FRIDAY, JUNE 14. 1974
GOLD AWARD FOR HK STUDENT
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ALBERT JUDE SOUZA, AN 18-YEAR-OLD FORMER PUPIL AT THE LA SALLE COLLEGE, WAS PRESENTED WITH THE GOLD AWARD OF THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH AWARD SCHEME BY PRINCE PHILIP AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE YESTERDAY (THURSDAY).
ALBERT, WHO IS THE SON OF MR. LUIZ MARIA SOUZA, A PRINCIPAL TRADE OFFICER IN THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, IS A STUDENT AT PRIOR PARK COLLEGE, BATH.
HE LEFT LA SALLE COLLEGE WITH A SPLENDID RECORD BOTH IN THE CLASSROOM AND ON THE SPORTS FIELD, AND IS SAID TO BE DOING EQUALLY WELL AT PRIOR PARK COLLEGE, WHERE HE IS HELD IN HIGH REGARD BY HIS TUTORS AND FELLOW STUDENTS.
HE WON THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH GOLD AWARD FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE IN THE BATH AREA, ATTENDING THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH AWARD DARTMOOR EXPEDITION AND PASSING ALL THE TESTS ASSOCIATED WITH IT, COMPLETING THE DARTMOOR OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOL COURSE, AND PASSING THE ALL-ROUND PHYSICAL EFFICIENCY TEST.
THE AWARD-GIVING CEREMONY AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE WAS ATTENDED BY THE HONG KONG COMMISSIONER IN LONDON, MR. S.T. KIDD, WHO WAS ACCOMPANIED BY HIS WIFE.
MEANWHILE, THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH HAD EXPRESSED KEEN INTEREST IN THE 1975 COMMONWEALTH GOLD AWARD EXPEDITION, WHICH IS TO BE HELD FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HONG KONG. THE EXPEDITION, WHICH IS HELD EVERY FOUR YEARS, IS DESIGNED TO ESTABLISH INTERNATIONAL FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN GOLD AWARD WINNERS.
COMMUNITY VERKYNE AND PLAN AND COMPLETE AN EXPEDITION EITHER ON
N_HONG KONG, 40 GOLD AWARD WINNERS WILL UNDERTAKE A
THE SEA OR IN THE NEW TERRİTORIES.
THE EXACT FORM OF THE EXPEDITION HAS NOT YET BEEN DECIDED, BUT IT IS HOPED THAT IT WILL SERVE AS A MODEL THAT LOCAL MEMBERS OF THE AWARD SCHEME WILL TRY TO EMULATE.
MESSAGE OF THANKS FROM THE QUEEN
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HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN HAS EXPRESSED HER THANKS TO THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG FOR THE MESSAGE OF CONDOLENCE SENT TO HER ON THE OCCASION OF THE DEATH OF THE DUKE OF GLOUCESTER.
A MESSAGE OF THANKS WAS SENT TO THE ACTING GOVERNOR, MR. DENYS ROBERTS, THROUGH THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
THE MESSAGE READS:
+1 AM COMMANDED TO CONVEY TO YOU AND TO ALL THOSE WHO ASSOCIATED THEMSELVES WITH YOUR MESSAGE THE SINCERE THANKS OF HER MAJESTY FOR YOUR CONDOLENCES ON THE DEATH OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF GLOUCESTER.+
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