TPROVING HONG KONG
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Friday, November 23, 1973
EVERYONE'S RESPONSIBILITY
The District Commissioner, New Territories, Mr. D. Akers-Jones
today called on members of the public, regardless of age, to take the
initiative in improving our society and making Hong Kong a better place
to live in.
Speaking at the second speech day of the Heung Yee Kuk, Yuen
Long District Secondary School, Mr. Akers-Jones emphasised that "no act,
however small, is unimportant" in working towards this goal.
He urged the students to follow the examples of their principal
and teachers, and "when the opportunity comes work for the good of the
community."
All of us, young and old, can serve the community "in the effort
to clean Hong Kong and to improve our society, serving the community and
as a result, making Hong Kong a better place in which we all live," Mr.
Akers-Jones said,
He commended the staff and students of the school on the high
standard they had achieved in the short period that the school had been
opened, and thanked the founders
members of the Heung Yee Kuk and the
Board of Management - who devoted much time, energy and money in making
the school a reality thereby adding to the educational facilities in
Yuen Long-
Note to Editors:
Copies of the full text of Mr. Akers-Jones'
speech are boxed for collection.
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