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MONDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1978

HE SAID ALTHOUGH THEY DID NOT POSE SUCH A THREAT TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO WARRANT THE IR REMOVAL FROM THE COMMUNITY, THESE GIRLS HAD BEHAVIOURAL PROBLEMS WITH WHICH THEIR PARENTS COULD NOT COPE.

THE GIRLS THEMSELVES MAY, TOO, BE CONFUSED OVER HOW BEST TO RESOLVE THEIR PROBLEMS, BOTH PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL, AND HOW TO REACT TO THE DIFFERENT SITUATION IN THE SOCIAL SYSTEM, HE SAID.

+SERVICES PROVIDED IN THE GIRLS' HOME ARE, THEREFORE, MEANT TO ASSIST THEM AND THEIR PARENTS TO OVERCOME THESE DIFFICULTIES,+ HE ADDED.

MR. LEE SAID THAT IN THE NEW HOME, THERE WOULD BE THREE SEPARATE WINGS OF 50 PLACES EACH - ONE FOR GIRLS REMANDED FOR FURTHER COURT HEARING, A SECOND FOR THOSE ON PROBATION WITH A CONDITION OF RESIDENCE IN THE HOME, AND A THIRD FOR GIRLS IN NEED OF CARE, PROTECTION AND TRAINING.

THE PROGRAMME, HE SAID, INCLUDED GENERAL EDUCATION, VOCATIONAL, SOCIAL AND RECREATIONAL TRAINING, AS WELL AS CASE WORK AND GROUP WORK SERVICES.

+AMPLE OPPORTUNITIES ARE GIVEN TO THE GIRLS TO HELP THEM FIND THEMSELVES, TO RECOGNISE THEIR REAL CAPACITY AND TO BRING ABOUT A REDEFINITION OF VALUES.

+ IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT WHEN THE GIRLS RETURN TO THE IR FAMILIES, THEY WILL HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THEMSELVES, THE IR FAMILIES, AND THE SOCIETY IN WHICH THEY LIVE, AND

THUS BE BETTER ABLE TO MAKE DECISION FOR THEIR FUTURE, HE ADDED.

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