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TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1975
YOUNG PEOPLE TO DESIGN AND OPERATE COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS
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THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT IS SUPPORTING A FURTHER 34 PROJECTS PUT FORWARD BY YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE SECOND ROUND OF ITS OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH SCHEME. GRANTS FOR THESE PROJECTS AMOUNT TO ALMOST $42,000.
THE PROJECTS WERE SUBMITTED FROM THE YOUTH GROUPS IN VARIOUS DISTRICTS THROUGH THE COMMUNITY AND YOUTH OFFICES.
COMMENTING ON THE PROJECTS, MR. LAM KWOK-WAN, ACTING PRINCIPAL SOCIAL WELFARE OFFICER OF THE GROUP AND COMMUNITY WORK DIVISION WHICH RUNS THE SCHEME, SAID SOME VERY WORTHY PROJECTS HAD BEEN PROPOSED BY THE YOUNG PEOPLE.
+THESE INCLUDE SERVICES TO THE ELDERLY, THE DISABLED AND CHILDREN LIVING IN BOATS IN TYPHOON SHELTERS. SERVICES ARE ALSO PLANNED FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN RESITE AREAS, OUTLYING ISLANDS, ISOLATED VILLAGES AND ROOFTOPS DWELLERS.+
HE SAID SOME OF THE PROJECTS ARE QUITE INNOVATIVE AND ONE OF THESE INCLUDED THE PRODUCTION OF A 30-MINUTE 6-MM COLOUR FILM TO DEPICT AND REFLECT ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS AND COMMUNITY NEEDS.
OTHER PROJECTS COVER THE PROMOTION OF WATER SAFETY, ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE, AND INDOOR AND OUTDOOR SAFETY.
+THESE PROJECTS,+ MR. LAM WENT ON, +NOT ONLY CONTAIN GOOD THEMES, BUT ALSO HELP TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY SPIRIT AND CO-OPERATIVE EFFORT FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE COMMUNITY.
THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH SCHEME WAS FIRST INTRODUCED IN SEPTEMBER LAST YEAR AND IN THE FIRST ROUND, SOME 42 PROJECTS WERE SUPPORTED AND PROVIDED WITH FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FROM THE GOVERNOR'S SPECIAL FUND AND THE SIR ROBERT HO TUNG FUND.
THE SCHEME IS DESIGNED FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN PROJECTS THAT CAN PROMOTE THEIR PERSONAL AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND AT THE SAME TIME PROVIDE BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY. GRANTS ARE MADE TO GROUPS HELPING THEM TO REALISE PROJECTS WHICH THEY DESIGN AND OPERATE.
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