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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1979

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YOUNG PEOPLE URGED TO CARE FOR THE COMMUNITY

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THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S REGIONAL OFFICER FOR HONG KONG ISLAND, MR. KWOK KA-CHI, TODAY (WEDNESDAY) CALLED ON YOUNG PEOPLE TO PLAY AN ACTIVE ROLE IN CARING FOR THE COMMUNITY.

MR. KWOK SAID IT COULD BEST BE DONE BY ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN VARIOUS VOLUNTEER SERVICES ORGANISED BY THE DEPARTMENT AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES.

HE WAS SPEAKING AT A PRIZE-PRESENTATION CEREMONY OF THE COGNITIO COLLEGE'S 17TH ATHLETIC MEET AT THE SOUTH CHINA ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION STADIUM.

HE POINTED OUT THAT THROUGH PARTICIPATION IN VOLUNTEER SERVICES, YOUNG PEOPLE COULD NOT ONLY CONTRIBUTE USEFULLY TO THE WELL-BEING OF THE SOCIETY BUT ALSO BETTER UNDERSTAND AND DEVELOP THEIR OWN INTERESTS AND POTENTIALS.

YOUNG PEOPLE, HE SAID, CAN ALWAYS JOIN THE VARIOUS SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES RUN BY THE DEPARTMENT'S COMMUNITY CENTRES, COMMUNITY HALLS AND YOUTH CENTRES, OR THOSE RUN BY VOLUNTARY AGENCIES.

+1 AM SURE THAT WITH WHAT THEY HAVE LEARNED IN SCHOOLS AND WITH THEIR DRIVE, YOUNG PEOPLE CAN HELP IN PLANNING AND PROMOTING COMMUNITY SERVICES, FOR EXAMPLE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, ANTI-CRIME AND ANTI-LITTER ACTIVITIES, AND RECREATIONAL PROGRAMMES FOR THE ELDERLY AND THE DISABLED,+ HE SAID.

SWD THANKS EMPLOYERS OF DISABLED PERSONS

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THE JOB PLACEMENT UNIT OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT TODAY (WEDNESDAY) FORMALLY SAID THANK YOU TO 32 LOCAL LEADING EMPLOYERS WHO HAD OFFERED JOBS TO HUNDREDS OF DISABLED PERSONS IN PAST YEARS.

THE EMPLOYERS WERE EACH PRESENTED WITH A CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION IN RECOGNITION OF THEIR STAUNCH SUPPORT IN HELPING THE DEPARTMENT RE-INTEGRATE THE DISABLED INTO THE COMMUNITY.

THE PRESENTATION WAS MADE AT A CEREMONY HELD IN THE IMPERIAL HOTEL BY MRS. EVELYN DOE, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE. MISS DAPHNE HO, A VETERAN SOCIAL WORKER IN REHABILITATION SERVICES WHO HAS RECENTLY RETIRED FROM THE DEPARTMENT WAS ALSO PRESENT AT THE CEREMONY.

IN ACTIVE RESPONSE TO SEARCHES FOR JOBS BY THE JOB PLACEMENT UNIT, THE 32 COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL FIRMS HAD OFFERED EMPLOYMENT TO 461 DISABLED PERSONS 199 PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED, 115 DEAF, 74 BLIND, 40 MENTALLY RETARDED AND 33 EX-MENTAL PATIENTS.

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