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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1981
+AND OF COURSE, ABOVE ALL, QUICKER AND BETTER ACCESS FOR THE FIRE SERVICES. THE PROBLEM OF ACCESS TO THIS SITE HAS TO
E SEEN TO BE BELIEVED, THE CHIEF SECRETARY SAID.
AFTER SPENDING ABOUT ONE HOUR AT LAM TIN, SIR PHILIP, ACCOMPANIED BY THE DIRECTOR OF HOME AFFAIRS, MR GRAHAM BARNES, WENT TO THE SHAM SHU PO TRANSIT SHELTER.
HE SPENT ABOUT HALF AN HOUR LOOKING AT FACILITIES THERE.
COMMUNITY SERVICES MUST MEET
CHANGING NEEDS, SAYS SIR PHILIP ***
EFFECTIVE COMMUNITY SERVICES MUST HAVE REGARD TO THE CHANGING NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY, SAID THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE TODAY (SUNDAY) AT THE RED CROSS YOUTH MOVEMENT SILVER JUBILEE RALLY.
AND THE NEEDS WERE MORE DIVERSE IN THE COMPLEX SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE 1980S THAN IT WAS 30 YEARS AGO, HE SAID.
+ALTHOUGH WE HAVE JUST BEEN REMINDED THAT ONE HARSH REALITY OF THE 1950S IS STILL WITH US TODAY SQUATTER AREAS AND SQUATTER FIRES SUCH IS THE CONTINUING PROBLEM OF HOUSING THIS LARGE COMMUNITY DESPITE THE VAST BUILDING PROGRAMMES PUT IN HAND SINCE THE SHEK KIP MEI DISASTER ON CHRISTMAS EVE IN 1953, + HE ADDED.
SIR PHILIP TOLD THE 5 000 MEMBERS TAKING PART IN THE RALLY THAT WITH MORE THAN ONE-THIRD OF OUR POPULATION BELOW THE AGE OF 19, THEY AND MEMBERS OF OTHER ORGANISATIONS HAD AN IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION TO MAKE TO THE WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY BY INDIVIDUAL AS WELL AS COLLECTIVE+ EFFORT.
HE NOTED THAT THERE WERE MANY AREAS OF SOCIAL AND
COMMUNITY WORK IN WHICH YOUTH VOLUNTEERS WERE ACTIVE TODAY. +THIS NOT ONLY MEETS A DEMAND, BUT ALSO ENABLES THE BEST USE TO BE MADE OF PROFESSIONALLY TRAINED PERSONNEL, HE SAID.
PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY SERVICES, HE SAID, ALSO HELPED YOUNG PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE REALITIES AND PROBLEMS OF LIFE, TAUGHT THEM THE VALUE OF CO-OPERATION WITH OTHER PEOPLE, HELPED THEM ACQUIRE USEFUL SKILLS, ENABLED THEM TO ENJOY MANY FRIENDSHIPS AND ENCOURAGED SELF-BETTERMENT TO THE ULTIMATE BENEFIT OF ALL.
SIR PHILIP ALSO PAID TRIBUTE TO THE PIONEERS AND PRESENT MEMBERS OF THE RED CROSS YOUTH MOVEMENT WHICH BEGAN IN 1956.
+THROUGH TOTAL DEDICATION TO THE WELL-BEING OF THE COMMUNI IT SERVES. THE MOVEMENT IS UNIVERSALLY RECOGNISED AS A VIBRANT FORCE IN OUR NETWORK OF COMMUNITY SERVICES, HE SAID.
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