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SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 1969

THEIR ABOUT

ALL

ON

"THE OYS OFFERS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUTHS TO BROADEN SCOPE OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE, TO HAVE BETTER UNDERSTANDING

NECESSARY PEOPLE AND THE COMMUNITY, AND TO ENABLE THEM TO ACHIEVE THE

PERSONAL

AND GROWTH

DEVELOPMENT, WHICH SATISFACTION FOR

ARE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS IN PREPARATION AS GOOD AND CONTRIBUTIVE MEMBEES THE COMMUNITY, MR LAW SAID.

THE 1988-89 HONG KONG BEST OYS WAS AWARDED TO A YOUTH GROUP

IN SERVICES ΤΟ THE YMCA IN SAU MAU PING, KWUN TONG FOR ITS PROJECT BLIND.

OF

YOUTH GROUPS FROM 19

DISTRICTS ALSO TOOK PART IN A PANEL DISPLAY COMPETITION TO EXHIBIT THE PROJECTS THEY HAD DONE.

COMMITTEE ON THE OF THE

PROMOTION OF THE CHAIRMAN

CIV AL90 OFFICIATED AT TODAY'S CEREMONY EDUCATION, DR DANIEL TSE, WHO

CONCERNED TO FACILITATE AND ENCOURAGE URGED VARIOUS ORGANISATIONS YOUTHS TO TAKE AN ACTIVE PART IN COMMUNITY WORK.

AND

ON THE PART OF GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, VOLUNTARY AGENCIES,

THE MASS MEDIA DR TSE INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL ORGANISATIONS AND NOTED THAT THEIR FINANCIAL AND LOGISTIC SUPPORT COULD ASSIST YOUTHS TO REALISE THEIR IDEALS.

A GOOD HE ALSO NOTED THAT THE OYS OPERATED BY THE SWD HAD SET

AND TO FOLLOW

HOPED THAT OTHER ORGANISATIONS EXAMPLE FOR OTHERS CONCERNED COULD FOLLOW SUIT.

MIDDLE-AGED VOLUNTEERS ARE A TREASURE TO THE SOCIETY

*

THE

MIDDLE-AGED VOLUNTEERS COULD BE A TREASURS TO THE SOCIETY,

WELFARE, MR ALFRED CHUI, SAID TODAY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL

(SATURDAY).

SPEAKING

AT

THE

GRADUATION

CEREMONY

OF

THE "WIDENING FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE 50 PLUS" ORGANISED BY HONG KONG SOCIETY

THESE MIDDLE-AGED VOLUNTEERS COULD AGED, MR CHUI POINTED OUT THAT BECOME DYNAMIC HUMAN RESOURCES IF THEY ARE UNDER PROPER GUIDANCE.

HE SAID: "MIDDLE AGE, OFTEN REFERRED TO AS THE PRIME IMPLIES THAT A PERSON MAY HAVE PROFOUND EXPERIENCE IN LIFE, AND CAPABLE OF PROVIDING SERVICES TO THE ELDERLY.

OF LIFE, ENERGETIC

"PEOPLE OFTEN ASSOCIATE VOLUNTEERS WITH YOUTHS IN THE OLD DAYS, IT IS NO LONGER A MONOPOLISED BUT THE SITUATION HAS CHANGED AND SERVICE AS MIDDLE-AGED VOLUNTEERS ARE PLAYING AN ACTIVE ROLE.

"VOLUNTEER SERVICES