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WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 1978
APPLICATIONS INVITED FOR OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH SCHEME
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YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WISH TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY BY UNDERTAKING PROJECTS CAN NOW APPLY FOR FINANCIAL AND PROFESSIONAL ASSISTANCE UNDER THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH SCHEME.
THE SCHEME, NOW IN ITS EIGHTH YEAR, HAS SPONSORED A TOTAL OF 334 PROJECTS" INVOLVING 14,000 VOLUNTEERS WHOSE SERVICES HAVE BENEFITTED 600,000 PEOPLE.
ADMINISTERED BY THE COMMUNITY AND YOUTH OFFICERS OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, THE SCHEME AIMS TO PROMOTE PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL CONSCIOUSNESS OF YOUNG PEOPLE BY ENCOURAGING THEM TO UTILISE THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS IN PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTING PROJECTS WHICH WILL SATISFY THE NEEDS
IN THE IR LOCAL COMMUNITIES.
EXPLAINING THE SCHEME, MR. LAM KWOK-VAN, PRINCIPAL SOCIAL WELFARE OFFICER, GROUP AND COMMUNITY WORK DIVISION, SAID TODAY THAT CASH GRANTS, RANGING FROM $190 TO $2,000, WOULD BE GIVEN FOR EACH APPROVED PROJECT, AND WOULD ACT AS AN IMPETUS FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE TO ACQUIRE ACTUAL EXPERIENCE IN RESEARCH, ORGANISATION, MANAGEMENT, AND EVALUATION OF A PARTICULAR TYPE OF SERVICE.
+PROJECTS SUPPORTED DURING THE PAST YEARS COVERED A WIDE SPECTRUM OF SOCIAL SERVICES WHICH CAN BE BROADLY CLASSIFIED AS RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES, SERVICES FOR THE UNDERPRIVILEDGED, COMMUNITY EDUCATION PROGRAMMES, CONSTRUCTION WORKS, FILM PRODUCTION AND PUBLICATIONS, HE SAID.
THE TARGET OF THESE 300 PROJECTS INCLUDED THE HANDICAPPED, THE ELDERLY, YOUTH, CHILDREN, INDUSTRIAL AND OFFICE WORKERS, THE MARINE POPULATION AND THE RURAL COMMUNITY.
MR. LAM SAID THE SCHEME WAS OPEN TO YOUTH GROUPS COMPRISING MORE THAN 10 MEMBERS AGED BETWEEN 15 AND 25.
HE ADDED THAT THESE GROUPS HAD TO BE RECOGNISED BY INSTITUTIONS SUCH AS SCHOOLS, YOUTH AGENCIES, OR APPROVED BY THE RESPECTIVE COMMUNITY AND YOUTH OFFICER PRIOR TO APPLICATION.
+ASSESSMENT OF THE MERITS OF THE PROJECT PROPOSALS WILL BE BASED ON THE EXTENT OF YOUTH INVOLVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNITY BENEFITS, PRIORITY OF NEEDS, INNOVATIVE QUALITY, FEASIBILITY AND THE CPTIRUR USE OF RESOURCES,+ HE SAID.
+CONSIDERATION WILL ALSO BE GIVEN TO AVOID DUPLICATION OF EXISTING SERVICES AND PROGRAMMES,+ HE ADDED.
/APPLICATION