SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 1975
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MORE CAMPING FACILITIES NEEDED IN HONG KONG
SAYS DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE
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HONG KONG NEEDS MORE CAMPING FACILITIES FOR ITS GROWING YOUNG POPULATION, THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR. THOMAS LEE, SAID TODAY.
AT PRESENT, THERE ARE ONLY 29 HOLIDAY CAMPS WITH ACCOMMODATION FOR ABOUT 4,000 YOUNGSTERS *A PROVISION THAT HARDLY MEETS THE PRESSING DEMANDS OF RECENT YEARS,+ HE SAID.
HOLIDAY CAMPS, HE SAID, HAVE AN IMPORTANT PART TO PLAY IN HONG KONG WHICH IS SO SMALL IN AREA AND HEAVILY POPULATED, BECAUSE THEY GIVE THE YOUNGER GENERATION A CHANCE TO GET AWAY FROM THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE OF CITY LIFE.
+THIS NEED HAS BEEN RECOGNISED IN THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN FOR SOCIAL WELFARE DEVELOPMENT IN HONG KONG AND THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT IS ACTIVELY ENCOURAGING DEVELOPMENTS IN THIS AREA OF YOUTH WORK,→ HE ADDED.
MR. LEE WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE EXTENSION TO THE DEPARTMENT'S ROTARY YOUTH HOSTEL AT FAN LING VAI IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
BUILT WITH A DONATION OF $80,000 FROM THE ROTARY CLUB OF HONG KONG AND ANOTHER $120,000 FROM THE LOTTERIES FUND, THE NEW WING HAS ACCOMMODATION FOR ANOTHER 60 PEOPLE AND DOUBLES THE CAPACITY OF THE HOSTEL.
HE RECALLED THE CLUB'S LONG ASSOCIATION WITH THE HOSTEL, BUILT EIGHT YEARS AGO WITH DONATIONS FROM THE CLUB, AND SAID THIS WAS PROOF OF ITS CONCERN FOR THE WELFARE OF YOUTH,
MR. LEE AND MR. LAWRENCE FUNG, IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT OF THE CLUB, LATER JOINTLY UNVEILED A PLAQUE TO COMMEMORATE THE OPENING OF THE EXTENDED HOSTEL.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
COPIES OF THE FULL TEXT OF MR. LEE'S SPEECH ARE BOXED FOR COLLECTION,
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