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TUESDAY, MAY 25, 1976
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS FOR CASTLE PEAK BOYS' HOME ******
THE LIONS OF
BAYVIEW HAS DONATED MORE THAN $5,000 TO THE CASTLE PEAK BOYS' HOME FOR THE PURCHASE OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS FOR ITS 20-MEMBER BUGLE BAND.
THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR. THOMAS LEE, IN ACCEPTING THE DONATION AT A PRESENTATION CEREMONY HELD AT THE HOME THIS (TUESDAY) AFTERNOON SAID THAT MUSIC WAS A HEALTHY INTEREST PURSUIT PARTICULARLY SUITABLE FOR BOYS IN RESIDENTIAL TRAINING.
+MUSIC MAY ENHANCE THE TRANQUILITY OF THE MIND, THE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE PERSON AND MAY ALSO INSTIL IN THE BAND MEMBERS A SENSE OF DISCIPLINE, CO-OPERATION AND ACHIEVEMENT WHICH FALL VERY MUCH IN LINE WITH THE BASIC PHILOSOPHICAL FRAMEWORK OF RESIDENTIAL TRAINING.+
THE BAND, HE CONTINUED, COULD ALSO MAINTAIN A MUCH CLOSER LINK BETWEEN THE HOME AND THE COMMUNITY THROUGH ITS APPEARANCE
IN COMMUNITY FUNCTIONS.
THE CASTLE PEAK BOYS' HOME IS ONE OF THE FIVE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS MANAGED BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE, DEPARTMENT. IT PROVIDES ACCOMMODATION FOR JUVENILE OFFENDERS BETWEEN 14 AND 16 AND A TRAINING PROGRAMME LASTING FOR NOT LESS THAN ONE YEAR.
MR. LEE SAID: THE PROGRAMME INCLUDES PRIMARY EDUCATION, PRE-VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND GROUP ACTIVITIES THAT ARE GEARED TOWARDS CHARACTER REFORM AND SOCIAL RE-ADJUSTMENT.+
AFTERCARE IS OFFERED TO HELP THESE BOYS TO RETURN TO THE COMMUNITY AS NORMAL AND LAW-ABIDING CITIZENS, HE ADDED.
MR. LEE NOTED THAT OTHER GROUP ACTIVITIES ORGANISED IN THIS HOME FOR THE INMATES INCLUDED SCOUT GROUPS, BALL GAMES AND THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH SCHEME.
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