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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1989
CS OPENS FEDERATION'S 35TH YOUTH CENTRE
THE
OPENING OF THE 35TH YOUTH CENTRE OF THE HONG KONG OF YOUTH GROUPS FEDERATION OF
MARKS ANOTHER STEP FORWARD IN THE FEDERATION'S EFFORTS TO PROVIDE A NEIGHBOURHOOD-BASED, MULTI-SERVICES
THE NEEDS COMMUNITY FACILITY TO MEET
OF YOUNG
THE PEOPLE, SECRETARY, SIR DAVID FORD, SAID THIS (SATURDAY) AFTERNOON.
CHIEF
WHICH
THE FEDERATION'S NEWEST CHILDREN AND YOUTH CENTRE, INCORPORATES AN INDOOR SPORTS CENTRE, IS LOCATED IN TSUEN WAN.
AND YOUTH OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE CHILDREN CENTRE, SIR DAVID SAID IT WAS
FITTING
ESTABLISHMENT THAT ITS SHOULD COINCIDE WITH THE ORGANISING OF THE HONG KONG YOUTH FESTIVAL.
VERY
HE POINTED OUT THAT CHILDREN AND YOUT!! CENTRES WERE THEIR ESTABLISHED TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE REALISE THEIR POTENTIAL DURING FORMATIVE YEARS.
"AS A PLACE FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF HONG KONG, THIS CENTRE YOUNG PEOPLE TO WILL FOCUS ON THE NEED TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR
INDEPENDENT DEVELOP NOT ONLY AN ANALYTICAL MIND BUT ALSO CRITICAL AND THINKING ON WIDE RANGING ISSUES OF MAJOR CONCERN.
"THROUGH THE ACTIVITIES ORGANISED BY THIS CENTRE, YOUNG
COMMUNITY AFFAIRS AND WILL BE ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE IN
HE SAID. THEIR SENSE OF COMMITMENT AND BELONGING TO HONG KONG,
COMMENTING THAT THE CONCEPT OF COMBINING A
AND
PEOPLE DEVELOP
YOUTH CENTRE WITH
SIR PUNCTIONAL,
DAVID TO MEET
AN INDOOR SPORTS CENTRE WAS BOTH LOGICAL SAID THE CENTRE WOULD PROVIDE A FOCAL POINT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND CHANNEL THEIR ENERGIES TOWARDS WORTHWHILE ACTIVITIES.
WAS FOUNDED IN WHICH
SIR DAVID ALSO SAID THAT SINCE THE FEDERATION
OF YOUTH SERVICES 1960 IT HAD BEEN ONE OF THE MAIN PROVIDERS INCLUDED CHILDREN AND YOUTH CENTRES, OUTREACHING SOCIAL SOCIAL WORK, FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION AND YOUTH COUNSELLING.
"THE SIMULTANEOUS OPENING
TODAY OF
WORK, SCHOOL
THE CHILDREN AND YOUTH DEMONSTRATES THE CONTINUING CENTRE AND INDOOR SPORTS CENTRE CLEARLY
TO MEET EFFORTS OF THE FEDERATION IN PROVIDING RECREATION-FACILITIES THE DIVERSIFIRD NEEDS OF THE LOCAL POPULATION," HE SAID.
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