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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1980
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT THROUGH HOME VISITS AND INTERVIEWS, CASEWORKERS WORK TOGETHER WITH THE CLIENTS IN ASSESSING PROBLEMS AND FINDING SOLUTIONS.
APART FROM THE CONVENTIONAL ONE-TO-ONE APPROACH, THE SPOKESMAN SAID, DISCUSSIONS AND TALKS ARE ORGANISED FROM TIME TO TIME FOR GROUPS OF CLIENTS WITH SIMILAR PROBLEMS.
HE SAID MOST CLIENTS DIRECTLY APPROACHED THE FAMILY SERVICES CENTRES FOR HELP, WHILE CASEWORKERS, THROUGH MEDIA REPORTS, ALSO REACHED OUT TO PEOPLE WHO MIGHT NEED HELP AND SOME CASES WERE REFERRALS.
FAMILY SERVICES ARE IN ESSENCE REMEDIAL WORK, HE SAID, AND THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT HAS IN RECENT YEARS ACTIVELY DEVELOPED PREVENTIVE SOCIAL WORK.
THIS INCLUDES FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION TO FOSTER STRONG FAMILY TIES, SCHOOL SOCIAL WORK TO GUIDE STUDENTS WITH PROBLEMS, AND OUTREACHING SOCIAL WORK AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE, HE SAID.
PEOPLE REQUIRING HELP TO SOLVE PERSONAL OR DOMESTIC PROBLEMS MAY DIRECTLY APPROACH THE NEAREST FAMILY SERVICES CENTRE IN THEIR DISTRICT, HE SAID.
FIVE NEW SWIMMING POOL COMPLEXES PLANNED FOR THE NT *****
FIVE MORE SWIMMING POOL COMPLEXES WILL BE BUILT IN THE NEW TERRITORIES TO COPE WITH THE EVER-INCREASING POPULATION AND MUCH NEEDED OUTDOOR SPORTING FACILITIES.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY THE SWIMMING POOL COMPLEXES WOULD BE LOCATED IN SHA TIN, TAI PO, YUEN LONG, TUEN MUN AND KWAI CHUNG.
THE FIRST PROJECT IN THE PIPELINE TO BE COMPLETED WILL BE THE SHA TIN SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX NEAR A PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE IN LEK YUEN, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
BUILT ON A 2.6-HECTARE SITE BETWEEN SHA TIN BYPASS AND SHING MUN RIVER, THE FIRST STAGE OF THE PROJECT CONSISTS OF SIX SWIMMING POOLS -- ONE OLYMPIC SIZE POOL FOR COMPETITION, ONE DIVING POOL, ONE TRAINING POOL, TWO TEACHING POOLS AND ONE PADDLING POOL.
THE COMPLEX ALSO INCLUDES A TWO-STOREY MAIN BUILDING WITH CHANGING ROOMS ON THE LOWER LEVEL AND A SWIMMER'S DECK AND A CANTEEN ON THE UPPER LEVEL.
ON TOP OF THE MAIN BUILDING WILL BE A GRANDSTAND WHICH WILL BE SPECIALLY DESIGNED TO F CE A NORTHEAST DIRECTION TO AVOID ANY REFLECTION OF SUNLIGHT FROM THE WATER.
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