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SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 1990

CHILD SPONSORSHIP SCHEME PRAISED

A CHILD SPONSORSHIP SCHEME BRING RUN BY A CHARITABLE ORGANISATION HELPED TO GIVE THE SPONSORED CHILDREN A SENSE OF LOVE AND AFFECTION THAT WAS SO IMPORTANT TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF EVERY CHILD, THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR M.D. CARTLAND, SAID TODAY

(SATURDAY).

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE PO LEUNG KUK SPONSORS' DAY AT QUEEN ELIZABETH STADIUM, MR CARTLAND NOTED THAT THE SCHEME ALSO GAVE THE CHILDREN AN OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP AND WIDEN RELATIONSHIPS WITH MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.

WHILE SAYING THAT CHILD CARE AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN HAD ALWAYS COMMANDED A HIGH PRIORITY IN OUR COMMUNITY, HE ADDED THAT THE SCHEME NOT ONLY BROUGHT HAPPINESS TO THE CHILDREN IN CARE, BUT ALSO HELPED TO PREPARE THE CHILDREN FOR THEIR EVENTUAL REINTEGRATION INTO SOCIETY.

IN CONCLUSION, MR CARTLAND EXPRESSED HIS DEEP APPRECIATION то THE SPONSORS FOR THEIR GENEROSITY, AS WELL AS THEIR CONCERN FOR THE CHILDREN.

MENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION PROMOTION IN KWUN TONG

A SERIES OF PROGRAMMES AIMED AT PROMOTING MENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION AND KNOWLEDGE OF MENTAL ILLNESS AMONG SECONDARY STUDENTS AND SCHOOL PERSONNEL IN KWUN TONG WILL BE ORGANISED LATER THIS YEAR.

THIS WAS SAID TODAY (SATURDAY) BY THE EAST KOWLOON REGIONAL OFFICER OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, MR LOK MAN-PAN, AT THE OPENING OF A SEMINAR ON MENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION HELD AT A TSIM SHA TSUI HOTEL.

THE SEMINAR WAS ORGANISED BY THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT COMMITTEE ON PROMOTION OF MENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED EARLY THIS YEAR.

ITS MEMBERS ARE REPRESENTATIVES FROM VOUNTARY WELFARE AGENCIES AND SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT, AS WELL AS OFFICERS FROM THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT.

MR LOK SAID: "WE CHOSE STUDENTS AS OUR TARGET GROUP BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO FACE PRESSURES FROM SCHOOL AND OPEN EXAMINATIONS AS WELL AS A CHANGING SOCIETY.

"WE HOPE