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Friday, July 6, 1973
VOLUNTARY GUIDANCE COUNCIL FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
Concern for young people has led to a number of schools and
welfare agencies in north west Kowloon setting up a district children
and youth guidance council.
The council is made up of representatives of 76 schools, social
service agencies and churches in the Tai Hang Tung, Tai Hang Sai, Shek
Kip Mei and Yau Yat Chuen areas.
The formation of the council followed a meeting of these
organisations arranged by Miss Lilian Wong, the warden of the Social
Welfare Department's community centre in Tai Hang Tung.
"The meeting was unanimous in its views that a co-ordinating
body was needed to study the problems facing young people in the light
of their crowded living conditions and the lack of proper family education,"
Miss Wong said.
"The council aims to pool together expertise and resources în
all four areas to find out the actual needs of young people so that it
can provide solutions or long term guidance wherever and whenever possible.
"The council hopes that by doing this it would be helping young
people, and their parents as well, to fully develop their characters,
potentialities and sense of social concern," she said.
It also plans to co-ordinate children and youth services within
the areas and actively involve the people in solving their own problems
and those of the community as a whole.
/Miss Wong
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