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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1975
DONATION TO HELP IMPROVE YOUTH SERVICES IN
NEW TERRITORIES ******
THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT WAS PRESENTED WITH A CHEQUE FOR $16,050 TONIGHT (SATURDAY) BY THE CASTLE PEAK LIONS CLUB TO HELP IMPROVE THE LIBRARY AND YOUTH SERVICES WHICH THE DEPARTMENT RUNS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THE CHEQUE WAS PRESENTED TO MR. MORRIS MORGAN, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, BY MR. FAN PA-FUN, THE PRESIDENT, AT THE CLUB'S LADIES NIGHT HELD AT THE PENINSULA HOTEL.
IN ACCEPTING THE MONEY ON BEHALF OF THE DEPARTMENT, MR. MORGAN SAID PART OF IT WOULD GO TOWARDS AUGMENTING THE SUPPLY OF BOOKS PURCHASED FROM GOVERNMENT FUNDS FOR THE SERVICE'S TWO LIBRARY VANS THUS ENABLING THE LIBRARIES TO OFFER A WIDER SELECTION OF READING MATERIAL.
THE REMAINDER WILL BE SPENT ON SOUND EQUIPMENT AND GAMES EQUIPMENT FOR ANOTHER VAN AND WILL GREATLY HELP IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ITS YOUTH SERVICES.
HE POINTED OUT THAT THE RURAL MOBILE VANS HAD TWO FUNCTIONS. FIRSTLY, HE SAID, THEY PROVIDE A MOBILE LIBRARY SERVICE FOR RESIDENTS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES WHO ARE UNABLE TO VISIT, BECAUSE OF THE DISTANCE INVOLVED, LIBRARIES WHICH HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED AT FIXED LOCATIONS, AND SECONDLY, TO PROVIDE A CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICE FOR REMOTE AREAS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES.
+THIS SERVICE INCLUDES ORGANISING CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES SUCH AS FILM SHOWS, CAMPS, SOCIAL EVENINGS AND INFORMAL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES, UNDERTAKING COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS AND ENCOURAGING YOUTH AND OTHER VILLAGERS TO FORM THEIR OWN GROUPS TO ORGANISE PROGRAMMES AND SO ON.+
THE THREE VANS MAKE DAILY JOURNEYS ROUND THE NEW TERRITORIES AND REGULARLY VISIT SOME 50 STATIONS. IN A TYPICAL MONTH, HE SAID, THE TWO VANS USED AS MOBILE LIBRARIES WOULD SERVE 25 READING STATIONS AND 22 SCHOOLS AND THE THIRD VAN WOULD BE ORGANISING CHILDREN AND YOUTH PROGRAMMES IN SOME 10 VILLAGES.
THEREFORE, HE ADDED, THE MONEY DONATED BY THE CLUB WOULD GO IN SOME WAY TOWARDS ENRICHING THE LIFE OF RESIDENTS WHO LIVE IN THE REMOTE AREAS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES.
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