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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1990

"COMMUNITY EDUCATION PROGRAMMES SUCH AS THIS FESTIVAL HAVE AN IMPORTANT ROLE TO PLAY IN DRAWING ATTENTION ΤΟ THE NEEDS OF THE EDLERLY, RE-AFFIRMING THE TRADITIONAL VALUES OF CARE AND RESPECT FOR THE ELDERLY, AND ENCOURAGING AND CHANNELLING SUPPORT FOR THE ELDERLY FROM THE COMMUNITY, HE SAID.

MR CARTLAND PAID TRIBUTE TO THE HONG KONG COUNCIL OF SOCIAL SERVICE FOR ITS EFFORTS IN ORGANISING THIS YEAR'S FESTIVAL FOR THE ELDERLY.

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"THE FESTIVAL, AS A TERRITORY-WIDE COMMUNITY EDUCATION PROGRAMME, HAS REGULARLY ATTRACTED THE SUPPORT AND PARTICIPATION OF GREAT MANY COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS, DISTRICT BODIES, VOLUNTARY GROUPS, GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE PUBLIC, HE ADDED.

COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT BY BOYS' HOME WINS AWARD

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TEAM

AWARD OF

A COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT BY A

FROM THE CASTLE PEAK BOYS' HOME OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT HAS CLINCHED AN OUTSTANDING SERVICES PROJECT FOR THE ELDERLY.

RECEIVED

THE

THE YOUNGSTERS WERE EXALTED WITH PRIDE WHEN THEY AWARD AT A PRESENTATION CEREMONY AT VICTORIA PARK TODAY (SUNDAY).

THE CONTEST, ORGANISED BY SERVICE, RECEIVED 13 ENTRIES THE TERRITORY.

KONG

OF COUNCIL

SOCIAL YOUTH GROUPS THROUGHOUT

THE HONG FROM VARIOUS

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WINNING TEAM SAID: A MEMBER OF THE ENCOURAGEMENT TO US AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO SERVICE.

"THE AWARD IS A REAL TAKE PART IN COMMUNITY

IN

NEARBY

DURING THIS SUMMER, THE BOYS HELPED A LONE OLD WOMAN LIVING

REPAIR HER HUT AND THE A REMOTE VILLAGE IN CASTLE PEAK TO ACCESS ROADS.

POINTED OUT THAT A SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN AND GIRLS OF THE DEPARTMENT'S RESIDENTIAL INSTITUTIONS REGULARLY PART IN COMMUNITY SERVICE.

BOYS FROM

BOYS TOOK

ANOTHER PROJECT WAS AN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OPERATION CARRIED OUT BY A GROUP OF

0 PUI SHAN BOYS' HOME THIS

SUMMER," HE SAID.

"THEIR EFFORTS IN IMPROVING THE LIVING ENVIRONMENT OF CHEUNG HANG VILLAGE IN KWAI TSING

DISTRICT

WERE MUCH

APPRECIATED BY

THE

VILLAGERS,"

/THE SPOKESMAN