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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1976.
FOUR-DAY SCOUT CAMP IN N.T.
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A FOUR-DAY SCOUT CAMP IS TO BE HELD IN THE NEW TERRITORIES OVER THE NEW YEAR TO MARK THE ADMISSION OF THE HONG KONG SCOUT ASSOCIATION TO THE WORLD SCOUT CONFERENCE.
AND THE NEW TERRITORIES ROTARY CLUB AND THREE NT COMMUNITY LEADERS HAVE DONATED $40,000 TO MEET THE COSTS OF RUNNING THE CAMP.
THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES, WHO IS ALSO PRESIDENT OF THE N.T. REGIONAL SCOUT COUNCIL, TODAY RECEIVED THE DONORS' CHEQUE AT A CEREMONY AT THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION HEADQUARTERS IN KOWLOON.
THE INDIVIDUAL DONORS WHO GAVE $10,000 EACH -- ARE MR. SIMON C.P. YEUNG, CHAIRMAN OF THE FOOTBALL COMMITTEE OF THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT SPORTS ASSOCIATION, MR. WONG KAM-YIP, CHAIRMAN OF THE PING SHAN RURAL COMMITTEE AND VICE PRESIDENT OF THE NT ROTARY CLUB, AND MR. STEPHEN WONG YUEN-CHEUNG, CHAIRMAN OF THE TAI PO RURAL COMMITTEE.
THE ARMY IS PROVIDING THE FACILITIES OF CAMP 10, SEK KONG, BETWEEN DECEMBER 30 AND JANUARY 2 FOR MORE THAN 1,500 SCOUTS FROM ALL THE DISTRICTS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES.
MR. AKERS-JONES PRAISED THE GENEROSITY OF THE DONORS IN +HELPING TO MAKE POSSIBLE A CAMP THAT MARKS A VERY IMPORTANT STEP FOR THE LOCAL SCOUT ASSOCIATION+.
+ON ST. GEORGE'S DAY NEXT YEAR - APRIL 23
APRIL 23 -- OUR ASSOCIATION BECOMES A FULL MEMBER OF THE WORLD SCOUT CONFERENCE AFTER 65 YEARS AS AN OVERSEAS BRANCH OF THE BRITISH SCOUT ASSOCIATION, HE SAID.
+ IT IS APPROPRIATE TO HOLD SUCH A BIG CAMP OVER THE NEW YEAR PERIOD IN THE NEW TERRITORIES TO MARK THIS OCCASION.+
MR. AKERS-JONES ALSO PRAISED THE ARMY FOR MAKING THE SEK KONG CAMP AVAILABLE. HE SAID THAT THE COMMANDER BRITISH FORCES, LIEUTENANT GENERAL SIR JOHN ARCHER, HAD ACCEPTED AN INVITATION TO OPEN THE CAMP.
MR. AKERS-JONES SAID THE SCOUT MOVEMENT WAS EXPANDING RAPIDLY IN HONG KONG, AND PARTICULARLY THE NEW TERRITORIES. +THERE ARE NOW JUST 6,000 SCOUTS IN THE NT, REPRESENTING A QUARTER OF THE HONG KONG TOTAL, HE SAID.
*THE NUMBER OF RECRUITS IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS HAS INCREASED BY 60 PER CENT IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, AND IT IS GRATIFYING TO SEE SO MANY YOUNGSTERS TAKING PART IN SUCH HEALTHY ACTIVITIES.+
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