TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1983
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MR CHAMBERS SAID THE ROLE OF A SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKER WAS TO IMPROVE UNDERSTANDING, CO-OPERATION AND COMMUNICATION BETWEEN STUDENTS THE IR FAMILIES AND THE SCHOOLS, AND TO GIVE COUNSELLING AND PRACTICAL ASSISTANCE TO STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL PROBLEMS.
BUT THE WORKER WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO FUNCTION EFFECTIVELY WITHOUT THE UNDERSTANDING AND CO-OPERATION OF SCHOOL PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS, HE SAID.
THE CONCERN AND SUPPORT OF THE TEACHERS WAS ALSO VERY IMPORTANT AS THEY WERE OFTEN THE FIRST TO DETECT STUDENTS' PROBLEMS, HE ADDED.
AT PRESENT, SCHOOL SOCIAL WORK SERVICE COVERS 473 SECONDARY SCHOOLS WITH ABOUT 500 000 STUDENTS.
PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE SERVED BY STUDENT GUIDANCE OFFICERS, WHO ARE TEACHERS WITH SPECIAL TRAINING IN COUNSELLING.
BOY SCOUTS CENTRE GETS $500 000 DONATION
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TWO LOCAL BUSINESSMEN HAVE DONATED $500 000 TOWARDS THE $1 200 000 REQUIRED TO BUILD A 6 650-SQUARE-METRE BOY SCOUTS AND GIRL GUIDES CENTRE IN SHA TIN.
A CHEQUE FOR THAT SUM WAS RECEIVED TODAY BY THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR DONALD TSANG, ON BEHALF OF THE PLANNING COMMITTEE FOR THE CENTRE.
MR TSANG SAID THE DONATION, BY MR CHAN KAM-BOR AND MR LEE KWONG, TOGETHER WITH $400 000 RÉCEIVED FROM THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB, WOULD MEET MOST OF THE CAPITAL COST OF THE $1.2- MILLION PROJECT.
THE CENTRE WILL BE BUILT NEAR TSOK POK HANG, FOR USE FOR CAMPING AND OTHER OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES, AND AS A DISTRICT BASE FOR THE BOY SCOUTS AND GIRL GUIDES.
+SCOUTING ACTIVITIES ARE EXPANDING IN SHA TIN: THERE ARE 19 GROUPS OF GUIDES AND 26 GROUPS OF SCOUTS IN THE DISTRICT WITH 1 700 MEMBERS.
+THE FORMER DOES NOT HAVE ANY PERMANENT GATHERING PLACE WHILE THE LATTER OCCUPIES A SMALL UNIT IN LEK YUEN ESTATE WHICH IS GROSSLY INADEQUATE FOR THEIR INDOOR ACTIVITIES, MR TSANG SAID.
THE PLANNING COMMITTEE, CHAIRED BY MR TSANG,
CHAIRED BY MR TSANG, WAS SET UP IN SEPTEMBER AND ONE OF ITS TASKS WAS TO FIND A SUITABLE SITE FOR THE CENTRE.
KWONG.
THE $500 000 DONATION CAME FROM MR CHAN KAM-BOR AND MR LEE
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