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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1988

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COMMUNITY SUPPORT ESSENTIAL FOR YOUTH SERVICES

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AN

IMPORTANT SUPPORT AND CO-OPERATION FROM THE COMMUNITY HAVE

OF EFFECTIVENESS

YOUTH SERVICES, ASSISTANT BEARING ON, THE OVERALL DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR KWOK KA-CHI, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).

A SEMINAR ON "SERVICE SPEAKING AT

POLICY FOR THE YOUTH" KWOK NOTED ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG JUNIOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, MR

PEOPLE TO THAT YOUTH INVOLVEMENT IN THE SOCIAL WELFARE ENABLED YOUNG

THROUGH SOCIAL WORK METHODS DEVELOP THEIR ABILITIES AND POTENTIALS AND WELFARE SERVICES.

THIS

ALSO GIVES RECOGNITION RESOURCES OF OUR SOCIETY, HE SAID.

YOUTH

THAT

YOUNG PEOPLE ARE THE

SERVICES RENDERED IN SOCIAL FOUR TYPES, NAMELY DEVELOPMENTAL,

MR KWOK POINTED OUT THAT WELFARE COULD BE CLASSIFIED INTO PREVENTIVE, PROTECTIVE AND REMEDIAL.

UNDER THE DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES WERE CHILDREN AND YOUTH GROUPS WHILE PREVENTIVE SERVICES COMPRISED CENTRE AND OTHER YOUTH OUTREACHING SCHOOL WORK AND SCHOOL SOCIAL WORK.

"THERE IS ONE CHILDREN AND

YOUTH CENTRE FOR EVERY

DISTRICT 231 SUCH CENTRES

WITH 20,000 TO 30,000 POPULATION AND THERE ARE NOW

中中 MR KWOK SAID.

WITH A TOTAL MEMBERSHIP OF SOME 275,000,

THERE ARE

MORE

THAN

MEMBERS 70,000

IN THE

"IN ADDITION, UNIFORM GROUPS AND SOME 10,000 PEOPLE ARE BEING SERVED BY OUTREACHING

HE SAID. SERVICE AND SCHOOL SOCIAL WORK,

"THESE FIGURES ALONE CAN

THE TELL

EXTENT AND

INFLUENCE

OF

YOUTH WORK.

"MORE IMPORTANTLY, THERE ARE

PROFESSIONAL SOCIAL WORKERS то GIVE INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS EVERY NECESSARY GUIDANCE AND ASSISTANCE.

EXPENDITURE FOR 20 PER CENT

"IN THE CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR, THE ESTIMATED THESE SERVICES EXCEEDS $240 MILLION, REPRESENTING ABOUT OF WELFARE EXPENDITURE," HE ADDED.

ACHIEVE ITS THE FAMILY FOR YOUNG

STRESSING THAT DEVELOPMENTAL YOUTH WORK COULD NOT

GUIDANCE OF OBJECTIVE WITHOUT THE RESPONSE, SUPPORT AND AND THE COMMUNITY, MR KWOK SAID THAT IT WAS ALSO NECESSARY PEOPLE TO SEEK OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY PROJECTS.

SCHOOL SOCIAL WORK HAD WORK WAS MAKING OUTREACHING

ON PREVENTIVE SERVICES, HE SAID THAT

WHILE EVERY SCHOOL

BEEN EXTENDED TO STEADY PROGRESS.

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