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SERVICES TO FOSTER YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
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ADDITIONAL FUNDS HAVE BEEN APPROVED FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF
IMPROVE THE MANNING MORE SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKER POSTS IN SEPTEMBER TO
TODAY RATIO, THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MRS ELIZABETH WONG, SAID (WEDNESDAY).
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE THE
HONG KONG SPEAKING AT
OUTLINED THE VARIOUS SERVICES FOR FEDERATION OF YOUTH GROUPS, SHE HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE IN THEIR HEALTHY DEVELOPMENT.
SHE NOTED THAT 40 PER CENT OF HONG KONG'S MILLION PEOPLE, WERE UNDER 24.
POPULATION, OR 2.2
CHILDREN AND YOUTH A PLANNING RATIO SAID. AT PRESENT, THERE
ONE OF THE MANY SERVICES FOR THEM WAS THE CENTRES, WHICH WERE SET UP AT VARIOUS DISTRICTS AT OF ONE CENTRE EVERY 20,000 POPULATION, SHE ARE 163 YOUTH CENTRES AND 151 CHILDREN CENTRES.
"THESE CENTRES
IN
BY
TRAINED SOCIAL WORKERS WHO
ARE MANAGED PEOPLE ASSIST THE YOUNG
DEVELOPMENT THE LEADERSHIP POTENTIAL AND SOCIALISATION SKILLS,
"
OF THEIR MRS WONG SAID.
CHARACTER,
BUT OBJECTIVE,
THE SOCIAL WHETHER THERE 19 A NEED TO
"THIS SERVICE HAS ATTAINED WELFARE DEPARTMENT IS NOW CONSIDERING REVIEW THE PLANNING RATIO.
ITS
"THE VOLUNTARY AGENCIES WERE CONSULTED AND WE BOTH AGREED A MORE FLEXIBLE AND PRACTICAL STANDARD IS REQUIRED THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE YOUTH POPULATION.
THAT то COINCIDE WITH
THE SOCIAL WELFARE
SHE SAID.
"THE RECOMMENDATIONS WILL BE SUBMITTED TO ADVISORY COMMITTEE (SWAC) SHORTLY FOR CONSIDERATION,
COULD ALSO APART FROM JOINING THE YOUTH CENTRES, YOUNG PEOPLE
BY RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES ORGANISED TAKE PART IN THE CULTURAL AND OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES, SHE SAID.
THAT
THESE
SHE
WERE FURTHER ACTIVITIES POINTED OUT SUPPLEMENTED BY MORE IN-DEPTH INDIVIDUAL COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT.
FAMILIES AND "YOUTH SERVICES THEREFORE ALSO EXTEND TO SCHOOLS,
BETWEEN FAMILY THE WORKING YOUTHS ΤΟ ENHANCE THE UNDERSTANDING
ETHICS, MEMBERS AND TO PROMOTE THE SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY AND MORAL SHE ADDED.
H
WORKERS ARE
IN THE SCHOOLS, A CONTINGENT OF 123 SCHOOL SOCIAL NOW SERVING SOME 463,000 STUDENTS IN 465 SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
AMIRS WONG .*****
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