WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1978
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C.Y.C. MOVEMENT OFFERS STUDENTS CHANCE
TO ASSUME ADULT RESPONSIBILITY, SAYS TOPLEY
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THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S COMMUNITY YOUTH CLUBS MOVEMENT IS OFFERING STUDENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE AN ACTIVE PART IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS AND TO LEARN TO ASSUME ADULT RESPONSIBILITY TO BECOME USEFUL CITIZENS WHILE STILL AT SCHOOL, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR. KENNETH TOPLEY, SAID TODAY.
MR. TOPLEY WAS SPEAKING TO MEMBERS OF THE CITY LIONS CLUB AT THEIR REGULAR LUNCHEON MEETING ON THE C.Y.C. MOVEMENT IN WHICH THE CLUB PLAYED AN ACTIVE ROLE. THE CLUB DONATED $250,000 TO THE MOVEMENT AND TWO OF ITS MEMBERS ARE ALSO ACTIVELY INVOLVED.
+ THE MOVEMENT WAS ORIGINALLY PLANNED AS PART OF THE 'KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN' DRIVE IN 1974 AND WAS REBORN LAST YEAR UNDER THE WING OF THE ADVISORY INSPECTORATE OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AS 'COMMUNITY YOUTH CLUBS',+ MR. TOPLEY SAID. IT NOW HAS
A MEMBERSHIP OF OVER 16,000 PUPILS FROM 314 PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS.
VISITS ARE ARRANGED FOR C.Y.C. MEMBERS TO ORGANISATIONS SERVING THE COMMUNITY AND THEY ARE THEN ENCOURAGED TO TAKE AN ACTIVE PART EITHER IN HELPING SUCH ORGANISATIONS OR BY DOING SOMETHING ON THEIR OWN.
MR. TOPLEY SAID THE SIMPLE SLOGAN LEARN, BE CONCERNED AND SERVE+ MIGHT WELL BE ADOPTED FOR THE C.Y.C. MOVEMENT.
HE ADDED THAT OVER 1,000 C.Y.C. MEMBERS WOULD BE INVOLVED LATER THIS WEEK IN HELPING ACAN TO DISTRIBUTE LEAFLETS AS PART OF AN ANTI-DRUG CAMPAIGN.
+NOW IF MEMBERS NOT ONLY TAKE PART IN THE LEAFLET DISTRIBUTION BUT ALSO FIND OUT FOR THEMSELVES AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE ABOUT DRUG ADDICTION PROBLEMS THEY WILL PROBABLY COME TO REALISE THE IMPORTANCE OF SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE OF EX-DRUG ADDICTS AND COULD HELP ACAN BY SPREADING THIS MESSAGE IN THEIR OWN DISTRICT, HE SUGGESTED.
HE SAID THE SAME APPLIED TO A WIDE RANGE OF OTHER ACTIVITIES SUCH AS FIRE PREVENTION, CLEAN HONG KONG, ROAD SAFETY AND COURTESY CAMPAIGNS AND IN FACT ANYTHING THAT CONTRIBUTED TOWARDS WELFARE AND COMMUNITY BUILDING.
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+THE C.Y.C. MOVEMENT,+ MR. TOPLEY ADDED, IS INTENDED TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN STUDY AND APPLICATION IT IS DESIGNED TO ENSURE THAT FORMAL STUDY IN SCHOOL CAN BE DIRECTLY RELATED TO PERSONAL INVOLVEMENT OUT OF SCHOOL.
+HAVING STUDIED, HE TRIED TO GET INVOLVED, TO SEE HOW HE CAN CONTRIBUTE TO WHAT IS GOING ON AND IN DOING SO BECOMES A USEFUL AND ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY WHEN HE IS STILL AT SCHOOL.
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