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SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1992
"IT GIVES YOUNG PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REACH OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND MEET NEW FRIENDS, LADY WILSON ADDED.
THE POLICY FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH CENTRES WAS FIRST DETERMINED IN 1973. THE RECENT WHITE PAPER ON SOCIAL WELFARE IN THE 1990'S AND BEYOND STATED THAT THERE WERE GROUNDS FOR GREATER INTEGRATION OF WELFARE SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH.
THE FONG SHỤ CHỤÊN CHILDREN AND YOUTH CENTRE IS ONE OF THE SIX SIMILAR CENTRES RUN BY THE HONG KONG CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES (HKCYS), WHICH NOW HAVE OVER 26,000 MEMBERS.
HKCYS ALSO OPERATES A FAMILY SERVICE CENTRE, THREE FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION TEAMS, THREE SCHOOL SOCIAL WORK UNITS AND FOUR SMALL GROUP HOMES.
KNOWLEDGE AT WORK KEEPS AIDS AWAY
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LOCAL EMPLOYERS SHOULD MAKE USE OF THE WORKPLACE WORKERS AGAINST AIDS NOW RATHER THAN DEAL WITH THE AIDS PAY A HIGHER COST LATER.
TO EDUCATE PROBLEM AND
LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR MR STEPHEN AND THE WORKPLACE
SHARING THE
THE APPEAL WAS MADE BY A CHEONG AT A SEMINAR ON "AIDS CHALLENGE" THIS (SATURDAY) MORNING.
It
SAID:
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ADDRESSING THE SEMINAR, MR CHEONG
IN HONG KONG, THE EPIDEMIC IS ONLY NOW BEGINNING. WE HAVE THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT, LESSONS LEARNT FROM THE UNITED STATES, то ACT SWIFTLY AND INTELLIGENTLY TO CURB THE SPREAD OF AIDS VIRUS (HIV) NOW RATHER THAN WHEN IT IS TOO LATE.
HE CAUTIONED THAT AS THE PATTERN OF THE DISEASE CHANGED AND A BROADER SPECTRUM OF PEOPLE WERE AFFECTED, THE BURDEN OF PAYING FOR MEDICAL CARE WOULD ALSO SHIFT FROM THE SOCIAL WELFARE SYSTEM ΤΟ THE PRIVATE SECTOR. ULTIMATELY, IT PAID TO BE PREPARED.
MEDICAL BENEFIT SENSE TO EDUCATE RATHER THAN DEAL
"SINCE MANY COMPANIES IN HONG KONG HAVE SCHEMES FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES, IT ONLY MAKES DOLLAR AND THEREBY PREVENT THE DISEASE FROM OCCURING NOW WITH THE HUGE CHRONIC CARE COSTS LATER, HE STRESSED.
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HE SAID THE WORKPLACE PROVIDED A UNIQUE SETTING TO DISSEMINATE AIDS INFORMATION EFFICIENTLY AND FOSTER A POSITIVE ATTITUDE TOWARDS PERSONS WITH AIDS.
CLEAR
IN ORGANISING EFFECTIVE AIDS EDUCATION CAMPAIGN IN THE WORKPLACE, MR CHEONG ADVISED: FIRSTLY, THERE SHOULD BE A MESSAGE OF THE MAGNITUDE OF THE PROBLEM, AND THAT HIV/AIDS EVERYONE.
CONCERNS
/SECONDLY, APPROPRIATZ