TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1988
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COMMUNITY SUPPORT ESSENTIAL FOR YOUTH SERVICES
*
AN
IMPORTANT SUPPORT AND CO-OPERATION FROM THE COMMUNITY HAVE
OF EFFECTIVENESS
YOUTH SERVICES, ASSISTANT BEARING ON, THE OVERALL DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR KWOK KA-CHI, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
A SEMINAR ON "SERVICE SPEAKING AT
POLICY FOR THE YOUTH" KWOK NOTED ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG JUNIOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, MR
PEOPLE TO THAT YOUTH INVOLVEMENT IN THE SOCIAL WELFARE ENABLED YOUNG
THROUGH SOCIAL WORK METHODS DEVELOP THEIR ABILITIES AND POTENTIALS AND WELFARE SERVICES.
THIS
ALSO GIVES RECOGNITION RESOURCES OF OUR SOCIETY, HE SAID.
YOUTH
THAT
YOUNG PEOPLE ARE THE
SERVICES RENDERED IN SOCIAL FOUR TYPES, NAMELY DEVELOPMENTAL,
MR KWOK POINTED OUT THAT WELFARE COULD BE CLASSIFIED INTO PREVENTIVE, PROTECTIVE AND REMEDIAL.
UNDER THE DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES WERE CHILDREN AND YOUTH GROUPS WHILE PREVENTIVE SERVICES COMPRISED CENTRE AND OTHER YOUTH OUTREACHING SCHOOL WORK AND SCHOOL SOCIAL WORK.
"THERE IS ONE CHILDREN AND
YOUTH CENTRE FOR EVERY
DISTRICT 231 SUCH CENTRES
WITH 20,000 TO 30,000 POPULATION AND THERE ARE NOW
中中 MR KWOK SAID.
WITH A TOTAL MEMBERSHIP OF SOME 275,000,
THERE ARE
MORE
THAN
MEMBERS 70,000
IN THE
"IN ADDITION, UNIFORM GROUPS AND SOME 10,000 PEOPLE ARE BEING SERVED BY OUTREACHING
HE SAID. SERVICE AND SCHOOL SOCIAL WORK,
"THESE FIGURES ALONE CAN
THE TELL
EXTENT AND
INFLUENCE
OF
YOUTH WORK.
"MORE IMPORTANTLY, THERE ARE
PROFESSIONAL SOCIAL WORKERS то GIVE INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS EVERY NECESSARY GUIDANCE AND ASSISTANCE.
EXPENDITURE FOR 20 PER CENT
"IN THE CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR, THE ESTIMATED THESE SERVICES EXCEEDS $240 MILLION, REPRESENTING ABOUT OF WELFARE EXPENDITURE," HE ADDED.
ACHIEVE ITS THE FAMILY FOR YOUNG
STRESSING THAT DEVELOPMENTAL YOUTH WORK COULD NOT
GUIDANCE OF OBJECTIVE WITHOUT THE RESPONSE, SUPPORT AND AND THE COMMUNITY, MR KWOK SAID THAT IT WAS ALSO NECESSARY PEOPLE TO SEEK OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY PROJECTS.
SCHOOL SOCIAL WORK HAD WORK WAS MAKING OUTREACHING
ON PREVENTIVE SERVICES, HE SAID THAT
WHILE EVERY SCHOOL
BEEN EXTENDED TO STEADY PROGRESS.
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