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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1981
VOLUNTEERS HAVE IMPORTANT ROLE IN PROBATION WORK
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VOLUNT ?S WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S PROBATION OFFICERS PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN REHABILITATING YOUNG OFFENDERS, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE (OPERATIONS), MRS EVELYN DOE, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
SHE WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF A HALF-DAY ORIENTATION COURSE FOR 80 NEW VOLUNTEERS WHO HAD JOINED THE DEPARTMENT'S VOLUNTEER SCHEME FOR PROBATIONERS.
MRS DOE SAID THAT APART FROM STATUTORY SUPERVISION, PROBATION OFFICERS MUST MAKE USE OF THE IR SOCIAL WORK KNOWLEDGE AND THEORY TO ACHIEVE THE OBJECTIVE OF GUIDING PROBATIONERS.
THEY HELP THE OFFENDERS BY BEFRIENDING THEM AND BY GIVING THEM GUIDANCE AND ENCOURAGEMENT DURING THE IR PROBATION PERIOD.
+ IN THE WHOLE PROCESS, MRS DOE SAID, THE FRIENDSHIP, SYMPATHY AND WHOLE-HEARTED SUPPORT OFFERED BY THE VOLUNTEERS WOULD GO A LONG WAY TOWARDS STRENGTHENING THE PROBATIONERS' DETERMINATION TO GET BACK ON THE RIGHT TRACK.+
MRS DOE SAID THAT SINCE THE VOLUNTEER SCHEME WAS OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED IN 1976, IT HAD RECEIVED STRONG SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY.
+THE DEPARTMENT CONSIDERS THE SCHEME AN IMPORTANT ONE,+ SHE SAID. IT HAS THEREFORE EXERCISED GREAT CARE IN SELECTING PEOPLE TO TAKE PART IN THE SCHEME. OVER THE YEARS, STANDARDS REQUIRED OF VOLUNTEERS WITH REGARD TO AGE, ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE IN LIFE HAVE BEEN RISING. THIS IS TO ENSURE THAT PROBATIONERS RECEIVE THE BEST HELP UNDER THE VOLUNTEER SCHEME.+
IN THE PAST, VOLUNTEERS HAD ACHIEVED REMARKABLE SUCCESSES IN PROBATION WORK. MRS DOE EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT THE NEWLY RECRUITED VOLUNTEERS WOULD ACHIEVE EVEN GREATER SUCCESSES IN THE IR WORK.
NEW MEMBER APPOINTED TO WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT BOARD
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THE GOVERNOR HAS APPOINTED MRS PAD NG SHEUNG MAN AS A MEMBER TO THE WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT BOARD WITH EFFECT FROM SEPTEMBER 8. 1981, TO REPLACE MISS YAU YUK LAN WHO HAS RESIGNED TO FURTHER HER STUDIES ABROAD.
MRS PAO WILL ATTEND THE THIRD MEETING OF THE WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT BOARD ON SEPTEMBER 8, 1981.
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