gates the family circumstances of workers killed or severely disabled in industrial accidents, and advises on the best form and frequency of payments under the Workmen's Compensation Ordinance, in the interests of the beneficiaries. 110 cases of fatal and 13 of non-fatal accident were investigated, compared with 122 and 26 respectively in the previous year. In addition, 315 earlier cases were reviewed.
CHAPTER VIII
YOUTH WELFARE
77. Youth Welfare measures in previous years have been aimed largely at the improvement and expansion of services for young people aged 8 to 15 who could not get into school. The steadily improving prospect of securing a place in primary school for every child within that age group has made it possible for more attention to be directed to older age groups during the past year.
78. An important place in this new endeavour is occupied by the Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups, which was formed in 1961 and will shortly be opening its first five youth centres. The aims of the Federation for young people of 14 upwards are parallel with those of the Boys' and Girls' Clubs Association for younger children. The co-ordination of youth welfare activities generally has been for some years a function of the Hong Kong Conference of Youth Organizations, a consultative body comprising voluntary youth agencies and three Government Departments, which also runs youth camps. The impending legal incorporation of the Conference will provide it with a firmer basis for dealing with the problems in its field.
79. The Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme, which was energetic- ally launched in 1962, has already proved its appeal and value as a challenge to the initiative, fitness and skill of young people in leisure time pursuits. Interest in the Scheme was greatly stimulated when H.E. the Governor presented 31 Bronze and 4 Silver Awards to boys aged 14 to 19 on 15th January, 1963, the first such occasion for the Scheme in Hong Kong. The 250 boys who have entered for the scheme since its inception in Hong Kong about 18 months ago were drawn from the Hong Kong Sea School, the Methodist College, the Stanley Training Centre and the Practical Training Centre at Wong Tai Sin. Having made a very successful start with boys already grouped in an existing institution or class, the Operating Committee for Hong Kong intends that the Scheme should go forward to attract young workers and others
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