Tuesday, January 8, 1974
NEW CAMPING GROUND FOR C.A.S.
The Civil Aid Services will soon have its own permanent camping
area in the New Territories.
The government has granted a 50-acre site at Yuen Tun in Tsuen Wan
and funds of about $1 million for the project have been approved by the
Finance Committee of the Legislative Council.
The Civil Aid Services Cadet Corps has been using military camps
made available by the British Forces in Hong Kong since its formation in
1968. Today it has 20 units with an establishment of 2,000 boys, mainly
from public housing estates, squatter area and tenement blocks.
The aim of the Corps is to provide indoor and outdoor activities
for boys between 14 and 18 so as to develop them into healthy and civio-minded
citizens.
They are given a wide variety of training and activities, including
leadership, citizenship, first aid, drill, life-saving, sports and games,
hiking, and camping, among others.
Their new camp site in Tsuen Wan will be developed in three phases.
The British Forces in Hong Kong has agreed to undertake the first phase
which involves sito formation and construction of a water tank.
A 2,500-foot concrete road, leading from the Forestry track above
the Tsing Lung Tau Road to the site, is being built by Royal Engineers from the
United Kingdom. It is expected to be finished by the end of next month.
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