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Annexe B.
STREET BOYS' CLUB, ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1933.
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1. The total membership of the Club is now twenty-three.
2. During the year, seven boys absconded from the Club, four were dismissed for misconduct, and four were allowed to resign.
3. Twelve new members joined the Club during the year.
4. Of the twenty-three members, ten are in St. Louis Industrial School. One boy was taken from the School to work as a hawker, while another entered the School in his place. Among the remainder two are employed as Police messengers, one as billiard marker at the Police Canteen Billiard Room, Police Headquarters, four are hawkers, four are employed as shoe-blacks, one is retained as caretaker at the Club premises and one is employed as a waiter.
5. During the summer months the boys were taken to Telegraph Bay once per week for swimming. At the end of the season six boys were able to swim. At the Police Annual Aquatic Sports held at the Victoria Recreation Club Swimming bath in September, 1933, five boys entered in a race arranged for members of the Club.
6. Through the kind offices of the Directorate, games, drill and gymnastic classes were held every Tuesday and Thursday evenings during the year at the Chinese Y.M.C.A., except during July and August when the classes were suspended for summer vacation.
7. English and Chinese classes were continued on three evenings a week throughout the year, but the boys displayed very little interest in this tuition.
8. Through the generosity of the Hong Kong Government the huts formerly used as a Vaccination Station in the grounds of the Sailors' Home, now converted into No. 7 Police Station, were handed over to the Street Boys' Club on April 15th, 1933. This step has relieved the Club of a monthly charge for rent and given the boys more spacious accommodation in more congenial surroundings. The huts were thoroughly overhauled by the Public Works Department, water laid on, and electric light installed. The boys now have separate rooms for dormitory, dining room and class room. The opening was marked by a special tea and dinner for the boys.
9. Mr. B. E. Maughan very kindly presented the Club with a gramophone and records. The boys have also received gifts of cakes and fruit from several ladies in the Colony who maintain an interest in the Club. Mr. Ho, Probation Officer at the Remand Home, has also interested himself in the Club and paid frequent visits.
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Annexe B.
STREET BOYS' CLUB, ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1933.
1
1. The total membership of the Club is now twenty-three.
2. During the year, seven boys absconded from the Club, four were dismissed for misconduct, and four were allowed to resign.
3. Twelve new members joined the Club during the year.
4. Of the twenty-three members, ten are in St. Louis Industrial School. One boy was taken from the School to work as a hawker, while another entered the School in his place. Among the remainder two are employed as Police messengers, one as billiard marker at the Police Canteen Billiard Room, Police Headquarters, four are hawkers, four are employed as shoe-blacks, one is retained as caretaker at the Club premises and one is employed as a waiter.
5. During the summer months the boys were taken to Telegraph Bay once per week for swimming. At the end of the season six boys were able to swim. At the Police Annual Aquatic Sports held at the Victoria Recreation Club Swimming bath in September, 1933, five boys entered in a race arranged for members of the Club.
6. Through the kind offices of the Directorate, games, drill and gymnastic classes were held every Tuesday and Thursday evenings during the year at the Chinese Y.M.C.A., except during July and August when the classes were suspended for summer vacation.
7. English and Chinese classes were continued on three evenings a week throughout the year, but the boys displayed very little interest in this tuition.
8. Through the generosity of the Hong Kong Government the huts formerly used as a Vaccination Station in the grounds of the Sailors' Home, now converted into No. 7 Police Station, were handed over to the Street Boys' Club on April 15th, 1933. This step has relieved the Club of a monthly charge for rent and given the boys more spacious accommodation in more con- genial surroundings. The huts were thoroughly overhauled by the Public Works Department, water laid on, and electric light installed. The boys now have separate rooms for dormitory, dining room and class room. The opening was marked by a special tea and dinner for the boys.
9. Mr. B. E. Maughan very kindly presented the Club with a gramophone and records. The boys have also received gifts of cakes and fruit from several ladies in the Colony who maintain an interest in the Club. Mr. Ho, Probation Officer at the Remand Home, has also interested himself in the Club and paid frequent visits.
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