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MONDAY, APRIL 7, 1980
MR LIN EXPLAINED THAT WHILE PROBATION OFFICERS ASSUME THE LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY OF GUIDING PROBATIONERS IN IMPROVING BEHAVIOUR, VOLUNTEERS PROVIDE THEM WITH COMPANIONSHIP AND HELP SOLVE THE IR SOCIAL PROBLEMS THROUGH FRIENDLY ATTITUDES, CARE AND UNDERSTANDING.
HE SAID THERE IS WIDE SCOPE FOR DIFFERENT KINDS OF VOLUNTARY EFFORT TO HELP PROBATIONERS.
FOR EXAMPLE, HE SAID, VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE PROFESSIONALS MAY CONTRIBUTE KNOWLEDGE IN THEIR OWN FIELD OF SPECIALTY, AND THOSE WHO ARE HOUSEWIVES CAN TEACH HOW TO HANDLE HOUSEHOLD CHORES.
OTHERS MAY GIVE TUITION IN SCHOOL SUBJECTS OR HELP PROBATIONERS DEVELOP MEANINGFUL HOBBIES BY JOINING IN SUCH ACTIVITIES AS PICNICKING, SWIMMING OR PHOTOGRAPHY, HE ADDED.
MR LIN SAID THE IMPACT OF PROBATION WORK ON YOUNG OFFENDERS DEPENDED NOT ONLY ON THE EFFORTS OF PROBATION OFFICERS BUT ALSO ON CO-OPERATION AND SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY.
+THROUGH THE COMPANIONSHIP AND GUIDANCE THEY PROVIDE, THE VOLUNTEERS HAVE NO DOUBT GONE A LONG WAY TO HELPING REBUILD THE CONFIDENCE OF PROBATIONERS AND STRENGTHENING OUR PROBATION SERVICE,+ HE SAID.
OLD VILLAGE NEAR TSUEN WAN TO BE RESTORED
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A 300-YEAR-OLD VILLAGE NEAR TSUEN WAN WILL BE RENOVATED AND PRESERVED AS PART OF HONG KONG'S HERITAGE.
THE WORK, ESTIMATED TO COST $300 000, WILL START IN JUNE AND WILL INVOLVE A ROW OF HISTORICAL BLUE BRICK HOUSES AT YUEN TUN OLD VILLAGE.
ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER (KWAI CHUNG), MR STEPHEN SELBY, SAID TODAY (MONDAY) THE WORK WAS BEING IMPLEMENTED BY THE YUEN TUN OLD VILLAGE PRESERVATION COMMITTEE, CHAIRED BY THE CHIEF STAFF OFFICER OF THE CIVIL AID SERVICES, MR JOHN FORTUNE.
MR SELBY, WHO IS SECRETARY OF THE COMMITTEE, SAID THE VACATED OLD VILLAGE WAS PART OF THE CIVIL AID SERVICES CAMP AT YUEN TUN.
THE SUM REQUIRED FOR THE RENOVATION WAS BEING RAISED PRIVATELY, WHILE ADMINISTRATION OF THE PROJECT WAS BEING DONE BY THE COMMITTEE OF SEVEN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS WORKING ON A VOLUNTARY BASIS, HE SAID.
OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE INCLUDE AN ARCHITECT OF TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, MR ROGER MATTHEWS- AND THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY (ANTIQUITIES AND MONUMENTS), URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, DR SOLOMON BARD.
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