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SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 1985

''THE FACT THAT 400 000 YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE JOINED JPC SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 1974 AND, EVEN MORE IMPORTANT, THE FACT THAT THEY CONTINUE TO DO SO AT AN AVERAGE OF OVER 3 000 NEW MEMBERS AND 250 JPC LEADERS EACH MONTH, SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.

AT THE CEREMONY AWARDS WERE PRESENTED TO 34 JPC MEMBERS AND LEADERS AND 6 JPC DISTRICT COUNCILS BY SIR PHILIP DR THE HON HO KAM-FAI, UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE- MR RAYMAN ÁNNING, ACTING COMMISSIONER OF POLICE AND MR ERIC BLACKBURN, DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF POLICE/MANAGEMENT.

MR LI KWAN-HA, ACTING DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF POLICE/OPERATIONS PRESENTED SOUVENIRS TO THE JUDGING PANEL, WHICH INCLUDED UNOFFICIAL LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR THE HON. MRS PAULINE NG, AND MR ANDREW RENNIE,

CHIEF STAFF OFFICER/PUBLIC RELATIONS PRESENTED A COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE TO DR DANIEL LAM, CHAIRMAN OF THE KA WAH BANK WHO HAS SPONSORED THE JPC AWARDS SCHEME FOR THE PAST EIGHT YEARS.

VALUE OF GOOD YOUTH SERVICES STRESSED

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APART FROM BEING WELL-DESIGNED, YOUTH CENTRES SHOULD ALSO PROVIDE IMAGINATIVE AND WELL-ORGANISED SERVICES, THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MRS ANSON CHAN, SAID TODAY.

OPENING THE BOYS' AND GIRLS' CLUBS ASSOCIATION'S CHILDREN'S CENTRE AT LAM TIN, SHE SAID:

+ULTIMATELY THE SUCCESS OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH CENTRES MUST BE MEASURED IN THE DEGREE OF ACTIVE PARTICIPATION AND INVOLVEMENT BY MEMBERS IN THE IR WILLINGNESS TO DRAW SUPPORT FROM THE STAFF OF THE CENTRES AND FROM THE FRIENDS WHICH THEY MAKE THERE, DURING THE YEARS THEY ARE GROWING UP.+

THE NEW CHILDREN'S CENTRE ALSO PROVIDES AN OFFICE BASE FOR OUTREACHING SOCIAL WORK AND FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION PROGRAMMES. IT WAS DEVELOPED WITH A GRANT OF $456 000 FROM THE LOTTERIES FUND.

+BY PROVIDING A COMBINATION OF SERVICES TO YOUNG PEOPLE, WITHIN ONE CENTRE, THE ASSOCIATION IS ALSO RECOGNISING THE IMPORTANCE OF DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO MEETING THE SOCIAL, RECREATIONAL AND WELFARE NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE,+ MRS CHAN SAID.

SHE SAID SHE WAS HAPPY TO SEE THAT THE ASSOCIATION WAS CONTINUING TO ANTICIPATE THE CHANGING NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND TO BE WILLING TO DEVELOP NEW APPROACHES TO MEET THESE NEEDS.

THE ASSOCIATION HAD TAKEN A LEAD IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND PROVISION OF SERVICES FOR CHILDREN. IT ALSO RENDERED SERVICES TO YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH OUTREACHING PROGRAMMES, SCHOOL SOCIAL WORK AND FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION PROGRAMMES, SHE SAID,

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