Year: 1974
Donor: Mr. Tsai Chi-chai

DETAILS

The New Asia Students’ Social Service Group was founded in 1969, by Edward Kam Wai-pui (Economics/1971). By organizing activities that help those in need and serve society, the Social Service Group aims to arouse the social consciousness of New Asia students, who would pursue a better understanding of society. In 1970, the Group took over a voluntary secondary school in Kowloon City, established two years earlier but forced to close due to issues with school premise and registration, so that impoverished pupils could continue their education cost-free. At the time, the Group’s members also voluntarily organized tutorial classes and fundraising activities.

This camp book from 1974 records a working camp organized by the Social Services Group at the Fisherman Village in Hang Hau, Sai Kung. The main task of the working camp was to build a 700-feet pavement on the Fisherman Village’s main thoroughfare, previously mud-filled and especially dangerous under rain, and to understand fishermen’s life. The camp was a good opportunity for the Group’s members to put their social consciousness into practice through their service to the Village community.

Apart from pavement building, the working camp’s schedule also included various recreational activities, such as a talent show, stall games and a visit to High Island Reservoir. The camp book also contains a collection of Chinese and English songs. This entertaining side of the working camp shows the vibrancy of New Asia students and the activities they organized, having exchange of their experience in understanding and serving society, as well as their care for one another.