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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1977
RECREATIONAL CENTRE PLANNED FOR SAI KUNG
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THE HONG KONG YOUTH CLUB IS PLANNING TO SET UP A RECREATION CENTRE -- INCLUDING ACCOMMODATION AND A CAMPING CLUB IN SA I KUNG TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR THOUSANDS OF CAMPERS, HIKERS AND WATER SPORTS ENTHUSIASTS.
THIS WAS DISCLOSED THIS (WEDNESDAY) EVENING BY THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES, WHO IS THE CLUB'S HONORARY PRESIDENT, WHEN HE ADDRESSED A BALL TO RAISE FUNDS FOR THE CLUB.
HE SAID THE CLUB'S COMMITTEE WOULD BE DISCUSSING THESE 'AMBITIOUS PLANS' WITH THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT OFFICER IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
THE RECREATION CENTRE, HE SAID, WILL PROVIDE SPECIAL FACILITIES FOR SEA ACTIVITIES.
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AND. THE CAMPING CLUB IS PLANNED TO CATER FOR THE RAPIDLY GROWING INTEREST IN HIKING AND CAMPING AMONGST YOUNG PEOPLE WHO COME TO THE NEW TERRITORIES, AND IN PARTICULAR SAI KUNG, FOR RECREATION AND ADVENTURE, HE ADDED.
+1 AM SURE THAT WHATEVER THE HONG KONG YOUTH CLUB DOES, IT WILL DO WELL, AND ENCOURAGE AMONGST ITS YOUNG MEMBERS A DESIRE FOR THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE STANDARDS IN WHATEVER THEY DO AND A SENSE OF COMMUNITY SERVICE AT ALL TIMES,+ HE SAID.
MR. AKERS-JONES SAID HE WAS IMPRESSED BY THE PAST ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE CLUB AND DESCRIBED THE STRENGTH AND DETERMINATION DEMONSTRATED CONSISTENTLY BY THE CLUB OVER THE PAST YEARS IN ITS NUMEROUS AND WELL ATTENDED ACTIVITIES AS +SIGNS OF GROWTH AND HEALTH+.
HE ADDED THAT THERE HAD BEEN NO LESS THAN 8,000 PARTICIPANTS IN THE VARIOUS TRAINING COURSES AND COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS, AND THE NUMBER OF ENTHUSIASTIC VOLUNTEERS WHO HAD COME FORWARD TO HELP IN ORGANISING ACTIVITIES FOR THE CLUB HAD STEADILY INCREASED.
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