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SUNDAY, AUGUST 12, 1990

YOUNGSTERS URGED TO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN VOLUNTEER SERVICES

THE

OF

SOCIAL

WELFARE, MR DIRECTOR ASSISTANT ACTING MAN-PAN, TODAY (SUNDAY) CALLED ON YOUNGSTERS TO ACTIVELY TAKE PART VOLUNTEER SERVICES.

LOK

IN

ON

HE MADE THE APPEAL WHEN ADDRESSING THE OPENING OF A SEMINAR

ON EAST THE SWD'S WORKING GROUP VOLUNTEER SERVICES ORGANISED BY KOWLOON REGIONAL YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME.

FACING "YOUNG PEOPLE WILL BE UNDERGOES RAPID CHANGES IN THE 90'S,

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MORE HE SAID.

AS CHALLENGES

HONG KONG

"THEREFORE,

BEEN HAVE

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AGENCIES YOUNGSTERS IN AN EFFORT TO ENHANCE THEIR SOCIAL OF RESPONSIBILITY.

AND DEPARTMENT THE SOCIAL WELFARE

FOR PROGRAMMES TRAINING VARIOUS ORGANISING

AWARENESS AND SENSE

VOLUNTARY

MR LOK NOTED THAT MORE AND

VOLUNTARY SERVICES COMMENDED.

IN RECENT

MORE YOUNG PEOPLE TOOK PART IN

THAT THIS SHOULD ADDING YEARS,

BE

HE URGED THE PARTICIPANTS TO MAKE BETTER USE OF TIME BY TAKING PART IN VOLUNTARY SERVICES.

THEIR LEISURE

KOWLOON WORKERS,

THE EAST FROM MORE THAN 170 YOUNGSTERS COMPRISING VOLUNTEERS,

LEADERS AND COMMUNITY TODAY'S SEMINAR, WHICH INCLUDED GROUP DISCUSSIONS PRINCIPAL LECTURER OF HONG KONG CITY POLYTECHNIC, AND A VOLUNTEER OF THE GROUP WORK UNIT OF KWUN TONG COMMUNITY MR MAN KA-WING.

REGION, ATTENDED

AND TALKS BY A MRS AGNES YEUNG, CENTRE,

SPECIALLY-DESIGNED TEXTBOOKS FOR YOUNG INMATES

THE

CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT (CSD) HAS MADE A IMPROVEMENT IN ITS EDUCATION SERVICE TO YOUNG INMATES BY SET OF INNOVATIVE TEXTBOOKS FOR THEM.

THIS, IN RETURN, HAS RAISED THE INMATES' LEARNING

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCES.

TREMENDOUS PRODUCING A

ATTITUDE AND

BOOKLETS ON THREE TAILOR-MADE

THE SET OF TEXTBOOKS, WHICH CONSISTS OF 108 SUBJECTS - CHINESE LANGUAGE, ENGLISH AND MATHEMATICS, WAS FOR INMATES WITH AN EDUCATION LEVEL RANGING FROM PRIMARY 3 TO FORM 3.

OFFENDERS), MR PANG ACCORDING ΤΟ SENIOR SUPERINTENDENT (YOUNG SUNG-YUEN, THE LACK OF SUITABLE TEACHING MATERIALS HAD BEEN ONE OF THE MOST NOTABLE PROBLEMS IN PROVIDING EDUCATION SERVICE TO THE INMATES.

/"THE TEXTBOOKS