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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1975.

YOUNG PEOPLE NEEDED AS VOLUNTEERS

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THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR. MORRIS MORGAN, TODAY URGED YOUNG PEOPLE TO DIRECT THEIR TALENTS AND ENERGY TOWARDS BUILDING A BETTER COMMUNITY BY HELPING THE LESS FURTUNATE.

MR. MORGAN WAS SPEAKING AT THE ANNUAL ATHLETICS MEETING OF THE JU CHING CHU ENGLISH COLLEGE HELD TODAY AT THE TSUEN WAN SPORTS GROUND.

HE NOTED THAT IN RECENT YEARS, HONG KONG HAD MADE CONSIDERABLE PROGRESS IN THE FIELD OF SOCIAL WELFARE. MANY NEW SERVICES AND FACILITIES HAD BEEN INTRODUCED AND PUBLIC EXPENDITURE ON SOCIAL WELFARE OVER THE PAST DECADE HAD INCREASED MORE THAN TEN-FOLD.

+HOWEVER, THERE IS STILL ROOM IN MANY AREAS FOR ADDITIONAL HELP, AND NOT NECESSARILY FINANCIAL,+ HE SAID.

VOLUNTEERS COULD MAKE A VERY REAL CONTRIBUTION IN MANY SERVICES IN THEIR SPARE TIME, HE POINTED OUT.

MR. MORGAN SAID: +EXPERIENCE BOTH LOCALLY AND OVERSEAS, WHERE THE VALUE OF VOLUNTEERS IS INCREASINGLY RECOGNISED HAS SHOWN THAT THEIR USE IS MOST EFFECTIVE IN WORKING WITH CHILDREN AND YOUTH GROUPS, WITH THE ELDERLY IN THEIR HOMES AND INSTITUTIONS AND WITH THE MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY DISABLED.+

+THERE IS THUS PLENTY OF SCOPE FOR VOLUNTEERS, OF WHOM MORE AND MORE ARE NEEDED AND ARE ALWAYS WELCOME.+

THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS THE VOLUNTARY AGENCIES, HE SAID, WOULD BE MOST HAPPY TO PUT YOUNG PEOPLE, EITHER INDIVIDUALLY OR IN GROUPS, IN TOUCH WITH THE RIGHT ORGANISATION.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

THE FULL TEXT OF MR. MORRIS MORGAN'S SPEECH IS DISTRIBUTED SEPARATELY IN THE G.I.S. PRESS ROOM FOR COLLECTION.

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