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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1977
+ THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME IS NOW ATTRACTING SOME TWO MILLION PARTICIPANTS OVER ITS THREE-MONTH PROGRAMME EVERY YEAR AND IT IS EXPECTED TO EXPAND THESE ACTIVITIES IN THE COMING YEARS. ALSO, THE SOCIAL WELFARE VOLUNTARY AGENCIES ORGANISED ACTIVITIES FOR OVER 70,000 YOUNG PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS EACH YEAR,+ HE ADDED.
TO MEET THE DEMAND FOR RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES, MR. LEE POINTED OUT THAT 150 ACRES MORE OPEN SPACE HAD BEEN DEVELOPED SINCE 1973 INTO PARKS, RECREATION GROUNDS AND AMENITY AREAS, MAKING A TOTAL OF SOME 1,250 ACRES FOR HONG KONG AS A WHOLE.
IN THE SAME PERIOD, 135 NEW FOOTBALL PITCHES, COURTS AND GAMES AREAS HAVE BEEN OPENED, AND A TOTAL OF THREE OUTDOOR STADIA, FIVE INDOOR GAMES HALLS AND TEN SWIMMING POOLS ARE NOW AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC USE.
HOWEVER, DESPITE ALL THESE, THE DIRECTOR SAID THERE WILL ALWAYS BE A PROPORTION OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHOSE INDIVIDUAL NEEDS AND PROBLEMS CANNOT, FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER, BE FULLY MET BY THE BASIC SERVICES.
+THESE YOUNG PEOPLE WOULD REQUIRE PERSONAL SOCIAL WORK WHICH AIMS TO PROVIDE TIMELY GUIDANCE AND HELP SPECIFICALLY TO THOSE WHO EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS OF VARIOUS KINDS IN THEIR PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TO REDUCE THE IR CHANCE OF TURNING DELINQUENT.+
MR. LEE SAID THAT THE MAIN PROPOSALS DRAWN UP BY THE GOVERNMENT FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT ON PERSONAL SOCIAL WORK AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE CONCENTRATED ON SCHOOL SOCIAL WORK, SOCIAL WORK AMONG UNATTACHED YOUNG PEOPLE AND FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION.
COMMUNITY YOUTH CLUBS ******
THE +CLEAN YOUR CITY/COUNTRYSIDE+ GROUPS WHO HAVE BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR HELPING TO REDUCE THE LITTER PROBLEM IN HONG KONG WILL EXTEND THE IR SCOPE OF WORK TO COVER A WIDE RANGE OF COMMUNITY- ORIENTED ACTIVITIES AND THEY HAVE ADOPTED A NEW NAME +COMMUNITY YOUTH CLUBS+ (CYC'S).
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A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WHICH IS RESPONS I BLE FOR ORGANISING THE CLUBS ACTIVITIES SAID NEARLY 10,000 STUDENTS HAD APPLIED TO JOIN THE CYC'S SINCE THE RECRUITMENT DRIVE BEGAN IN MID-NOVEMBER.
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