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Monday, October 8, 1973
There will be eight family units in the centre, each housing 20
boys. Every unit will be provided with a day-room which will serve as
a place for rest, recreation and study. Provided in each family unit
will be two bedrooms, a small pantry and bathroom.
Basic pre-vocational training together with formal educational
instruction will be provided in the centre.
Pre-vocational training will comprise carpentry, basic repair
skill in air-conditioning and simple electrical appliances, as well as
metal work and sewing. Classes in both pre-vocational training and formal
education will be operated on a bisessional basis to enable the boys to
attend both on the same day.
Outlining the future functions of the centre, a spokesman for the
Society of Loys' Centres said it would provide a home for under-privileged
boys as well as serve as a place where they could experience communal life
while at work and at play.
They will also be able to pick up a simple trade as well as general
Particular emphasis would
civic responsibilities," the spokesman added.
be accorded to physical training, moral training and character moulding.
The spokesman described the setting up of the centre as "a positive
contribution" to the caring for under-privileged boys with minor behaviour problems.
Construction of the Chak Yan Centre, which commenced in January this
year, is in an advanced stage and should be completed early next year.
At present, the Society runs two boys' centres in Kowloon.
The Shing
Tak Street Centre in To Kwa Wan provides home for 140 boys from destitute
families and others with behaviour problems, while the Un Chau Street Centre in
Shamshuipo caters for some 40 under-privileged boys who attend regular schools
outside and return to the hostel after school.
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