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SATURDAY, AUGUST 29, 1987
SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMMES 'MEANINGFUL'
WITH THE PROGRESS OF SOCIETY AND THE PROMOTION OF CIVIC EDUCATION, YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE ACQUIRED AN INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT ROLE IN COMMUNITY AND YOUTH PROGRAMMES HAVE ACCORDINGLY AROUSED MORE PUBLIC INTEREST, SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S REGIONAL SOCIAL WELFARE OFFICER (NEW TERRITORIES), MR CARLOS LEUNG, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE CLOSING CEREMONY OF THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME ORGANISED BY THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH SOCIAL SERVICE OF HONG KONG SHA TIN CHILDREN AND YOUTH CENTRE.
HE SAID THAT AS THE ENERGETIC AND ADVENTUROUS YOUNG PEOPLE WERE EASILY SUSCEPTIBLE TO BAD INFLUENCE, IT WAS THE COMMON GOAL OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT AND THE VOLUNTARY AGENCIES TO PLAN AND ORGANISE A VARIETY OF MEANINGFUL SUMMER ACTIVITIES FOR THE YOUTH DURING THE LONG SUMMER VACATION.
"THE DEPARTMENT HAS THEREFORE SPARED NO EFFORT IN PROVIDING SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMMES.
"FOR EXAMPLE, THE OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUTH SCHEME, WILICH 18 HELD ANNUALLY BY THE DEPARTMENT, PROVIDES A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO TAKE PART IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS AND DEVELOP THEIR POTENTIALS.
"EARLIER THIS MONTH, ABOUT 1,000 YOUTH VOLUNTEERS WERE MOBILISED TO SPREAD THE MESSAGE OF CARE TO THE ELDERLY UNDER THE "CONCERN VISIT BY YOUTH VOLUNTEERS TO ELDERLY SINGLE PERSONS' PROGRAMME ORGANISED BY THE DEPARTMENT.
"THROUGH THESE ACTIVITIES, YOUNG PEOPLE CAN SHARE THEIR COMMON INTEREST, HAVE MORE UNDERSTANDING ABOUT PROPLE AND THE COMMUNITY AND FULFIL THEIR SOCIAL OBLIGATIONS, WHICH 15 IN LINE WITH THE THEME OF THIS YEAR'S SUMMER YOUTH
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HE SAID.
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