WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 1977
MEANINGFUL SUMMER ACTIVITIES FOR STUDENTS
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A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY WORK OFFICES OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT HAVE ORGANISED EVENTS FOR STUDENTS DURING THE COMING WEEKS TO ENABLE THEM TO SPEND A MORE MEANINGFUL VACATION.
THE KWUN TONG COMMUNITY CENTRE AND THE KWAI SHING COMMUNITY HALL ARE INVITING APPLICANTS TO JOIN THEIR VOLUNTEERS TRAINING CAMP, WHICH AIMS AT PROMOTING YOUNG PEOPLE'S INTEREST IN VOLUNTARY SOCIAL SERVICE, INTRODUCING THEM TO SOME BASIC WORK CONCEPTS, DEVELOPING THEIR LEADERSHIP POTENTIAL AND EVENTUALLY RECRUITING SOME OF THEM FOR FUTURE VOLUNTEER WORK PROJECTS.
THE CAMP ORGANISED BY THE KWUN TONG COMMUNITY CENTRE, WHICH HAS PLACES FOR 60 PARTICIPANTS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 15 AND 21. WILL BE HELD FROM SATURDAY TO MONDAY (JULY 23 TO 25) AT THE ADAM SCHALL RESIDENCE, UNITED COLLEGE, CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG.
THE DAY CAMP AT KWAI SHING COMMUNITY HALL, TO BE HELD FROM 9 A.M. TO 5 P.M. ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY (JULY 23 AND 24) WILL HAVE A PROGRAMME OF TALKS, GROUP DISCUSSIONS AND ROLE-PLAYS.
THE KWUN TONG COMMUNITY CENTRE, IN ADDITION, IS HOLDING AN EXHIBITION ON THE WORK OF THE INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ICAC'S FU YU SUB-OFFICE, ON THREE DAYS BEGINNING AT 2 P.M. ON FRIDAY (JULY 22).
ENTITLED 'ICAC AND THE COMMUNITY', THE EXHIBITION WILL FEATURE FILM SHOWS IN THE EVENINGS AND WILL BE ATTENDED BY AN
ICAC REPRESENTATIVE WHO WILL ANSWER QUERIES FROM THE VISITORS.
IT WILL INTRODUCE THE YOUNGSTERS TO THE ORGANISATION OF THE COMMISSION, EXPLAIN THE EVILS OF BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION, AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO JOIN IN THE FIGHT TO ERADICATE THE MALPRACTICES.
LAM TIN ESTATE COMMUNITY WORK OFFICE (WEST), MEANWHILE, IS ORGANISING A SECOND-HAND BOOKS SERVICE FOR THE STUDENTS.
OLD BOOKS WILL BE COLLECTED AT THE LAM TIN ESTATE WELFARE BUILDING (WEST), FIRST FLOOR, UP TO THE END OF NEXT WEEK (JULY 29) AND THE BOOKS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR SALE FROM AUGUST 4 TO 14.
PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE WILL BE USED ON COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS BY THE ESTATE COMMUNITY WORK OFFICE'S STUDY ROOM SERVICE GROUP.
THE BOOKS SERVICE WILL HELP PARENTS TO SAVE ON TEXT BOOKS FOR THEIR CHILDREN IN THE COMING SCHOOL TERM, AND HELP THE SELLERS TO DISPOSE OF THEIR DISUSED BOOKS WHILE AT THE SAME TIME PARTICIPATING IN MEANINGFUL SERVICE TO THEIR FELLOW STUDENTS.
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