SATURDAY, APRIL 22, 1978
ACTING GOVERNOR ADDRESSES SCOUT RALLY
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THE IMPORTANCE OF SCOUTING TO A CROWDED URBAN COMMUNITY CANNOT BE CVER-ESTIMATED, THE ACTING GOVERNOR, SIR DENYS ROBERTS, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
SIR DENYS, ADDRESSING THE ST. GEORGE'S DAY RALLY OF THE HONG KONG SCOUT ASSOCIATION HELD AT THE DIOCESAN BOYS' SCHOOL, SAID SCOUTING PROVIDED HEALTHY RECREATION FOR THOUSANDS WHO LIVED IN CRAMPED CONDITIONS.
+ IT GIVES THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN NEW PHYSICAL AND MENTAL SKILLS. IT HAS AN IMPORTANT ROLE TO PLAY IN DEVELOPING THOSE QUALITIES OF SELF-RELIANCE, SELF-DISCIPLINE AND SELF-CONFIDENCE TO WHICH THE MOVEMENT ATTACHES SUCH IMPORTANCE.+
FURTHERMORE, SIR DENYS ADDED, SCOUTS DEVELOPED A SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR OTHERS LESS FORTUNATE THAN THEMSELVES AND AN APPRECIATION OF THE NEED TO HELP THEM IN PRACTICAL WAYS. +│N ENCOURAGING THESE VIRTUES, THE MOVEMENT MAKES AN INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTION TO OUR COMMUNITY, WHERE THERE IS A LONG AND ADMIRABLE TRADITION OF VOLUNTARY HELP TO YOUR FELLOW MEN.+
SIR DENYS RECALLED THAT LAST YEAR THE CHIEF SCOUT HAD ANNOUNCED THAT THE ASSOCIATION HAD JUST EMEARKED ON A SCHEME TO PROVIDE PROPERLY EQUIPPED REGIONAL BUILDINGS, TRAINING CENTRES, AND CAMPSITES FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF ACTIVITIES, FOR USE NOT ONLY BY SCOUTS BUT BY OTHER YOUNG PEOPLE AS WELL. SINCE THEN, PROGRESS HAD BEEN MADE A NEW HEADQUARTERS FOR HONG KONG ISLAND WAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND SHOULD BE READY FOR USE BY THE MIDDLE OF THIS YEAR.
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SIR DENYS SAID IT HAD ONLY BEEN POSSIBLE TO CONSTRUCT THIS NEW BUILDING WITH ITS MANY MODERN FACILITIES AND AMENITIES BECAUSE OF THE GENEROSITY AND PUBLIC SPIRIT OF SIR SHIU-KIN TANG AND MR. LEO LEE, ADDING THAT THANKS WERE ALSO DUE TO THE MANY OTHER SUPPORTERS OF THE MOVEMENT WHO HAD CONTRIBUTED SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE PROJECT.
+ IT IS HOPED THAT THE ADDITIONAL SITES, ON WHICH YOU ARE TO ESTABLISH TRAINING CENTRES, WILL DE MADE AVAILABLE EEFORE LONG, SO THAT YOUR ASSOCIATION! CAN ADAPT THEM FOR THIS PURPOSE, PROVIDING A MUCH NEEDED FACILITY FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE,+ SIR DENYS SAID.
+ THE REMARKABLE EXPANSION OF YOUR SCOUT TRAINING PROGRAMES AND OF YOUR OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES, WHICH THE EXTRA EUILDINGS, TRAINING CENTRES AND CAMPSITES WILL MAKE POSSIILE, ILL MAKE SCOUTING AN EVEN MORE ATTRACTIVE OUTLET FOR THE ENERGY, INITIATIVE AND SENSE OF ENJOYMENT OF OUR YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN. +
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