SUNDAY, JUNE 27, 1976
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OPENING OF YOUTH LEADERSHIP CAMP
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SOME 120 YOUNG PEOPLE TODAY (SUNDAY) BEGIN THREE WEEKS OF INTENSIVE TRAINING AT A YOUTH LEADERSHIP CAMP AT RAF KAI TAK SPORT FIELD.
ORGANISED JOINTLY BY THE ARMY AND THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, THE CAMP HAS BEEN HELD ANNUALLY SINCE 1971, AND IN THE PAST TWO YEARS HAS AIMED AT DEVELOPING THE POTENTIAL, SELF-RELIANCE AND LEADERSHIP QUALITIES OF THE PARTICIPANTS.
AT A BRIEF WELCOMING CEREMONY THIS EVENING, THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR. THOMAS LEE TOLD THE YOUNGSTERS THAT HE HOPED THEY WOULD MAKE THE BEST OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACQUIRE EXPERIENCE AND TO BETTER EQUIP THEMSELVES IN ORDER TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY IN FUTURE.
MR. LEE NOTED THAT THE KEEN INTEREST SHOWN BY YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE LEADERSHIP CAMP OVER THE PAST SIX YEARS WAS REFLECTED BY THE LARGE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED EACH YEAR.
HE URGED THEM TO SUCCEED WITH DETERMINATION, INITIATIVE AND
A CO-OPERATIVE SPIRIT.
+MENCIUS ONCE SAID: THUS, WHEN HEAVEN IS ABOUT TO CONFER A GREAT OFFICE ON ANY MAL, IT FIRST EXERCISES HIS MIND WITH SUFFERING, AND HIS SINEWS AND BONES WITH TOIL. IT EXPOSES HIS BODY TO HUNGER, AND SUBJECTS HIM TO EXTREME POVERTY. IT CONFOUNDS HIS UNDERTAKINGS. BY ALL THESE MATTERS
BY ALL THESE MATTERS, IT STIMULATES HIS MIND, HARDENS HIS NATURE, AND SUPPLIES IS INCOMPETENCIES.
+THESE WORDS, I BELIEVE, ARE ALSO APPLICABLE TO YOU, HE SAID.
THE CAMP DIRECTOR, CAPTAIN ROBERT COX OF THE FIRST BATTALION LIGHT INFANTRY, WAS ALSO PRESENT AT THE WELCOMING CEREMONY,
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