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SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1992

TO

FACILITATE

ACCESS

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COVERED THE PODIUM OF THE ADJACENT NAM FUNG STATION AND BUS TERMINUS

TO THE BUILDING, BETTER PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY CANTILEVERED FROM THE SECOND FLOOR OF

WALKWAY EXISTING WILL LINK UP WITH THE CENTRE AND TSUEN KAM CENTRE WHERE THE MTR

ARE LOCATED.

IS

ΤΟ DESIGNED

ACCOMMODATE

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THE TSUEN WAN CENTRAL LIBRARY TOTAL STOCK OF 300,000 BOOKS, EXPANDABLE TO ACCOMMODATE UP TO 500,000.

ADULT

LIBRARY,

JUNIOR

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AN

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LIBRARY, IT WILL CONSIST OF

LIBRARY, PERIODICALS REFERENCE

A LIBRARY,

AND NEWSPAPERS AUDIO-VISUAL LIBRARY, A COMPUTER ROOM, A 180-SEAT STUDENTS' STUDY ROOM AND AN EXTENSION ACTIVITIES ROOM.

THE THIRD OF ITS KIND RUN BY THE REGIONAL COUNCIL, THE WILL BE THE LARGEST IN THE COUNCIL'S AREA.

LIBRARY

LADY WILSON OPENS NEW YOUTH CENTRE

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OF

THE NEW FONG SHU CHUEN CHILDREN AND YOUTH CENTRE WOULD PROVIDE WELL-PLANNED FACILITIES TO MEET THE SOCIAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL NEEDS MANY YOUNG PEOPLE, LADY WILSON SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

AT WHAMPOA NEEDED то ENSURE RESPONSIBLE, AND CONTRIBUTING

OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE CENTRE GARDEN, SHE SAID SPECIAL CARE AND ATTENTION WERE YOUNG PEOPLE DEVELOP MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.

INTO

MATURE,

ECONOMIC AND

ARE FOR THE то COME,

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"AS HONG KONG ENTERS A PERIOD OF RAPID SOCIAL, POLITICAL CHANGES, IT IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT THAT YOUNG PEOPLE

THEM TO PREPARE GIVEN

AND THE SUPPORT

OPPORTUNITIES RESPONSIBILITIES THAT THEY MAY HAVE TO CARRY IN THE YEARS LADY WILSON SAID.

NEIGHBOURHOOD ACTIVITIES

CHILDREN AND YOUTH CENTRES ARE ESTABLISHED ON A BASIS TO ENABLE YOUNG PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN WORTHWHILE AND TO ALLOW THEM TO ORGANISE THEIR OWN GROUPS.

SHE SAID ONE OF THE MAIN OBJECTIVES OF PROMOTE VOLUNTEERISM AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE.

THESE

CENTRES WAS ΤΟ

OPPORTUNITY FOR

SHE SAID.

"PARTICIPATION IN VOLUNTEER WORK PROVIDES AN THE DEVELOPMENT AND SELF-REALISATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE,

THROUGH

VOLUNTEER

WORK,

YOUNG

PEOPLE

THEIR

COULD EXPRESS CONCERN FOR SOCIAL PROBLEMS, PARTICIPATE IN THE PROMOTION OF THE WELL- BEING OF SOCIETY, AND LEARN TO CARE FOR AND SHARE WITH OTHERS.

"VOLUNTEER WORK FOSTERS A SENSE OF CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY AND COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY THEY LIVE IN.

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