SATURDAY, JANUARY .6, 1990

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$170 MILLION BEING SPENT ON YOUTH SERVICES

A TOTAL OF $170 MILLION FINANCIAL YEAR TO SERVICES PROVIDED WHICH PLAY AN IMPORTANT PART IN

THE

PEOPLE, THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL SAID THIS (SATURDAY) AFTERNOON.

HAS BEEN ALLOCATED IN THE CURRENT BY CHILDREN AND YOUTH CENTRES BALANCED DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG WELFARE, MRS ROSE GOODSTADT,

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE CHINESE YMCA

KWONG FUK CENTRE

IN TAI PO, MRS GOODSTADT SAID THIS REFLECTED THE GREAT IMPORTANCE GOVERNMENT ATTACHED TO THE SERVICES.

THE

"THROUGH PARTICIPATING IN ACTIVITIES ORGANISED BY THE

YOUNG PEOPLE CAN BECOME RESPONSIBLE MEMBERS

CENTRES,

OF

IT IS HOPED THAT SOCIETY.

"THE AIM HAS BEEN SET OUT CLEARLY IN SOCIAL WELFARE DEVELOPMENT IN HONG KONG,

THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN FOR SHE SAID.

то POINTED OUT THAT VARIOUS

WHICH ACTIVITIES

ACHIEVE THIS

OFFERED

AIM, LEARNING

THE

AND

MRS GOODSTADT CENTRES ORGANISED TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE BALANCED DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE.

"BESIDES,

ORGANISE CENTRES THE

A SERIES IN YOUNG PEOPLE TO INSTIL ACTIVITIES EDUCATION RESPONSIBILITY AND OBLIGATION TOWARDS THE FAMILY.

OF FAMILY LIFE

A

OF SENSE

WITH A VIEW "COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES ARE ALSO ORGANISED

ACTIVE PART IN SERVING THE TO ENCOURAGING YOUNG PEOPLE TO PLAY AN COMMUNITY," SHE SAID.

MRS GOODSTADT NOTED THAT THERE WERE NOW OVER 200 YOUTH CENTRES IN HONG KONG, AND 22 MOEW WOULD BE OPENED THREE YEARS.

CHILDREN AND IN THE NEXT

NEW APPOINTMENT TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS REVIEW COMMITTEE

AN EXPERIENCED EDUCATIONALIST, MR LUKE YIP JING-PING, HAS BEEN APPOINTED A MEMBER OF THE NEWLY ESTABLISHED PRIVATE SCHOOLS REVIEW COMMITTEE, THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (SATURDAY).

MR YIP, WHO IS THE PRINCIPAL OF ST STEPHEN'S COLLEGE IN STANLEY, WILL REPLACE MR TIMOTHY HA WING-HO WHO HAS BEEN APPOINTED CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTER.

/THE COMMITTEE

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