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Community and Youth Services

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In the social welfare field, physical facilities for

promoting community spirit are provided in community halls (1 for

each public housing estate with over 20,000 residents), estate

community centres (1 for each public housing estate with over

50,000 residents) and community centres (1 for every 100,000

people in areas not served by community halls and estate welfare

buildings). At present, there are altogether eight estate community

halls, eight estate community centres and seventeen community centres.

These centres provide the local population with readily available

social and recreational facilities and serve people of all age groups.

Using the facilities offered by these centres, the Social Welfare

Department and the voluntary agencies have been able to organise

community programmes, such as interest groups and good neighbourhood

projects, for the lcoal residents.

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To encourage young people to involve themselves in

worthwhile activities and interests, youth and children's centres

are provided on a more localised basis at the ratio of 1 centre for

each 20,000 population. There are now 108 youth centres for those

aged 15 to 24 and 99 children's centres for children age 8 to 14.

The Social Welfare Department, together with the voluntary agencies,

is largely responsible for the territory wide Summer Youth Programme

the Opportunities for Youth Scheme and the Youth Leadership Training

Scheme which, together, cater for almost a million young participants

in 1978.

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To develop and co-ordinate community and youth

services at the district level, 15 Community and Youth Officers

have been appointed since 1973.

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