SUNDAY, AUGUST 2, 1987
COMMENCEMENT
MRS WONG WAS SPEAKING AT THE CEREMONY TO MARK THE OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S CENTRALISED YOUTH PROGRAMME "CONCERN VISITS TO ELDERLY SINGLE PERSONS".
"THERE ARE TWO SPECIAL FEATURES ABOUT OUR PROGRAMME.
"FIRSTLY, OUR TARGET CLIENTELE ARE THE ELDERLY SINGLE PERSONS.
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"SECONDLY, NEARLY A THOUSAND VOLUNTEERS COMING FROM THE YOUTH UNITS OF OUR 13 DISTRICT OFFICES ARE BEING MOBILISED TO SHOW THE COMMUNITY'S CARE AND CONCERN TOWARDS THE ELDERLY, SHE SAID.
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MRS
TURNING TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUTH WORK IN HONG KONG, WONG SAID THAT YOUNG PEOPLE IN HONG KONG WERE SUBJECT TO MATERIALISTIC TEMPTATION AND THE CONFLICT BETWEEN EASTERN AND WESTERN CULTURES.
PROPER GUIDANCE WAS
GOING ASTRAY, SHE SAID.
**THE SOCIAL WELFARE
THEREFORE NEEDED TO PREVENT THEM FROM
DEPARTMENT, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR, ARE WORKING THROUGH YOUTH CENTRES, SCHOOL SOCIAL WORK, OUTREACHING SOCIAL WORK, FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION, COUNSELLING AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES то COVER AREAS NOT CATERED FOR IN OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM, SHE SAID.
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"WE HELP YOUNG PEOPLE DEVELOP THEIR
SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY,
INDEPENDENCE, CONFIDENCE, MORAL VIRTUES AND WILLINGNESS TO HELP
OTHERS.
"AT THE SAME TIME, WE ENSURE THAT THEIR ENERGY IS DIVERTED то MEANINGFUL PURSUITS THROUGH PARTICIPATION IN VARIOUS ACTIVITIES AND SERVICE PROGRAMMES, SHE ADDED.
THROUGH PARTICIPATION IN TUESE FUNCTIONS, SHE SAID YOUNG PEOPLE COULD BUILD UP FRIENDSHIP, EXCHANGE EXPERIENCE, LEARN ABOUT THEIR OWNSELVES AND THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES TOWARDS SOCIETY AND ULTIMATELY, HELP BUILD A SOCIETY FULL OF CARE, LOVE AND HOPE.
"THE CONCERN VISITS PROGRAMME IS A POSITIVE INITIATIVE TO ENABLE YOUNG PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT THE LIVING CONDITIONS AND THE SOCIAL NEEDS OF THE ELDERLY, SO AS
TO
BRING TO THEM THE MESSAGE OF CARE AND TO HELP MAKE HONG KONG INTO A MORE LOVING AND CARING SOCIETY, SHE SAID.
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THE FIRST ROUND OF VISITS TO THE ELDERLY RESIDENTS OF PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES IN WONG TAI SIN FOLLOWED THE CEREMONY AT THE WONG TAI SIN COMMUNITY CENTRE WHERE SOME 200 VOLUNTEER REPRESENTATIVES WERE PRESENTED WITH BANNERS TO MARK THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE PROGRAMME.
ALSO PRESENT TO SHOW SUPPORT WERE A PIONEER IN VOLUNTEER SERVICE, MISS DOROTHY LEE; MRS HONG KONG, MRS ALICE PONG: AND A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE HONG KONG SHUMEI CHURCH OF DONOR TOWARDS THE PROJECT, MR SO KAM-MING,
DIVINE
GUIDANCE, A
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