A READING ROOM FOR STUDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY HALL OF YUEN KONG VILLAGE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES. THE GROUP COMPRISES MEMBERS OF THE KAM TIN PAK KAN ENGLISH SCHOOL SOCIAL SERVICE GROUP AND VOLUNTEERS FROM YUEN KONG VILLAGE.
THIS PROJECT 13 ORGANISED BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S LIBRARY AND RURAL MOBILE SERVICE UNIT WHICH, APART FROM BRINGING BOOKS TO VILLAGE CHILDREN UNABLE TO MAKE USE OF LILRARIES, ALSO PLANS AND CARRIES OUT SERVICE PROJECTS FOR VILLAGES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THE IDEA OF SETTING UP A READING ROOM IN YUEN KONG VILLAGE AROSE FROM A RECREATION DAY ORGANISED BY THE UNIT LAST MONTH AND HAS THE SUPPORT OF THE VILLAGE ELDER, MR. LAM TIM.