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MONDAY, MAY 24,

MAY 24, 1993

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COMMITTEE SET UP TO CO-ORDINATE SERVICES FOR YOUTH AT RISK

THE CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE FOR THE WELFARE OF CHILDREN YOUTH AT RISK, SET UP RECENTLY UNDER THE HEALTH AND WELFARE BRANCH

HELD CO-ORDINATE SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AT RISK, FIRST MEETING TODAY (MONDAY).

AND

ΤΟ

ITS

"YOUTH

SUICIDE, CHILD ABUSE AND PROBLEMS RELATED TO RISK SUCH AS YOUTH GANGS

HAVE CONSIDERABLE PUBLIC ATTENTION, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.

AND

SUBSTANCE ABUSE

YOUTH AT ATTRACTED

-

AND

"THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN CALLS FROM LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS

SET UP ORGANISATIONS FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO

A NON-GOVERNMENTAL CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE TO OVERSEE AND REVIEW SERVICES TO CHILDREN AND YOUTH AT RISK, HE ADDED.

THE CO-ORDINATING COMMITTER WILL FOCUS ON HELPING CHILDREN AND DISADVANTAGED YOUNG PEOPLE AGED 18 AND BELOW.

VULNERABLE

UNDER THE COMMITTEE, A NUMBER OF WORKING GROUPS WITH SEPARATE MEMBERSHIPS WILL BE FORMED TO DEAL WITH SPECIFIC PROBLEMS.

THE TERMS OF REFERENCE OF THE CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE ARE :

* TO PROTECT AND ASSIST DISADVANTAGED AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN AND YOUTH AGED 18 AND BELOW; TO FACILITATE AND ASSIST THEIR PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; AND GIVEN THE EXISTING POLICY DIRECTION, TO CO-ORDINATE SERVICES WITHIN THE RESOURCES REQUIRED; AND

*

OF TO ESTABLISH WORKING GROUPS TO CONSIDER SPECIFIC ASPECTS CHILDREN AND YOUTH NEEDS AND PROBLEMS DESCRIBED IN MORE GENERAL TERMS ABOVE; TO MONITOR THE PROGRESS

SUCH GROUPS; AND TO CONSIDER THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS.

OF

THE

[S COMMITTEE

CHAIRED BY THE SECRETARY WELFARE AND COMPRISES THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS:

THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE (VICE-CHAIRMAN)

THE HON ROSANNA WONG YIK-MING, OBE,

JP

THE HON HUI YIN-FAT, OBE, JP

FOR HEALTH

AND

SOCIAL

THE HON ERIC LI KA-CHEUNG, JF

DR DAVID FANG, JP

MR ROBERT LO (EDUCATION DEPARTMENT)

MR LEE STU-KIN (ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE)

REPRESENTATIVES

WELFARE

FROM

THE HEALTH AND WELFARK DEPARTMENT WILL ALSO ATTEND THE MEETINGS

PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT.

BRANCH

то

AND THE PROVIDE

/THE SPOKESMAN