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Monday, October 8, 1973

NEW HOME FOR UNDER-PRIVILEGED BOYS

Young boys confronted with minor behaviour problems will be

better catered for when the Chak Yan Centre in Shamshuipo opens early

next year.

The four-storey complex -- the second boys' centre set up in

Shanshuipo by the Society of Boys' Centrea is being built under a

substantial grant of about $2 million from the Lotteries Fund,

49,000-square-foot site on which the centre is built was granted by the

government.

The

The Society itself has raised $490,000 towards meeting the cost

of the project.

Located in Cornwall Street, the centre is intended as a home for

boys from eight to 16 years of age who exhibit minor behaviour problems

and are deprived of normal parental supervision, or who are otherwise in

need of protection and care.

It is envisaged that the centre will provide hostel accommodation

for 160 boys.

Facilities in the centre will comprise, among others, a gymnasium/

assembly hall, a playground, four classrooms, five pre-vocational training

workshops, a library and a music room.

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