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Tuesday, October 16, 1973
NEWLY-ARRIVED EXPATRIATES
URGED TO TAKE PART IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
Urban Councillor Hilton Cheong-leen today urged newly-arrived
expatriates to involve themselves in community affairs and not become
"entrapped in a narrow insular type of existence."
He said there were more than 100 service organisations to which
expatriates truly interested in their new home could give their time and
effort.
Mr. Cheong-leen, who is Vice Chairman of the Urban Council and has
a long record of community service, was speaking at a Training Course for
new arrivals in Hong Kong.
The course was arranged by the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce
to give newly-arrived expatriate executives a fast insight into the ways of
Hong Kong.
Mr. Cheong-leen cited Rotary, Lions, Junior Chamber, Round Table,
Community Chest, the Jockey Club, Y.M.C.A., Y.W.C.A., S.P.C.A., Caritas and
the Red Cross as among the 100-odd service organisations newcomers could
join.
He said: "One trend we have noticed that is growing steadily is a
sense of awareness and greater willingness to be involved and to participate
in community life by both local people and by expatriates from the United
Kingdom or other countries."
/He said