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FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1974

THE HONG KONG ISLAND ANNOUNCEMENT COMES ONLY THREE WEEKS AFTER THE DECLARATION OF THE COMBINED AREA OF YUEN LONG AND TUEN MUN IN THE NEW TERRITORIES AS A SMOKE CONTROL AREA FROM SEPTEMBER 10.

UNDER THE CLEAN AIR ORDINANCE, AN OCCUPIER OF ANY PREMISES WJTHIN A SMOKE CONTROL AREA WHO OPERATES A FURNACE, OVEN OR CHIMNEY EMITTING DARK SHOKE FOR MORE THAN SIX MINUTES IN A FOUR-HOUR PERIOD, OR MORE THAN THREE MINUTES AT ANY ONE TIME, IS LIABLE TO A $2,000 FINE. HE CAN ALSO BE FINED $50 FOR EVERY 15 MINUTES THE OFFENCE CONTINUES.

THE OTHER SMOKE CONTROL AREAS DECLARED UNDER THE ORDINANCE ARE CHEUNG SHA WAN SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT CIN APRIL THIS YEAR)= TSUEN WAN (LAST YEAR)= KUUN TONG (1960)= SHA TIN (1962)= NORTH POINT (1964).

YOUTH WORK IN HONG KONG AIMS AT CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT

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YOUTH WORK IN HONG KONG IS NOT JUST A MEANS OF HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE TO WHILE-AWAY THEIR LEISURE TIME OR TO PROVIDE OUTLETS FOR ENERGY, THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR. THOMAS LEE, SAID TODAY.

HE SAID YOUTH WORK HERE IS FOCUSED ON ASSISTING INDIVIDUALS TO ATTA IN A BALANCED DEVELOPMENT BY LEARNING HOU TO CO-OPERATE WITH OTHERS AND TO GET ALONG HARMONIOUSLY.

THIS IS DONE THROUGH YOUTH CENTRES INWHICH YOUTH, THROUGH THE IR PARTICIPATION IN AND PLANNING OF VARIOUS ACTIVITIES, CAN REALIZE THEIR OWN ATTITUDE, DUILD UP THEIR CONFIDENCE AND WORKING ABILITY AND DEVELOP THEIR POTENTIALS TO THE FULL.

HE SAID IN THIS WAY YOUTH ALSO DEVELOP A SENSE OF RESPONS!- BILITY TOWARDS SOCIETY SO THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS AND SOCIETY.

MR. LEE WAS SPEAKING WHEN HE OPENED THE NEW TUNG WAH KOWLOON YOUTH CENTRE OF THE TUNG VAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS IN WYLIE ROAD.

HE SAID THE TUNG WAH GROUP SINCE ITS ESTABLISHMENT MORE THAN 100 YEARS AGO HAS STEADILY EXPANDED ITS VELFARE WORK IN THE COMMUNITY SO THAT TODAY IT NOT ONLY TAKES CARE OF THE POOR, THE SICK, THE AGED AND THE WEAK BUT IS ALSO INVOLVED IN YOUTH AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. THE GROUP OPENED ITS FIRST YOUTH CENTRE ON HONG KONG ISLAND IN 1971.

MR. LEE STRESSED THAT IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO DEVELOP THEIR TALENTS YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE TO BE GUIDED AND ASSISTED BY EXPERIENCED ADULTS.

JUDGING FROM THE ENTHUSIASM AND ZEAL SHOWN BY MEMBERS OF THE TUNG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS IN CARRYING OUT WELFARE VORK, HE SAID HE WAS CONFIDENT THAT THEIR EFFORTS WOULD PRODUCE VERY GOOD RESULTS.

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