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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1985

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CENTRES HELP CHILDREN FORM CHARACTER

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CHILDREN'S CENTRES HELP CHILDREN TO DEVELOP THEIR CREATIVITY AND INDEPENDENT THINKING THROUGH GROUP ACTIVITIES, AND ALSO PROVIDE THEM WITH RECREATIONAL PROGRAMMES, MR STEPHEN LAW, ACTING DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE HONG KONG PLAYGROUND ASSOCIATION'S CHILDREN CENTRE AT SHEK WAI KOK ESTATE IN TSUEN WAN, HE SAID THAT THE SUCCESS OF YOUTH CENTRES DEPENDED ON

THE ACTIVE PARTICIPATION AND CO-OPERATION OF THE CHILDREN AND THE IR PARENTS.

MR LAW SAID: THE SHEK WAI KOK CHILDREN'S CENTRE IS SET UP ACCORDING TO EXISTING WELFARE POLICY THAT A CHILDREN'S AND YOUTH CENTRE SHOULD BE PROVIDED FOR EVERY 20 000 POPULATION.+

APART FROM THIS CENTRE, SERVICES PROVIDED IN THE ESTATE INCLUDE YOUTH CENTRE, SOCIAL CENTRE FOR THE ELDERLY, HOSTEL FOR THE ELDERLY AND SHELTERED WORKSHOP.

THERE WERE 35 ORGANISATIONS CATERING FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTHS, AND OVER 170 SUBVENTED CHILDREN'S AND YOUTH CENTRES, WITH MORE THAN 900 SOCIAL WORKERS AND SOME 150 000 MEMBERS, HE SAID.

CHARITY WALKERS URGED NOT TO LITTER I.E.C.

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THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT TODAY CALLED ON PEOPLE TAKING PART IN TOMORROW'S BIG CHARITY WALK ALONG THE ISLAND EASTERN CORRIDOR NOT TO LEAVE A TRAIL OF LITTER.

+LITTER-BINS WILL BE SPECIALLY PROVIDED BY THE DEPARTMENT ALONG THE FIVE-KILOMETRE ROUTE,+ SAID A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT.

STARTING FROM 6.30 A.M. TOMORROW, A 20-MEMBER USD SQUAD WILL PUT IN PLACE ABOUT 100 LARGE LITTER-BINS ALONG THE

ISLAND EASTERN CORRIDOR BETWEEN VICTORIA PARK AND SHAU KEI WAN.

ADDITIONALLY, TWO USD MOBILE FLUSHING TOILETS WILL BE STATIONED AT TAIKOO SHING, WHILE SIGNS WILL BE PUT UP AT THE FINISHING POINT IN SHAU KEI WAN SHOWING THE WAY TO THE NEAREST PUBLIC CONVENIENCES.

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