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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1977
FIRST JAYCEES INAUGURATED IN NT
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THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES, TODAY INAUGURATED THE YUEN LONG JAYCEES, WHICH FEATURES TWO +FIRST'S+ IN THE HISTORY OF HONG KONG'S JAYCEES MOVEMENT.
IT IS THE FIRST JAYCEES CHAPTER IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, AS WELL AS THE FIRST IN HONG KONG TO HAVE BROKEN DOWN THE +SEX BARRIER+ WITH BOTH MEN AND WOMEN AS MEMBERS.
THERE ARE SEVEN CHAPTERS OF THE JAYCEES IN THE URBAN AREAS OF HONG KONG, AND EACH CHAPTER HAS EITHER ALL-MAN OR ALL-WOMAN MEMBER- SHIP.
ADDRESSING THE INAUGURATION CEREMONY, MR. AKERS-JONES SAID: +1 AM PARTICULARLY PLEASED TO SEE THAT YUEN LONG IS LEADING IN THE WAY FOR OTHER DISTRICTS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES IN SETTING UP AN ORGANISATION WITH SUCH COMMENDABLE IDEALS AS THE JAYCEES.+
HONG KONG IS GOING THROUGH A PERIOD OF RAPID AND DRAMATIC CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT, HE SAID, AND YUEN LONG IS NO EXCEPTION TO THIS PROCESS.
+ IT WILL EXPAND AND GROW IN IMPORTANCE VERY RAPIDLY DURING THE NEXT FEW YEARS, AND I AM GLAD THAT YOU YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN IN VARIOUS WALKS OF LIFE IN YUEN LONG HAVE DECIDED TO JOIN TOGETHER TO DO WHAT YOU CAN TO SERVE THIS GROWING COMMUNITY, HE TOLD THE JAYCEES.
AS PART OF ITS COMMUNITY SERVICES, THE YUEN LONG JAYCEES HAS CARRIED OUT A SURVEY ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL BLACK SPOTS IN YUEN LONG, AND THE RESULTS WILL SOON BE SENT TO THE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS CONCERNED.
+ALREADY YOU ARE DISPLAYING THE INITIATIVE AND COMMUNITY- CONSCIOUSNESS THAT WILL GREATLY ASSIST OUR EFFORTS TO BUILD A BETTER HONG KONG,+ MR. AKERS-JONES SAID.
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