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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1990

YOUNGSTERS URGED TO TAKE AN ACTIVE ROLE IN COMMUNITY SERVICES

LOCAL YOUNGSTERS WERE TODAY (SUNDAY) URGED TO ROLE IN COMMUNITY SERVICES.

TAKE AN ACTIVE

WELFARE, MR AT WU KAI YOUTH OFFICES

THE PLEA WAS MADE BY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL ALEXANDER FUNG, WHEN ADDRESSING THE CLOSING OF A DAY CAMP SHA YOUTH CAMP, ORGANISED BY THE DEPARTMENT'S DISTRICT ON HONG KONG ISLAND.

AN PROVIDED

OPPORTUNITY FOR THE HE NOTED THAT THE DAY CAMP

500 PEOPLE WHO WERE PARTICIPANTS WHICH INCLUDED 100 VOLUNTEERS AND

UNITS CLIENTS OF THE FAMILY SERVICES CENTRES OR SOCIAL SECURITY FIELD OF THE DEPARTMENT.

HAD

AND COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING "THE VOLUNTEERS' COOPERATION

PARTICIPATION IN BROUGHT THE GATHERING A GREAT SUCCESS. I HOPE THEIR

FURTHER AROUSE SUCH ACTIVITIES CAN HELP DEVELOP THEIR LEADERSHIP AND THEIR CONCERN WITH THE COMMUNITY," SAID MR FUNG.

SPEAKING EARLIER,

THE AT

THAT

OPENING OF A

DEVELOPMENT YOUTH IN THE ROYAL HONG KONG

ΤΟ HAD

FACE YOUNGSTERS

MORE

PROGRAMME SEMINAR AT THE SHA TIN CLUBHOUSE

CLUB,

MR FUNG

JOCKEY CHALLENGES IN THE 90S.

NOTED

OF

"IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE TO BEAR A GOOD SENSE ĈIVIC RESPONSIBILITY IN A BID TO CONTINUE MAINTAINING THE TERRITORY'S

IMPROVEMENTS TO FURTHER

PROSPERITY AND STABILITY AND COMMUNITY," HE STRESSED.

TO MAKE

HE POINTED OUT THAT THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT IS GREAT IMPORTANCE TO YOUTH SERVICES.

THE

ATTACHING

POLICIES, DEVELOPMENT DIRECTIONS "IN ADDITION TO INTRODUCING

OFFER SUBVENTIONS TO NON-GOVERNMENT AND SERVICES PATTERN, WE ALSO ORGANISATIONS TO RUN VARIOUS SERVICES FOR THE YOUTH," HE ADDED.

MEANWHILE, THE REGIONAL OFFICER

(NEW TERRITORIES WEST), MR OF ANOTHER YOUTH DEVELOPMENT ANTHONY CHAN, SPEAKING AT THE OPENING

HILLTOP COUNTRY PROGRAMME SEMINAR HELD AT THE CONFERENCE HALL OF THE CLUB IN TSUEN WAN, APPEALED TO THE PUBLIC TO PARTICIPATE IN SERVICES.

COMMUNITY

EXPECTATIONS

ACTIVELY TAKE PART

"I HOPE THAT THE PARTICIPANTS COULD KNOW WELL THE OF LOCAL RESIDENTS THROUGH THE SEMINAR AND WOULD IN COMMUNITY WORK IN THE FUTURE,

HE SAID.

SEMINARS,

EAST

AND

ORGANISED WEST

MORE THAN 240 YOUNGSTERS ATTENDED THE TWO

TERRITORIES

BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE

DEPARTMENT'S

DISTRICT YOUTH OFFICES.

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