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MOIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1974.

HONG KONG YOUTHS BECOMING MORE COMMUNITY CONSCIOUS

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HONG KONG'S YOUNG PEOPLE ARE DECOMING MORE AWARE OF WHAT THEY CAN DO FOR THEIR FELLOW MEN, AS DEMONSTRATED BY THEIR ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN VARIOUS COMMUNITY SERVICES. THE SECRETARY FOR SOCIAL SERVICES, MR. LI FOOK-KOV, SAID TODAY.

YOUTH VOLUNTEERS, HE SAID, HAD ALREADY SUCU INITIATIVE

IN HELPING TO OPERATE RECREATIONAL PROGRANTIES, HELPING THE ELDERLY AND ASSISTING IN EMERGENCY WORK, AND THEIR SERVICES WERE INVALUABLE TO COMPLEMENT THE EFFORTS OF PROFESSIONALS AND DRING A REFRESHING HUMAN TOUCH AND NEW ATTITUDES TOWARDS HAKING HONG KONG A DETTER INTEGRATED COMMUNITY.

MR. LI WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE SOUTH-EAST ASIAN REGIONAL SEMINAR ON VOLUNTEER SERVICE I URBAN AREAS, DEING HELD IN THE MANDARIN HOTEL.

HE SAID IT WAS MOST APPROPRIATE THAT THE SEMINAR WAS BEING HELD IN HONG KONG AS IT COULD ADVISE HOV BEST THE ENERGY AND IDEALISM OF OUR YOUTH COULD BE HARNESSED NOT ONLY TO IMPROVE THE LIFE OF THEIR COMMUNITY BUT ALSO TO IMPROVE THEIR OWN ATTITUDES AND SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY TO SOCIETY.

+IN RETURN OUR EXPERIENCE IN THE MOST DENSELY POPULATED CITY IN THE WORLD WILL NO DOUBT BE OF VALUE TO OVERSEAS DELEGATES.+

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HE HOPED THAT ONE OF THE MAIN TASKS OF THE SEMI MAR • WOULD BE TO DISCOVER AND TO DEFINE MORE CLEARLY THE VARIOUS WAYS IN WHICH VOLUNTEERS COULD. DE INTEGRATED IN THE FIELD OF SOCIAL SERVICE.

ANOTHER USEFUL RESULT OF THE SEMINAR. HE ADDED, MIGHT BE GUIDANCE ON HOW HONG KONG COULD EXTEND ITS SCHOOL CÍVICS SYLLABUS BY INTEGRATING COMMUNITY SERVICE INTO IT.

+OUR YOUNG PEOPLE WOULD THEN NOT ONLY LEARN THE THEORY OF BEING GOOD CITIZENS BUT WOULD ALSO INCREASE THEIR OWN AWARENESS AND USEFULNESS BY PRACTICAL SERVICE NOT ONLY IN THEIR HOLIDAYS BUT ALSO AS AN INTEGRAL, PART OF THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM.+

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NOTE TO EDITORS:

COPIES OF THE FULL TEXT OF MR. LI'S SPEECH WILL BE BOXED FOR COLLECTION LATER TODAY.

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