standing and greater participation in the affairs of the area. Since its opening in July 1967, the hostel has already been used by 766 people from different organizations. The Tsuen Wan Youth Recreation and Training Centre operated by the Division and providing accommoda- tion for groups of about fifty boys and girls continued to be used by youth organizations as a base for out-door training, expeditions, and over-night camping. During the past year, 1,463 people used the centre to enjoy the amenities of the countryside.
42. Apart from the six libraries operated in community and social centres, which attracted some five thousand readers a day, the Mobile Library which was a donation from UNICEF and the Hong Kong Junior Chamber of Commerce makes an average tour of about thirty- five miles a day, visits twenty-six 'stations' every week and reaches out to children from sixty schools in the New Territories. The gift of a trailer and visual aid equipment from UNICEF has made it possible for the Mobile Library team to show slides and organize film shows in New Territories villages and such shows, at which four hundred or more people are usually present, are now a popular part of the every- day scene. This Mobile Library team will be strengthened by two new vans donated by UNICEF in the coming year, and it is anticipated that more 'stations' and more schools will be served, and more film shows will be organized.
43. The department continued its efforts through financial and other forms of assistance to support the development of services provided by youth welfare agencies. The Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups has set up sixteen youth centres and there are eighteen affiliated youth groups under the sponsorship of churches and other bodies; the total membership of these is over four thousand five hundred. It has just started to experiment in the use of 'detached workers' to contact the 'hard-to-reach' natural groupings of a more tough type of youth in the Yau Ma Tei area. The intention is to provide an experienced and mature worker to help these youths in their own settings without com- mitting them to any club or centre with established standards and norms. Some results were apparent from the very outset. The Federation continued to provide outdoor facilities at a small group of village schools to accommodate up to ten young people on youth hostel lines as well as the Outdoor Training Camp at Tai Mong Tsai. The Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme, which is a challenge to young people to meet the standards set for their balanced development as individuals, is
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