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FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1990

"THE PRINCIPLE OF THE PROFESSIONAL SOCIAL WORKER AND VOLUNTEERS FORMING AN INTEGRAL TEAM TO PROVIDE SERVICES IS A IMPORTANT ONE.

**I AM PLEASED TO SEE THAT THE AGENCY HAS PROMOTED SUCCESS THIS FINE TRADITION HERE IN HONG KONG, SIR DAVID SAID.

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HE NOTED THAT OVER 1,300 VOLUNTEERS WERE ACTIVELY INVOLVED HELPING SOMB 230 CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS AND THE WORK OF THE AGENCY EXTENDED TO ORGANISING ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH, SERVING THE ELDERLY AND THE DISABLED, AND ASSISTING IN THE REHABILITATION OF THE HANDICAPPED AND DRUG ADDICTS.

THE CHIEF SECRETARY ALSO CONGRATULATED THE AGENCY ON THE COMMISSIONING OF THE NEW CENTRE FOR THE ELDERLY IN SAI YING PUN EARLIER THIS YEAR AND FOR INITIATING THE WOMEN VOLUNTEER IN ACTION PROGRAMME IN TAIKOO SHING.

GROUPS ΤΟ BEEN VERY

"I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS PROJECT TO MOBILISE WOMEN'S HELP SERVE THE ELDERLY IN THEIR NEIGHBOURHOODS HAS SUCCESSFUL AND THAT THE AGENCY HAS PLANS TO EXTEND THIS TO DISTRICTS, HE SAID.

SIR DAVID SAID VOLUNTEER WORK NOT ONLY HELPED THOSE NEEDED THE SERVICE BUT JUST AS IMPORTANTLY IT BENEFITTED VOLUNTEERS THEMSELVES, AND THROUGH THE CARE AND CONCERN GIVEN RECEIVED THE WHOLE COMMUNITY CAME CLOSER TOGETHER.

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"I HAVE NO DOUBT AT ALL, HAVING SPENT A LITTLE TIME WITH YOU THIS AFTERNOON, THAT THE AGENCY FOR VOLUNTEER SERVICE WILL GO FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH, AND I'D LIKE TO EXTEND TO ALL OF YOU WHO SUPPORT ITS WORK MY VERY BEST WISHES FOR THE FUTURE, HE ADDED.

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POLICE STATEMENT ABOUT VBP AT HIGH ISLAND

IN RESPONSE TO MEDIA REPORTS TODAY

(FRIDAY) THAT VIETNAMESE

ISOLATION

BOAT PEOPLE WERE BEING IMPRISONED INDEFINITELY IN A SPECIAL HUT AT HIGH ISLAND, A POLICE SPOKESMAN MADE THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT :

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OWN

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WHICH OF OTHER

INPUT MAJOR THE VIETNAMESE AT HIGH ISLAND HAVE

FORUM THROUGH MANAGEMENT OF THE CENTRE BY MEANS OF THEIR COMPLAINTS ARE RECEIVED REGARDING THE ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR MEMBERS OF THE COUMMUNITY. FOLLOWING MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATION OF THESE COMPLAINTS AND POLICE INFORMATION ON THOSE INVOLVED IN DISTURBANCES, SOME PEOPLE ARE MOVED TO AN AREA WHICH IS FENCED OFF FROM THE REST THE CENTRE BUT IS STILL PART OF IT.

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/HIGH ISLAND