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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1989

"OVER THE YEARS, THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR HAS MADE AN IMMENSE CONTRIBUTION IN THE PROVISION OF OUR WELFARE AND COMMUNITY SERVICES, HE SAID.

THE CHIEF SECRETARY SAID THE EMPLOYMENT SERVICE WAS ONE OF THE MANY SHINING EXAMPLES OF THE COUNCIL'S ACHIEVEMENTS.

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NOTING THAT HONG KONG HAD MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS IN THE YEARS SINCE THE EMPLOYMENT SERVICE STARTED, THE CHIEF SECRETARY SAID THE SUCCESS AND PROSPERITY OF A MODERN SOCIETY HAD ALSO BROUGHT WITH IT SOME OF THE STRESSES AND STRAINS OF RAPID DEVELOPMENT.

"BY INITIATING THE EMPLOYMENT SERVICE, THE COUNCIL IS HELPING TO MEET THE SPECIAL NEEDS OF THOSE GROUPS OF PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO REQUIRE SPECIAL CARE AND ATTENTION," SIR DAVID SAID.

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THESE INCLUDED DISCHARGED PRISONERS, REHABILITATED ADDICTS, PROBATIONERS, YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WERE AT RISK OR WERE UNDER AND PROTECTION ORDERS AND OTHERS WHO NEEDED SPECIAL HELP

CARE

TO SEEK EMPLOYMENT.

SIR DAVID SAID HE WAS PLEASED TO LEARN THAT THE SERVICE WAS ABLE TO ARRANGE JOB PLACEMENTS FOR OVER 92 PER CENT OF THE 600 PEOPLE REFERRED TO IT LAST YEAR, AND THAT THE SERVICE HAD BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN SECURING EMPLOYMENT FOR NEARLY ALL THE YOUNG PEOPLE AND PROBATIONERS WHO HAD SOUGHT HELP.

EMPLOYMENT HAS HELPED THESE

"I AM SURE THAT PRODUCTIVE INDIVIDUALS TREMENDOUSLY IN THEIR REHABILITATION INTO SOCIETY," HE SAID.

AND RE-INTEGRATION

'THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE EMPLOYMENT SERVICE WILL NOT HAVE BERN POSSIBLE WITHOUT CLOSE CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE

OF SOCIAL SERVICE, THE REFERRAL AGENCIES AND EMPLOYERS,

COUNCIL

AND

**THE CONCERN AND THE DETERMINATION TO HELP THOSE AMONG OUR COMMUNITY WHO ARE LESS FORTUNATE IS INDEED COMMENDABLE," SIR DAVID SAID.

CS PAYS TRIBUTE TO FRIENDS OF SCOUTING

ENCOURAGING

OF EXAMPLE

HOW DIFFERENT AGE

THE

OF FRIENDS

VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS

SCOUTING IS A PRIME

IN HONG KONG MINISTER TO THE GROUPS OF OUR SOCIETY. THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID FORD, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

AT THE

OF THE INTO A

CENTRES

SPEAKING

BALL 20TH ANNIVERSARY FUND RAISING FRIENDS OF SCOUTING, SIR DAVID SAID THE GROUP HAD BLOSSOMED

ORGANISATION PROUD

RUNNING A FULL RANGE OF RECREATIONAL, TRAINING AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES IN EIGHT CHILDREN AND YOUTH THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY.

/HE NOTED