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MONDAY, MAY 10, 1982

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VOLUNTEERS INVITED FOR PROBATION WORK SCHEME

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THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT IS INVITING VOLUNTEERS TO JOIN ITS +HELP PROBATIONERS+ SCHEME INTRODUCED IN 1976.

THE VOLUNTEERS WILL WORK WITH PROBATION OFFICERS OF THE DEPARTMENT TO COUNSEL PROBATIONERS AND HELP THEM REFORM.

ANYONE AGED 21 YEARS OR ABOVE, WITH A SECONDARY EDUCATION, A MATURE AND SOCIABLE PERSONALITY, AND A DESIRE TO HELP OTHERS, MAY APPLY.

APPLICATION FORMS MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE OFFICE OF THE VOLUNTEER SCHEME IN CAUSEWAY BAY MAGISTRACY BUILDING, SEVENTH FLOOR, HONG KONG AND AT VARIOUS PROBATION OFFICES. COMPLETED FORMS SHOULD BE RETURNED TO THE OFFICE BEFORE THE END OF THIS MONTH.

+VOLUNTEERS HAVE A SIGNIFICANT ROLE TO PLAY IN WIDENING PROBATIONERS' SPECIAL CONTACTS AND IN HELPING REINTEGRATE THEM INTO THE COMMUNITY, THE OFFICER IN CHARGE OF THE SCHEME, MR PETER LIN, SAID.

APART FROM BEING THEIR FRIENDS, HE SAID, VOLUNTEERS MAY HELP PROBATIONERS DEVELOP MEANINGFUL HOBBIES AND HABITS, CULTIVATE HEALTHY PURSUITS, FIND JOBS AND PROVIDE TUITION FOR THEM.

+ON THE TOP OF THESE, MR LIN ADDED, THE PARTICIPATION OF VOLUNTEERS AND THE MORAL SUPPORT GIVEN TO THE PROBATIONERS WOULD BE A GREAT HELP TO THEM IN LEADING A NEW LIFE AGAIN.+

VOLUNTEERS JOINING THE SCHEME WILL BE GIVEN BRIEFINGS ON

THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF PROBATION WORK.

ARRANGEMENTS WILL THEN BE MADE TO MATCH THEM WITH PROBATIONERS

IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR AREAS OF INTEREST AND ABILITY.

EACH ASSIGNMENT NORMALLY LAST SIX MONTHS UNDER THE CLOSE

LIAISON WITH THE PROBATION OFFICER HANDLING THE CASE.

ENQUIRIES CAN BE MADE WITH MR LIN ON TELEPHONE NO. 5-7955612.

WATER FIGURES ***

STORAGE IN HONG KONG'S RESERVOIRS AT 9 AM TODAY (MONDAY)

STOOD AT 40.2 PER CENT OF CAPACITY OR 232.164 MILLION CUBIC METRES, EQUIVALENT TO 182 DAYS' CONSUMPTION.

THIS TIME LAST YEAR THE RESERVOIRS CONTAINED 217.346 MILLION CUBIC METRES OF WATER, REPRESENTING 37.6 PER CENT OF CAPACITY.