XN000022-1974-05-04 — Page 5

SATURDAY, MAY 4, 1974

MEANINGFUL ACTIVITIES FOR YOUTHS URGED

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IT IS ESSENTIAL TO GIVE YOUNG PEOPLE OF TODAY A CHANCE TO .....VÜLV: ThEMS:LVES IN MEANINGFUL AFFAIRS AS THEIR CAPABILITIES AD EXPECT..TIS GRUW.

THIS WAS STRESSED BY THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR. KENNETH TUPLEY, WHEN HE DECLARED THE START OF THE OPEN DAY OF THE CARITAS' TOWN YOUTH CENTRE THIS CSATURDAY) AFTERNOON.

THE YOUTH CENTRE IS LOCATED ON THE TOP FLOOR OF ON LOK YUEN BUILDING AT 25, DES VOEUX ROAD, CENTRAL AND WAS ONLY RE-OPENED AT THE END OF FEBRUARY FOLLOWING THE FIRE OF MARCH 1 LAST YEAR.

MR. TOPLEY SAID THE CENTRE SITUATED AS IT IS IN A COMMERCIAL AREA 13 JF GREAT BENEFIT TO THE MANY YOUTHS AND YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WORK IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD BECAUSE IT IS EASILY ACCESSIBLE.

+THE CAPABILITIES AND EXPECTATIONS OF YOUTHS HAVE BECOME GREATER AND GREATER. A YOUTH CENTRE IS A PLACE WHICH PROVIDES GROUP LIFE AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES. AT THE SAME TIME, IT IS A PLACE WHICH HELPS YOUTH TO DEVELOP THEIR PERSONALITIES AND CAPABILITIES. IN ORDER TO SATISFY THE DEMAND OF YOUTH THEN, IT IS NECESSARY TO GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY OF PARTICIPATING IN SUCH MEANINGFUL AFFAIRS.+

MR. TUPLEY ALSO HAD A WORD OF ADVICE FOR THOSE PROVIDING SUCH SERVICES WHOM, HE SAID, SHOULD BEAR IN MIND THAT YOUNG PEOPLE FORM PART OF FAMILIES AND SUCIETY. AS SUCH. THEY MUST HAVE CLUSE AND PROPER CONTACT WITH ACTUAL FAMILY AND SOCIAL LIFE IN ORDER TU LEARN FRun ADULTS AND SOCIETY WHEN FURMING THEIR OWN MUDES. OF LIVING.

ANTI-MEASLES CAMPAIGN

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A TOTAL OF 2,453 CHILDREN WAS INOCULATED AGAINST MEASLES DURING THE TWO WEEKS ENDING ON APRIL 20 IN CONNECTION WITH THE CURRENT ANTI-MEASLES CAMPAIGN.

OF THESE, 709 WERE INOCULATED ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 997 IN KOWLOON, AND 747 IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

THE FIRST ANTI-MEASLES CAMPAIGN THIS YEAR IS CONTINUING UNTIL THE END OF THIS MONTH TO REMIND THE PUBLIC OF THE NECESSITY TO CONTINUE TO TAKE PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES AGAINST THE DISEASE.

.A SPUKESMAN FOR THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT AGAIN URGED PARENTS OF SUSCEPTIBLE CHILDREN BETWEEN SIX MONTHS AND FIVE YEARS TO HAVE THEM IMMUNISED IMMEDIATELY.

HE EMPHASISED THAT FREE VACCINE IS AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AT ALL THE DEPARTMENT'S MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH CENTRES IN HONG KONG, KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES.