XN000022-1975-01-25 — Page 3

-

-

SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 1975

FACTORY WORKERS SERVE MONGKOK RESIDENTS

******

A GROUP OF TAI KOK TSUI FACTORY WORKERS WILL ARM THEMSELVES WITH PAINT AND BRUSHES TOMORROW (SUNDAY) TO GIVE TWO WORN-OUT BUILDINGS IN PRINCE EDWARD ROAD A NEW LOOK.

+THIS IS ONE OF THE VERY RARE OCCASIONS THAT YOUNG FACTORY WORKERS ARE WILLING TO TAKE PART VOLUNTARILY IN THIS KIND OF COMMUNITY SERVICE, SAID MR. LAM PING-KUEN, COMMUNITY AND YOUTH OFFICER OF MONGKOK,

THE MONGKOK CYO INITIATED THE PROJECT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE TAI KOK TSUI CITY DISTRICT OFFICE, THE MONGKOK POLICE COMMUNITY RELATIONS OFFICER, AND THE DETACHED WORK UNIT OF THE HONG KONG FEDERATION OF YOUTH GROUPS.

+THEIR PARTICIPATION SHOWS THAT YOUNG FACTORY WORKERS CAN ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO THE COMMUNITY NO LESS THAN ANY OTHER YOUTH,+ HE SAID.

THE TWO EIGHT-STOREY BUILDINGS ARE NOS. 67 AND 69 PRINCE EDWARD ROAD. THEY WILL BE BRIGHTENED UP AS A SERVICE TO THE RESIDENTS IN TIME FOR THE LUNAR NEW YEAR. THE GROUP HOPES TO COMPLETE THE JOB ON MONDAY.

THE SAME GROUP LAST MONTH ASSISTED THE MONGKOK COMMUNITY YOUTH OFFICE IN CARRYING OUT A SURVEY ON THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION IN THE TAI KOK TSUI INDUSTRIAL AREA. THEY ALSO PLAN A VARIETY SHOW FOR FACTORY WORKERS NEXT MONTH. THE EVENT ORGANISED IN

RESPONSE TO THE KEEP HONG KONG DRUG FREE CAMPAIGN, WILL HIGHLIGHT THE DANGERS OF DRUG ABUSE.

+BY INVOLVING YOUNG FACTORY WORKERS IN SUCH USEFUL COMMUNITY SERVICES, SAID MR. LAM, +IT IS HOPED TO BUILD UP THEIR SELF-RESPECT AND CONFIDENCE.

+COMMUNITY PROJECTS ARE USEFUL MEANS IN DEVELOPING GOOD CITIZENSHIP IN YOUTH AND CONTRIBUTING TO SOCIETY,+ HE ADDED.

13