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(6) Provision for Leisure and the Environment Leisure
63.
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Most people want more for themselves and their children than
just a crime-free, comparatively clean environment with easy access to
the Government for consultation or complaint. They need to enjoy
their leisure. This is a comparatively new concept for Government
activity in Hong Kong, but with affluence and more holidays the need
for it has grown with remarkable speed.
Youth and Recreation
64.
It is particularly important to organise activities for young
people because half our population is under 25 and 1.47 million are
between the ages of 6 and 21. I wonder if it is realised how much is
already being done for this age group? The active membership of
organisations providing regular activities for young perple such as the
Scouts, Girl Guides, voluntary agencies, various cadet cops, Junior
Police Call, community youth clubs, is well over 400,00, Add the
300,000 w10 will to catered for this year by the new fecreation end
Sports Service and the 2 rillior who participatca in the 3 ronthe summer youth program and the scale of these activities becomes apparent.
contribution in this field of the Urban Council it inmence. To take
but one example the mumber of those taking part in its "Learn to Swim”
programme has quintupled in 5 years. To extim: be that chout one third
of all young people in the age group of 6 to 21 are taking part in some
form of organised youth or recreational activity, other than school
activities. And of course there are very many others to do so on a less
regular basis. While I think we have made a reasonably good start,
is an urgent need to push this process forward.
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