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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1987

YOUTHS SHOULD HELP BUILD OUR TOMORROW

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YOUNG

HAVE PEOPLE

AN OBLIGATION

TOWARDS THE

SOCIETY

AND

SHOULD HELP BUILD HONG KONG'S FUTURE, LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR,

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MRS ROSANNA TAM, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

OF THE

MRS TAM WAS THE GUEST OF HONOUR AT THE CHRISTMAS PARTY SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S MA TAU WEI GIRLS' HOME IN HO MAN TIN.

RESIDENTS, MRS ADDRESSING THE

TAM SAID THAT ALTHOUGH

NOWADAYS

HAD YOUNG PEOPLE

BETTER

AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES

THEY MATERIAL LIVING,

WERE ALSO FACED WITH MORE PRESSURE AND TEMPTATIONS.

"THEY WILL FEEL LONELY AND HELPLESS WHEN ENCOUNTERED EITHER ACADEMICALLY OR EMOTIONALLY,' SHE SAID.

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"HOWEVER, THESE PROBLEMS CAN BE OVERCOME WITH THE SOCIETY AND THE FAMILY, SHE ADDED.

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SETBACKS

THE SUPPORT OF

BOTH EDUCATIONAL YOUNG PEOPLE BY THE

SHE OBSERVED THAT A WIDE RANGE OF SERVICES

WAS BEING RECREATIONAL

OFFERED TO GOVERNMENT AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES.

AND

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BY SOCIAL WORK

SUPPLEMENTED THESE WERE CASEWORK AND GROUP COUNSELLING, SCHOOL SOCIAL WORK SERVICES, MRS TAM SAID.

AS

SUCH SERVICES, SOCIAL WORK AND OUTREACHING

HOME TO EXERCISE SHE ALSO ENCOURAGED RESIDENTS OF THE GIRLS' SELF-DISCIPLINE AND TURN A NEW LEAF IN THEIR LIVES. WITH THE CARE

THEY SHOULD BE ABLE CONCERN OF THEIR FAMILIES AND THE SOCIETY, SEEK A BETTER TOMORROW.

AND TO

SECOND PHASE OF MACAU VISITORS SCHEME

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THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (FRIDAY) THAT THE SECOND PHASE OF THE MACAU VISITORS SCHEME WILL BE INTRODUCED FROM JANUARY 1 TO ALLOW EX-CHINA RESIDENTS IN MACAU WHO HAVE LIVED IN MACAU FOR FIVE YEARS SINCE JANUARY 14, 1979 TO VISIT HONG KONG.

APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED FROM RESIDENTS OF MACAU WHOSE MACAU IDENTITY CARDS WERE ISSUED AFTER JANUARY 14, 1979 AND WHO CAN SHOW THAT THEY HAVE BEEN LIVING IN MACAU FOR AT LEAST FIVE YEARS AT THE DATE OF APPLICATION.

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