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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1974.
CHILD DEVELOPMENT
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YOUTH WORK AGENCIES PLAY JUST AS IMPORTANT A PART IN CHILD DEVELOPMENT AS SCHOOLS. MR. ALFRED CHU1. PRINCIPAL SOCIAL WELFARE OFFICER OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S GROUP AND COMMUNITY WORK DIVISION SAID TODAY.
HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE BOYS AND GIRLS' CLUBS ASSOCIATION HOMANTIN CHILDREN'S CENTRE AND LIBRARY IN BLOCK 4 OF THE HOMANTIN ESTATE IN KOWLOON.
HE NOTED THAT THE UP-BRINGING OF A CHILD NORMALLY RESTED WITH THE PARENTS AND THE SCHOOL. BUT WHERE AS SCHOOL EDUCATION WAS INHERENTLY MORE ORGANISED IN FORM, CHILDREN OR YOUTH WORK OFFERED OPPORTUNITIES FOR GREATER FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT AND EXPRESSION.
+WHERE THE FORMAL CURRICULUM STRESSES ON IMPARTING KNOWLEDGE, CHILDREN ACTIVITIES PROMOTE FREE PLAY AND EXPERIMENT. WHERE CLASS WORK TENDS TO EMPHASIZE INDIVIDUAL ATTAINMENT, CHILDREN PROGRAMMES ACCENTUATE MUTUAL HELP AND CO-OPERATION.+
IN OTHER WORDS, MR. CHUI SAID, A CHILDREN OR YOUTH WORK AGENCY PROVIDES THE SOCIALISATION PROCESS FOR A CHILD BRINGING IT BEYOND THE SMALL CIRCLES OF THE FAMILY AND THE SCHOOL.
NOTE TO EDITORS,
COPIES OF THE FULL TEXT OF MR. CHUI'S SPEECH ARE BOXED FOR COLLECTION.
MAJOR ROAD PROJECT IN NEW TERRITORIES
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WORK IS TO START NEXT MONTH ON A NETWORK OF ROADS TO LINK SHA TIN NEW TOWN AND THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AREA IN FO TAN.
ABOUT 9,500 SQUARE METRES OF PAVED ROADWAY WILL BE CONSTRUCTED, PROVIDING DIRECT ACCESS TO (FO TAN) WHICH WILL PROVIDE SIX HECTARES OF LAND FOR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT.
ASSOCIATED WITH THE ROAD PROJECT WILL BE THE PROVISION OF SUCH ANCILLARY FACILITIES AS KERBING, FOOTPATHS AND DRAINAGE.
AT THE SAME TIME, A TRUNK SEWER MEASURING 600 MILLIMETRES IN DIAMETER AND 700 METRES IN LENGTH WILL ALSO BE LAID. THE SEWER WILL BE CONNECTD TO THE HALF-COMPLETED TEMPORARY SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS IN SHA TIN.
WORK ON THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY NEXT SEPTEMBER.
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