SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 1989

WHICH

"THE MOST VALUABLE THING THEY CAN PROVIDE IS FRIENDSHIP,

ΤΟ THOSE WHO DO IS IMPORTANT TO ALL PROBATIONERS BUT IN PARTICULAR NOT HAVE ADEQUATE FAMILY SUPPORT OR DESIRABLE FRIENDS," HE SAID.

ENGAGE

HE CALLED ON YOUNG PEOPLE TO INTERESTING ACTIVITIES SUCH AS SPORTS SO AS TO

TIME PROPERLY.

FIND TIME

AND

WHOLESOME IN SPEND THEIR LEISURE

TO PLAY SPORT ON A

AND HEALTHIER,

"I BELIEVE THAT PERSONS WHO REGULAR BASIS, APART FROM BEING GENERALLY FITTER ALSO LIKELY TO STUDY AND WORK MORE EFFECTIVELY, MR HAWKES SAID.

THE CEREMONY,

[

ARE

FOR

WAS

BEEN THE

SPEAKING EARLIER AT

THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR SOCIAL WELFARE, MR STEPHEN LAW, POINTED OUT THAT VOLUNTARY EFFORT THE

OF COMMUNITY ESSENCE

DEVELOPMENT AND THIS HAD ESTABLISHED TRADITION IN THE WELFARE SERVICE FIELD.

THAT NOTED

HAD ACTIONS

HE

VOLUNTARY EFFORTS AND

TODAY COMMUNITY MUTUAL HELP ΤΟ TRANSFORMED INTO A GENERAL REALISATION OF PROMOTE

OF WELL-BEING THE

OTHERS. THIS COULD BE DONE BY ORGANISING PARTICIPATING IN SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE GOVERNMENT OR BY ONE'S OWN PROJECTS.

AVERAGE

"PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE, INCLUDING THE

WORKER, PROFESSIONALS HOUSEWIVES,

AND STUDENTS, HAVE INVOLVED

THE IN IN NEED BY GIVING PROVISION OF VOLUNTARY SERVICES TO THOSE WHO ARE

MORAL SUPPORT AND ADVICE,

CONCRETE

TO ASSISTANCE

BRING ABOUT

WELL AS IMPROVEMENTS TO INDIVIDUALS AS

FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A BETTER COMMUNITY," MR LAW SAID.

"THE VSP, WHICH STARTED IN 1976, 19 A PROJECT IN THIS

DIRECTION, AND IS A MEASURE TO STRENGTHEN

OF THE SERVICE, HE ADDED.

THE

REHABILITATION ASPECT

TWENTY-NINE

VOLUNTEERS

WERE FOR THEIR

AWARDED

CERTIFICATES

OF

CONTINUING AND OUTSTANDING

APPRECIATION OR SOUVENIRS SERVICE AT TODAY'S CEREMONY.

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