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SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 1980

HE SAID ANY ONE AGED 21 YEARS AND ABOVE, WITH SECONDARY EDUCATION QUALIFICATIONS, A MATURE AND SOCIABLE PERSONALITY AND A FLAIR TO HELP OTHERS, COULD APPLY.

+PROFESSION IS NOT ESSENTIAL NOR IS KNOWLEDGE IN SOCIAL WORK REQUIRED, ALTHOUGH PEOPLE WITH PARTICULAR TRADE SKILLS ARE MOST WELCOME,☀ HE SAID.

PEOPLE CAN APPLY OR MAKE ENQUIRIES AT LOONG SAN BUILDING

SECOND FLOOR, 140-142 CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL (TEL NO 5-445098), OR AT ANY OF THE DEPARTMENT'S PROBATION OFFICES IN THE DISTRICTS, HE SAID.

MR LIN SAID VOLUNTEERS HAVE A SIGNIFICANT ROLE TO PLAY IN HELPING RE-INTEGRATE PROBATIONERS INTO THE COMMUNITY AND IN WIDENING THEIR SOCIAL CONTACTS.

WHILE PROBATION OFFICERS ARE LEGALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR GUIDING PROBATIONERS IN BEHAVIOURAL DEVELOPMENT, VOLUNTEERS CAN HELP BY PROVIDING FRIENDSHIP OR PARTICULAR SERVICES, HE SAID.

FOR EXAMPLE, HE SAID, VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE PROFESSIONALS MAY PROVIDE KNOWLEDGE IN THEIR OWN FIELD OF SPECIALTY, OR THEY CAN BE HOUSEWIVES WHO CAN TEACH IN MANAGING HOUSEHOLD CHORES.

OTHERS MAY ACT AS TUTORS IN SCHOOL WORK OR HELP PROBATIONERS TO DEVELOP WHOLESOME INTERESTS AND HOBBIES, HE ADDED.

MR LIN SAID THAT VOLUNTEERS, ON JOINING THE SCHEME, WOULD BE BRIEFED ON THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF PROBATION SERVICE.

ARRANGEMENTS WILL THEN BE MADE TO SUITABLY MATCH THEM WITH A PROBATIONER IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR AREAS OF INTEREST AND ABILITY, HE SAID.

+FROM TIME TO TIME, OUR COMMITTEE ALSO ORGANISES SOCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR SERVING VOLUNTEERS, PROBATIONERS AND PROBATION OFFICERS, HE SAID.

+WE WILL HOLD SUCH A FUNCTION TOMORROW AT THE WU KAI SHA YOUTH CAMP IN SHA TIN, HE ADDED.

MR LIN SAID THAT SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF THE SCHEME, 49 VOLUNTEERS HAVE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THEIR ASSIGNMENTS WHICH NORMALLY LAST. SIX MONTHS.

THEY INCLUDED CIVIL SERVANTS, MANAGERS, SECRETARIES, CLERKS, DESIGNERS, TEACHERS AND STORE PROPRIETORS, HE SAID.