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FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1974
A DECADE OF SCOUTING
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CHIEF SCOUTS AWARDS ARE TO BE PRESENTED TO TWO MEMBERS OF THE KWUN TONG COMMUNITY CENTRE'S 96TH KOWLOON SCOUT GROUP WHICH CELEBRATES ITS 10TH ANNIVERSARY TOMORROW (SATURDAY).
THE SCOUTS RECEIVING THESE AWARDS WILL BE 15-YEAR-OLD STUDENTS, LAM CHI-KONG AND TSUI HING-LIN. THE AWARDS, THE HIGHEST IN THE SCOUT TROOP SECTION, WILL BE PRESENTED BY MR. WONG KIN-MING, THE SCOUT ASSOCIATION'S DISTRICT COMMISSIONER FOR KWUN TONG AREA,
THE WARDEN OF THE CENTRE, MR. KWOK NAI-SİK, SAID THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT MEMBERS OF A SCOUT TROOP IN KUUN TONG DISTRICT HAVE ACHIEVED SUCH AWARDS.
HE SAID THE SCOUT GROUP WAS FORMED 10 YEARS AGO SHORTLY AFTER THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT ESTABLISHED THE COMMUNITY CENTRE, AND EVER SINCE HAS BEEN PROVIDING ACTIVE SUPPORT IN MANY FUNCTIONS AND ACTIVITIES ORGANISED FOR PEOPLE IN THE DISTRICT. THE GROUP HAS 41 MEMBERS.
THE CELEBRATIONS WILL BE HELD AT THE COMMUNITY CENTRE AT 17, TSUI PING ROAD, KUUN TONG AND WILL START OFF WITH THE HOISTING OF THE SCOUT GROUP'S FLAG. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY AN OPENING ADDRESS BY MR. KWOK AND THE LIGHTING OF A CAMP FIRE BY THE AREA'S DISTRICT COMMISSIONER.
IN ADDITION TO THE PRESENTATION OF THE CHIEF SCOUT AWARDS, SOME MEMBERS OF THE SCOUT GROUP WILL RECEIVE CERTIFICATES OF EDINGBURGH'S AWARD SCHEME.
MR. WONG KING-TONG, THE COMMUNITY AND YOUTH OFFICER FOR KWUN TONG, WILL ALSO ADDRESS THE GUESTS WHO WILL INCLUDE THE SCOUTS' PARENTS WHO HAVE BEEN INVITED SO AS TO ACQUAINT THEM WITH THE ACTIVITIES IN WHICH THEIR CHILDREN ARE. INVOLVED, BOTH AS MEMBER OF THE SCOUT GROUP AND THE COMMUNITY CENTRE.
NOTE TO EDITORS :
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YOU ARE WELCOME TO COVER THE CELEBRATIONS AND PRESENTATION TOMORROW (SATURDAY) BEGINNING AT 8 P.M.
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