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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1977
NEW SCOUT HEADQUARTERS BUILDING FOR ISLANDS DISTRICT
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THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES, TODAY DESCRIBED AS +MOST TIMELY+ THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A NEW ISLANDS DISTRICT SCOUT HEADQUARTERS BUILDING ON CHEUNG CHAU.
SPEAKING AT AN OPENING CEREMONY OF THE NEW BUILDING, MR. AKERS-JONES SAID THAT WITH THE GROWTH OF POPULATION IN THE ISLANDS DISTRICT AND THE INCREASING NUMBER OF STUDENTS, HE WAS SURE MORE AND MORE YOUNG MEN WOULD WISH TO BECOME SCOUTS.
+THIS NEW BUILDING MARKS A NEW ERA IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCOUTING IN THE ISLANDS DISTRICT, HE SAID.
HE NOTED THAT SCOUTS ON OUTLYING ISLANDS WERE NOT ONLY ACTIVE IN THEIR SCOUT ACTIVITIES BUT ALSO KEEN IN HELPING IN MANY MEANINGFUL SOCIAL SERVICES.
THEY HAVE PARTICIPATED IN VISITS TO THE HOMES FOR THE AGED AND DISABLED, AS WELL AS IN MANY CAMPAIGNS SPONSORED BY THE GOVERNMENT, HE SAID.
+ I BELIEVE THAT THROUGH REGULAR TRAINING AND APPLICATION OF THEIR SKILLS IN SERVICE ACTIVITIES, THE TRUE CHARACTER OF A SCOUT CAN BEST BE DEVELOPED, HE SAID.
THE CHEUNG CHAU SCOUT HEADQUARTERS WAS FOUNDED IN 1957, AND IN 1960, IT WAS RENAMED THE SCOUT ASSOCIATION - ISLANDS DISTRICT REGIONAL SCOUT COUNCIL TO REFLECT ITS WIDER SPHERE OF ACTIVITIES IN OTHER PARTS OF THE DISTRICT.
SINCE THEN, THE NUMBER OF SCOUTS HAS STEADILY GROWN TO ABOUT 500 AT PRESENT.
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