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WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 1986

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THE BUTTERFLY ESTATE CENTRE IS THE SIXTH CHILDREN'S AND YOUTH CENTRE PUN BY THE SALVATION ARMY IN HONG KONG, AND HAS BEEN DEVELOPED WITH A $923 500 GRANT FROM THE LOTTERIES FUND.

+ I AM SURE THAT THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE USED THE CENTRE SINCE IT COMMENCED OPERATIONS IN DECEMBER 1985, AND THOSE WHO USE IT IN FUTURE, WILL FIND OPPORTUNITIES FOR MAKING FRIENDS AND ESTABLISHING NEW INTERESTS AS WELL AS THE CHANCE FOR SELF DEVELOPMENT, MRS CHAN SAID.

TO ENCOURAGE YOUNG PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN ACTIVITIES IN THE CENTRE, YOUTH WORKERS NEED TO DEVELOP PROGRAMMES THAT ARE STIMULATING, WELL ORGANISED AND SENSITIVE TO THE NEEDS OF THE YOUNG WHO ARE EXPOSED TO DIFFERENT PATTERNS OF SOCIAL AND CULTURAL BEHAVIOUR.

YOUTH WORKERS SHOULD ALSO BE PREPARED TO REACH OUT TO THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE LESS LIKELY TO ATTEND ORGANISED ACTIVITIES, MRS CHAN ADDED.

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME TO BE DISCUSSED

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MEMBERS OF THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT BOARD ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE WILL MEET TOMORROW (THURSDAY) TO DISCUSS PROPOSED PROGRAMME OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT ACTIVITIES FOR 1986-87.

THESE PROJECTS INCLUDE CLEARING BACK LANES, TIDYING-UP CLEARED LANES PROVIDING SITTING-OUT FACILITIES ON A CLEARED SITE AT MODEL VILLAGE AND THE INSTALLATION OF FOUR DIRECTORY BOARDS.

THE DISTRICT BOARD HAS ENDORSED THE ALLOCATION OF $350 000 FOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS IN THIS FINANCIAL YEAR.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT BOARD SECRETARIAT SAID THAT ANOTHER $466 000 HAD BEEN EARMARKED TO CARRY OUT FOUR PROJECTS THIS YEAR WHICH HAD BEEN ENDORSED TOWARDS THE END OF 1985-86.

THESE INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION OF FOOTSTEPS ON A SLOPE BETWEEN HO MAN TIN STREET AND HO MAN TIN HILL ROAD. THE PROJECT, AT THE COST OF $184 000, WILL PROVIDE A PROPER FLIGHT OF STAIRS ON THE SLOPE WHICH IS STEEP AND COVERED WITH SCRUBS AND MOSS, AND HAS BEEN EXTENSIVELY USED BY RESIDENTS AS A SHORT CUT.

ANOTHER PROJECT IS THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC STREET LIGHTS IN LAI CHI YUEN, HO KAR YUEN AND HAU WONG TEMPLE NEW VILLAGE. THE PROJECT WILL COST $205 000.

/BOARD MEMBERS ....