SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 1988
MORE CENTRES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH IN PIPELINE
CENTRES SERVING OVER 1988-89, THE DIRECTOR
AND YOUTH 19 CHILDREN AN ADDITIONAL 20,000 MORE MEMBERS WILL COME INTO SERVICE IN
OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MRS ELIZABETH WONG, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
THE OPENING
CEREMONY
OF THE HONG KONG YWCA MUN, MRS WONG NOTED SOME 210,000 ON
AT SPEAKING BUTTERFLY ESTATE SOCIAL SERVICE CENTRE IN TUEN THAT THERE WERE NOW 185 CHILDREN AND YOUTH CENTRES WITH
MORE THAN MEMBERS AND THAT THE GOVERNMENT SPENT THIS SERVICE IN 1987-88.
"CHILDREN AND YOUTH CENTRES ARE SET UP THE RATIO OF ONE CENTRE PER 20,000 POPULATION,
MILLION $101.6
ON A DISTRICT BASIS AT
MRS WONG SAID.
CHILDREN
"THEIR AIM IS TO PROVIDE A WIDE RANGE OF SERVICES FOR
THEIR DEMANDS AND CATER AND YOUTHS AGED BETWEEN SIX AND 24 TO MEET FOR THEIR INTERESTS; TO GROOM THEIR LEADERSHIP QUALITIES; AS
TOWARDS RESPONSIBILITY TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND THEIR THEIR FAMILIES AND THE COMMUNITY IN THEIR GROWING UP.
"THROUGH PARTICIPATING AND PLANNING
VARIOUS
WELL AS THEMSELVES,
ACTIVITIES,
THEY AND WILL AND PERSONAL LAW-ABIDING AND CIVIC-MINDED
TIME MORE MEANINGFULLY WILL LEARN TO SPEND THEIR LEISURE
AND PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT ACHIEVE A BALANCED SOCIAL INTEGRITY SO THAT THEY WILL GROW UP AS CITIZENS," SHE SAID.
THESE CENTRES FOLLOWING A REVIEW OF THE PLANNING STANDARD FOR
RECENTLY BY THE DEPARTMENT, THE SOCIAL WELFARE ADVISORY COMMITTEE HAD
MORE FLEXIBLE DISCUSSED AND ENDORSED THE RECOMMENDATION TO ADOPT A STANDARD ACCORDING TO POPULATION DISTRIBUTION, SHE ADDED.
MRS WONG POINTED OUT THAT THERE WERE NOW 13 YOUTH TUEN MUN AND AN ADDITIONAL 13 CHILDREN'S CENTRES IN CENTRES AND SEVEN CHILDREN'S CENTRES WOULD BE SET UP IN IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS TO MEET POPULATION GROWTH.
DEMAND
CENTRES AND
EIGHT YOUTH THE DISTRICT
FROM THE TOWN WOULD BB IN THE
NOTING THAT SOME HOUSING ESTATES WERE FAR AWAY
FOR YOUTH FACILITIES PROPER, SHE SAID THAT THEIR TAKEN CARE OF WHEN THE FLEXIBLE PLANNING STANDARD WAS ADOPTED FUTURE.
CENTRE WAS SHE NOTED THAT THE BUTTERFLY ESTATE SOCIAL SERVICE
HONG KONG YWCA AND THE THIRTEENTH CHILDREN AND YOUTH CENTRE OF THE
OPERATION THAT ITS MEMBERSHIP HAD INCREASED TO 1,800 SINCE IT STARTED LAST JANUARY.
SERVICE GROUPS, READING AND INTEREST A9 ITS SERVICES SUCH
SUPPORTED BY SERVICE WERE WIDELY ROOMS, TRAINING COURSES AND FAMILY RESIDENTS THERE.
MRS WONG COMMENDED THE ASSOCIATION SOCIAL SERVICES IN HONG KONG.
FOR
ITS CONTRIBUTIONS
TO
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