APPENDIX 6—Contd.
approach. We must make careful study of the human personality and of the consequences of economic pressures, of domestic and social pressures on the individual living in this energetic, striving community of Hong Kong. The social worker's method is that of the practising psychiatrist, and I hope that when, in a few minutes, you look inside this new building you will remember this. The purpose of this centre is to help human beings to grow in moral stature and depth of spirit. Traditional ways will be remembered, as they are similarly in the professions of teaching and medicine, but there is no intention of un- imaginatively, inflexibly preserving these ways if this has to be at the cost of new and proven techniques.
"The community of Kwun Tong has risen on over 400 acres of reformed and reclaimed land, and it has become an integral part of the developed area which the term Kowloon now covers. It is developing fast. Its population today is nearly 100,000 and, in 5 years' time, it will have risen to 350,000. It is so very important that we should nurture the new roots put down and, by helping to stimulate their growth, enable the people themselves to find ways of meeting their own social needs. Because of the different circumstances in different areas, the Director of Social Welfare and his colleagues have to adapt their pro- grammes to meet the needs of the particular community; in Kwun Tong the emphasis will be on children and youth, for there are over 20,000 children under 10 in this resettlement estate alone. The community of Kwun Tong is as new as the land it is built upon and the challenge now is to make it healthy, happy, dynamic and complete.
"The Director of Social Welfare and his staff have done important work in these last years. They have been fortunate in the co-operation of the voluntary agencies, and they have projected amongst us a much more constructive approach to our responsibilities in the field of social welfare. I wish them well in their work and I wish on this particular occasion all success for this particular community centre, for the others that have preceded it, for those that will follow, and for the project as a whole. This is a challenging experi- ment, and it will succeed if we all see it in the right light and render positive support for its fulfilment."
APPENDIX 7
(See paragraph 34)
I
PROBATION AND OTHER CASES UNDER SUPERVISION
PERIOD: 1ST APRIL, 1963 To 31ST MARCH, 1964
A. PROBATION CASES
Probation Cases
On probation on 1st April, 1963 ... New Cases
Completed Cases
Case-load on 31st March, 1964
(Age relates to date of Order)
Under 14
14-15
16 - 20
21 and over
Total
M
F
M
F
M F
M
F
M
F
240 20 201
25 196
28
49
19636 92 778
123 11 249 13
276
26
108
24 1756 74 830
194 13 139 17 169 18
168
22
42
16 543 68 611
311
21
304
32
115
27 899 98 977
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