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香港政府
GIS
新聞處
DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1976
ORGANISED RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES IMPORTANT TO YOUTHS
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IT IS VITAL THAT EVERY EFFORT SHOULD BE MADE BY THE COMMUNITY TO GIVE AS MANY OPPORTUNITIES AS POSSIBLE TO YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN TO TAKE PART IN SPORTING, RECREATIONAL AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES THE ACTING GOVERNOR, SIR DENYS ROBERTS, SAID TODAY (NOVEMBER 21).
SPEAKING AT THE FIRST ANNUAL PARADE OF THE CIVIL AID SERVICES CADET CORPS AT VICTORIA PARK, HE SAID THE ACTIVITIES WERE NECESSARY BECAUSE OF THE CROWDED CONDITIONS OF HONG KONG.
HOWEVER, HE POINTED OUT THAT THE PRINCIPAL REASON FOR THE FORMATION OF THE CORPS WAS THE NEED TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTHS AGED BETWEEN 14 AND 17, PARTICULARLY THOSE LIVING IN CROWDED RESETTLEMENT AND LOW COST HOUSING ESTATES, TO TAKE PART IN A UNIFORMED AND DISCIPLINED BODY, WHICH WOULD PROVIDE ORGANISED RECREATION AND TRAINING IN PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES.
+PERHAPS THE MOST VALUABLE ASPECT OF THE WORK DONE BY THE CORPS IS ITS EMPHASIS ON ACQUIRING KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL WHICH WILL BE OF REAL VALUE TO OTHERS IN TIMES OF DANGER OR DISTRESS, + HE SAID.
+THIS KIND OF TRAINING HELPS TO MAKE YOUNGSTERS REALISE THAT THEY ARE PART OF A COMMUNITY, WHICH NEEDS THEM AND TO WHICH THEY CAN RENDER VALUABLE SERVICE, HE ADDED.
FOLLOWING IS THE FULL TEXT OF THE ACTING GOVERNOR'S SPEECH
+ I AM HONOURED TO HAVE BEEN ASKED TO ATTEND THE FIRST FULL SCALE PARADE HELD BY THE CIVIL AID SERVICES CADET CORPS SINCE ITS FORMATION IN 1968.
+WHEN IT WAS FIRST FORMED, THE CORPS HAD ONLY TWO UNITS, OF 100 CADETS EACH, IN WONG TAI SÍN AND SHAU KI WAN. IT HAS STEADILY EXPANDED TO REACH A STRENGTH OF OVER 2,000, WITH UNITS IN NINE AREAS IN KOWLOON, EIGHT ON HONG KONG ISLAND AND TWO IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
+THE PRINCIPAL REASON FOR THE FORMATION OF THE CORPS WAS THE NEED TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTHS BETWEEN 14 AND 17. PARTICULARLY THOSE LIVING IN CROWDED RESETTLEMENT AND LOW COST HOUSING ESTATES, TO TAKE PART IN A UNIFORMED AND DISCIPLINED BODY, WHICH WOULD PROVIDE ORGANISED RECREATION AND TRAINING IN PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES.
/+THE CORPS
Issued by Government Information Services, Beaconsfield House, Hong Kong. Tel: 5-233191
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