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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1985
THE HO LAP COLLEGE OF WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT OUTDID NEARLY 100 SCHOOL TEAMS TO TAKE TOP HONOURS IN THE INTER-DISTRICT STUDENT TEAM CHAMPION AWARD.
WINNERS OF THE OTHER TWO AWARDS, CITY APPRENTICE TEAM CHAMPION AWARD AND YOUNG MUSIC PERFORMER AWARD, WENT TO THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY TRAINING AUTHORITY TEAM, AND MISS CHEN WAI, A 16-YEAR-OLD STUDENT OF THE HONG KONG ACADEMY FOR PERFORMING ARTS.
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OUTREACHING SERVICE HELPING YOUTHS WITH PROBLEMS
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THERE ARE AT PRESENT 18 OUTREACHING SOCIAL WORK TEAMS IN HONG KONG RUN BY EIGHT VOLUNTARY AGENCIES TO PREVENT YOUTH PROBLEMS AND TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE DEVELOP THEIR POTENTIALS, THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR STEPHEN LAW, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE HONG KONG FEDERATION OF YOUTH GROUPS TSUEN WAN OUTREACHING SOCIAL WORK TEAM OFFICE, HE SAID THE EXISTING SERVICE HAD JUST BEGUN, AND THERE WAS ROOM FÖR IMPROVEMENT AND EXPANSION.
APART FROM ORGANISING COMMUNITY AND GROUP ACTIVITIES, THE VARIOUS OUTREACHING TEAMS WERE HANDLING MORE THAN 3 000 CASES.
SOCIAL WORKERS VISITED PLACES FREQUENTED BY YOUTHS SUCH AS SPORTS GROUNDS, FAST FOOD SHOPS AND GAMES HALLS TO TALK TO YOUTHS WHO WERE AGED BETWEEN SIX AND 24.
+ AFTER THEY HAD ESTABLISHED INITIAL CONTACT AND WON THE TRUST OF YOUTHS, THE SOCIAL WORKERS CAN PROVIDE COUNSELLING AND HELP THOSE WITH ADAPTATION OR BEHAVIOUR PROBLEMS CAUSED BY PERSONAL OR SOCIAL REASONS,+ MR LAW SAID.
HE SAID THAT THE TSUEN WAN OUTREACHING TEAM OF THE HONG KONG FEDERATION OF YOUTH GROUPS HAD BEEN SERVING THE TAI WO HAU. KWAI CHUNG, FUK LOI AND CHO YIU ESTATES FROM THEIR OFFICE IN TAI KOK TSUI. WITH THE OPENING OF THE TSUEN WAN OFFICE IN TAI WO HAU ESTATE IT WOULD BE A GREAT HELP TO THEIR WORK BY CUTTING DOWN ON TRAVELLING TIME.
+ AM SURE ALL YOUR WORKERS WILL MAKE FULL USE OF THE CONVENIENT LOCATION OF THIS OFFICE AND CO-OPERATE WITH THE COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS TO CONTINUE SERVING YOUTHS IN THE AREA, HE SAID.
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