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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1986

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A $1 MILLION CONTRACT WAS AWARDED TO SHANGHAI BROTHERS' CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION TO IMPROVE THE REPORT ROOM, CELLS, CID OFFICES, BARRACKS AND LAUNDRY.

WORK WILL START THIS WEEK AND TAKE ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS TO COMPLETE.

ANOTHER TWO CONTRACTS, TOTALLING ABOUT $1.4 MILLION, WERE AWARDED TO JARDINE ENGINEERING CORPORATION LIMITED AND EMPIRE ENGINEERING COMPANY LIMITED FOR THE AIR-CONDITIONING AND ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION.

THE POLICE STATION WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE THE PUBLIC WHILE RENOVATION WORK IS GOING ON.

CENTRES HELP CHILDREN TO DEVELOP

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THERE ARE 38 WELFARE AGENCIES ENGAGING IN YOUTH WORK IN HONG KONG AND THEY OPERATE 170 CHILDREN AND YOUTH CENTRES WITH SUBVENTION FROM THE GOVERNMENT, THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MRS ANSON CHAN, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).

SHE WAS OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE SHAN KING CHILDREN AND YOUTH CENTRE OPERATED BY THE HONG KONG-MACAU CONFERENCE OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS IN TUEN MUN.

+ THE PURPOSE OF SETTING UP CHILDREN AND YOUTH CENTRES IS TO ENABLE YOUNG PEOPLE TO DEVELOP THEIR INTERESTS, CHARACTER AND POTENTIAL THROUGH PARTICIPATION IN GROUP RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND ALSO TO WIDEN THEIR HORIZON AND ENHANCE THEIR SOCIALISATION SKILLS, + MRS CHAN SAID.

SHE NOTED THAT MORE THAN 900 YOUTH SOCIAL WORKERS WERE SERVING IN THESE CENTRES WHICH HAD ABOUT 150 000 MEMBERS.

THE SHAN KING CHILDREN AND YOUTH CENTRE, WHICH OPENED IN 1984, WAS ESTABLISHED WITH AN ALLOCATION OF $740 000 FROM THE GOVERNMENT LOTTERIES FUND AND HAS BEEN RECEIVING GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE TOWARDS ITS RECURRENT EXPENSES SINCE OCTOBER LAST YEAR.

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