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TUESDAY, JULY 1, 1980

HE SAID ONE OF THE MEANINGFUL PROJECTS CARRIED OUT BY THE HOME IN THE PAST YEAR WAS A JOINT SCHEME ENGAGING YOUNG VOLUNTEERS AND WORKERS TO HELP AND INVOLVE THE HOME'S OLD PEOPLE CLEAN AND TIDY THE IR ROOMS AND ORGANISE CULTURAL SHOWS FOR THEMSELVES.

MEMBERS OF THE HOME ALSO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATED IN PLANTING FLOWERS WITHIN THE HOME AND IN MAKING VARIOUS HANDICRAFT ITEMS.

+ALL THIS INDICATES THE SUCCESS WHICH THE HOME HAS ACHIEVED IN PROVIDING A TRULY ENJOYABLE FAMILY, FOR WHICH ALL ITS MEMBERS HAVE A SENSE OF BELONGING,+ MR CHUI SAID.

CONGRATULATING THE NEW CHAIRMAN, MRS TSANG WONG TAK-CHUNG AND THE NEW BOARD OF DIRECTORS, MR CHUI SAID HE HAD NO DOUBT THEY WOULD CARRY ON THE WORK OF THE HOME FOR ANOTHER FRUITFUL YEAR.,

MR CHUI ALSO THANKED MR SO TUNG-LAM, THE OUTGOING CHAIRMAN, AND ALL THE DIRECTORS OF THE 10TH TERM FÖR THEIR GOOD WORK.

THE HOME WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1969 ON LAND PROVIDED BY GOVERNMENT. LOCAL COMMUNITY LEADER, MR CHUNG CHEUNG-YAU, PROVIDED THE MONEY TO BUILD THE HOME WHICH IS NAMED AFTER HIS FATHER, MR CHUNG SHAK-HEI. IT ORIGINALLY ACCOMMODATED 39 PEOPLE.

THE HOME CARES FOR LOCAL OLD PEOPLE AS WELL AS CASES REFERRED BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT WHICH SUBSIDISES IT.

HELP FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WITH PROBLEMS *****

YOUNG PEOPLE NOWADAYS HAVE TO FACE MORE PROBLEMS THAN THEIR PREDECESSORS DECADES AGO IN ADJUSTING TO RAPID SOCIAL CHANGES, THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S REGIONAL OFFICER (HONG KONG), MR KWOK KA-CHI, SAID TODAY.

SPEAKING AT THE ROTARACT DAY, DISTRICT 345+ IN THE EXCELSIOR HOTEL, MR KWOK SET OUT THE DIFFICULTIES CONFRONTING YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE VARIOUS YOUTH SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE GOVERNMENT AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES TO HELP THEM.

HE POINTED OUT THAT YOUNG PEOPLE OF THIS GENERATION HAVE WITNESSED GRADUAL FADING AND EROSION OF TRADITIONAL VALUES HANDED DOWN BY THE IR ANCESTORS.

+THEY FEEL BEWILDERED AND CONFUSED WHEN NEW VALUES OF WESTERN SOCIETIES ARE THRUSTED UPON THEM THROUGH VARIOUS MEDIA. THEY ARE CAUGHT AT THE CROSSROAD WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT TO DO, HE SAID.

APART FROM SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT PROBLEMS, YOUNG PEOPLE ALSO EXPERIENCE INTERNAL TENSION IN THEIR COURSE OF DEVELOPMENT.

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