XN000022-1991-03-09 — Page 9

SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 1991

YOUTH SERVICES BE RESPONSIVE TO CHANGING REQUIREMENTS

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IT IS IMPORTANT THAT SERVICES FOR YOUTH SHOULD BE RESPONSIVE

NEEDS TO THE CHANGING

AND ASPIRATIONS OF

OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR M.D. CARTLAND, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF A YOUTH COUNSELLING CENTRE OF THE HONG KONG FEDERATION OF YOUTH GROUPS OF TAI HANG TUNG ESTATE, SHAM SHUI PO, MR CARTLAND POINTED OUT THAT THIS WAS PARTICULARLY THE CASE IN AN ERA OF RAPID SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL CHANGE.

FOR THOSE WHO WERE CONFRONTED WITH PROBLEMS, YOUTH

AND GUIDANCE WOULD BE NECESSARY, HE STRESSED.

COUNSELLING

LIFE DURING

"YOUTH IS OFTEN REGARDED AS A TRAUMATIC PHASE OF WHICH YOUNG PEOPLE NOT ONLY HAVE TO GRAPPLE WITH RAPID SOCIAL AND RCONOMIC CHANGES, BUT THEY ALSO UNDERGO UNFAMILIAR PHYSICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL AND BEHAVIOURAL CHANGES, HE ADDED.

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IT WAS TO THEM THAT A CENTRE, SUCH AS THE ONE OPENED TODAY, COULD OFFER HOPE AND ASSISTANCE TO BUILD A BETTER LIFE IN FUTURE, HE ADDED.

HE NOTED THAT THE HONG KONG FEDERATION OF YOUTH GROUPS, SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 1960, HAD BEEN ONE OF THE MAIN PROVIDERS OF YOUTH SERVICES IN THE TERRITORY.

I AM SURE THE ORGANISATION WILL CONTINUE TO STRIVE TO PROVIDE OUR YOUNG PEOPLE WITH BETTER OPPORTUNITIES FOR SELF-FULFILMENT AND FOR SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY MR CARTLAND SAID.

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SOCIAL WORKERS TAKE LEAD TO HELP RE-INTEGRATE DISABLED PERSONS

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THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MRS ROSE GOODSTADT, TODAY (SATURDAY) APPEALED TO WORKERS OF SOCIAL WELFARE ESTABLISHMENTS TO TAKE THE LEAD TO HELP THE RE-INTEGRATION OF DISABLED PEOPLE INTO THE COMMUNITY.

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF A CHILDREN AND YOUTH CENTRE OF THE HONG KONG PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED AND ABLED BODY ASSOCIATION AT CITY ONE SHA TIN, MRS GOODSTADT POINTED OUT THAT THE RE-INTEGRATION OF THE DISABLED PEOPLE INTO THE COMMUNITY WAS THE PRIME OBJECTIVE OF THE SOCIETY.

"TO ACHIEVE THE AJN, WELFARE ESTABLISHMENTS LEAD TO HELP THE DISABLED, SHE SAID.

SHOULD TAKE THE

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