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THERE ARE ALSO PLANS TO HAVE A TRAINING PROGRAMME FOR LOCAL YOUTHS WHO WILL ASSIST IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROJECT.
HE SAID THE SUCCESS IN THIS DEVELOPMENT SCHEME WOULD BENEFIT MANY MORE YOUNGSTERS IN THOSE POPULATED AREAS, WHERE SERVICES TO SCHOOL CHILDREN AND OTHER PEOPLE WERE STILL DADLY NEEDED.
HE SAID IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR SCOUTS TO RAISE FUNDS FOR THE IR OWN ACTIVITIES, ESPECIALLY WHEN HONG KONG IS ONLY BEGINNING TO RECOVER FROM THE WORLDWIDE ECONOMIC RECESSION.
+ALTHOUGH THE UPTURN IS NOW APPARENT, RECENT APPEALS TO
INDIVIDUAL BENEFACTORS FOR SUBSTANTIAL DONATIONS HAVE NOT ALWAYS BEEN FORTHCOMING,+ HE SAID.
+A RAFFLE SALE MOBILISES EVERY MEMBER OF YOUR REGION, AND GIVES EACH SCOUT AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INCOME FOR SCOUTING THROUGH HIS OWN EFFORTS, HE SAID.
NEED FOR CARE OF ELDERLY FOLK STRESSED
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THE IMPORTANCE OF TREATING ELDER PEOPLE WITH RESPECT AND UNDERSTANDING WAS STRESSED TODAY BY THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR JOHN CHAMBERS.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE ST. JAMES' SETTLEMENT'S EXHIBITION ON THE ELDERLY AT HENNESSY CENTRE, MR CHAMBERS SAID
IT WAS NOT SUFFICIENT TO PROVIDE ELDERLY FAMILY MEMBERS WITH FOOD AND SHELTER AND NOTHING MORE.
*WHAT WE WANT TO ACHIEVE IS TO MAKE THEM FEEL WANTED, TO BE GENUINELY PART OF THE FAMILY.
IF WE CAN ACHIEVE THIS, THEN THE OLDER MEMBERS OF OUR FAMILIES WILL REALLY BE HAPPÝ,+ HE SAID.
BUT, HE SAID. THIS WOULD NOT ALWAYS BE EASY, BECAUSE THE INTERESTS, RECREATION AND EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS OF THE ELDERLY MIGHT DIFFER FROM THOSE OF YOUNGER PEOPLE,
HE SAID PEOPLE REACHING RETIREMENT AGE, HAD SPECIAL CLAIM FOR SUPPORT AND SYMPATHY BECAUSE THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF HONG KONG SINCE 1945 WAS A RESULT VERY LARGELY OF THEIR EFFORTS.
HE SAID THE SUCCESS OF HONG KONG'S EFFORTS TO FOSTER THE WELL-BEING OF THE ELDERLY DEPENDED ON THE JOINT EFFORTS OF THE GOVERNMENT AND THE VOLUNTARY AGENCIES.
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