of private citizens to found an Outward Bound School in Hong Kong; though still in the planning stage, this project has aroused much interest and some substantial promises of support.
20 The Tsuen Wan Youth Recreation and Training Centre run by the department provides accommodation for groups of about fifty boys and girls who like to stay out in the country side camping. During the year two thousand young people from forty-four organizations and schools used the centre. Trekking and hiking in the New Territories are also encouraged by the provision of facilities at a small group of village school which the Education Department has equipped to accom- modate up to ten young people each a night, on youth hostel lines. Canoeing has been another great success, in waters well suited for it. Measures with an emphasis on the outdoor life are of special benefit to young people in a city and counterbalance the cramping effects of Megalopolis.
21 The Boy Scouts Association continues to expand its work in training leaders, and creates opportunities for developing interests, dis- cipline and service to others among thirteen thousand boys aged 7 to 21 who are assisted by nearly 2,000 Scouters. The Colony Commissioner attended as a member of the British Delegate the Tenth World Scouts Conference held in Mexico City in October. The association is still building another camp at Ha Fa Shan in the New Territories. In addition to its New Territories Headquarters at Ping Shan, the Girl Guides' Association was able to establish a district hut at Tsuen Wan in November; this was made possible through the generosity of the Rotary Club, Tsuen Wan. A new camp at Yim Tin Tsai, Sai Kung, was com- pleted in March and will provide much needed facilities for camping and training purposes. Plans are in hand for the erection of the associa- tion's new headquarters at Magazine Gap; the Lotteries Fund allocated $350,000 for this purpose.
22 A wide range of activities for older children is provided by a number of other organizations in the Colony. The Boys' and Girls' Clubs Association continued to provide recreation, informal education and character-training for several thousands of children between the ages of 8 and 14. The association has over five thousand four hundred members in a hundred and thirty clubs which it runs directly, and there are almost another six thousand seven hundred in sixty-one affiliated clubs. Following the establishment of a Youth Welfare Centre on Cheung Chau Island last year by Caritas, which serves four thousand five hundred youngsters, the Federation of Youth Groups opened its
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