SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1974
+SCOUTING HAS MADE TREMENDOUS STRIDES FROM THE TIME IT WAS FOUNDED BY LORD BADEN-POVELL ALMOST 70 YEARS AGO. IT HAS BECOME A WORLDWIDE MOVEMENT. BUT I BELIEVE MUCH OF THE SUCCESS OF THE SCOUT MOVEMENT HAS RESULTED FROM ITS ABILITY TO ADAPT ITSELF TO MEET THE CHANGING NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE AT ANY PARTICULAR TIME. YOU HAVE MADE QUITE A NUMBER OF SUCH ADJUSTMENTS IN HONG KONG. I HOPE THAT WITHOUT ALTERING THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF SCOUTING YOU WILL CONTINUE TO EXAMINE WHAT THE HONG KONG BOY OF TUDAY EXPECTS FROM THE SCOUTING MOVEMENT.
+AS I SEE IT WHAT BOYS NEED MOST IS GROUP ACTIVITIES WHICH THEY CAN ENJOY AND WHICH ARE SENSIBLE, CONSTRUCTIVE AND ORGANISED, AND WHICH OFTEN TAKE THEM OUTSIDE THE CROWDED URBAN AREAS IN WHICH THEY LIVE TO THE MOUNTAINS AND THE BEACHES.
+FOR THIS PURPOSE THE CURRENT NEED IS TO MAXIMISE THE
ACTIVITIES OF EVERY RELEVANT ORGANISATION.
+IN THIS I SEE THE SCOUT MOVEMENT PLAYING A VERY MAJOR PART, AND I LOOK TO EVERY TROOP TO SEE WHAT IT CAN DO AND THUS MAINTAIN THE MOVEMENT'S FINE TRADITION OF SERVICE TO THE .COMMUNITY.+
PRISON OFFICERS RECEIVE CERTIFICATES
OF COMMENDATION ***** *
PRISON OFFICERS HAVE TO WORK LONG HOURS IN TRYING CONDITIONS AND ARE SUBJECT TO PRESSURES, MENTAL STRAINS AND STRESSES, FAR BEYOND THOSE EXPERIENCED BY MANY OTHER CIVIL SERVANTS, THE ACTING DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF PRISONS, MR. JAMES CALDWELL SAID TODAY.
SPEAKING AT THE PRESENTATION OF CERTIFICATES OF COMMENDATION AT THE STAFF TRAINING INSTITUTE IN STANLEY THIS MORNING,
MR. CALDWELL SAID THE NORMAL WORKING DAY OF THE DEPARTMENT REQUIRED CONSTANT VIGILANCE BY STAFF OVER THEIR CHARGES AND THE NEED TO EXEMPLIFY THE DISCIPLINARY CODE OF THE SERVICE BY PERSONAL PRESENTATION AND APPEARANCE.
+THESE ARE THE DAY-TO-DAY NEEDS, BUT OVER AND ABOVE THESE, WE HAVE INSTANCES WHERE MEMBERS OF THE STAFF HAVE PERFORMED ACTIONS ABOVE THE CALL OF DUTY, HE ADDED.
MR. CALDWELL SAID THIS WAS THE FIRST OCCASION THAT COMMENDATIONS HAVE BEEN PRESENTED PUBLICLY AND IN CERTIFICATE FORM.
ALTOGETHER 12 PRISON OFFICERS WERE AWARDED THESE COMMENDATIONS
FOR ACTIONS PERFORMED DURING THE PAST TWO YEARS.
THE ACTIONS INCLUDED THE RECAPTURE OF ESCAPED PRISONERS AND THE DISCOVERY OF ILLEGAL NARCOTICS IN PRISONS.
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