SATURDAY, JUNE 24, 1978
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SCOUTING HELPS BUILD GOOD, STRONG COMMUNITY
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THE PROMOTION OF SCOUTING WILL HELP TO BUILD GOOD AND STRONG COMMUNITY WHICH IS ESSENTIAL IN AN AREA SUCH AS TUEN MUN WHERE RAPID POPULATION AND ECONOMIC EXPANSION IS TAKING PLACE, THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. JOHN TODD, SAID TODAY.
ADDRESSING THE GATHERING AT THE INAUGURATION CEREMONY FOR OFFICE-BEARERS OF THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL, MR. TODD SAID THE HONG KONG SCOUT ASSOCIATION HAD, SINCE LAST YEAR, IMPLEMENTED ITS +PLAN E+ WITH THE AIM OF INCREASING THE NUMBER OF SCOUTS TO 50,000 IN SEVEN YEARS AND OF PROMOTING EFFICIENCY SO THAT A GREATER NUMBER OF YOUTHS WILL BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN SCOUT ACTIVITIES.
+1 NOTE WITH PLEASURE THAT THE TUEN MUN SCOUT ASSOCIATION PLANS TO RESPOND TO SUCH EFFORTS.
+1 AM SURE THAT UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF THE DISTRICT'S CIVIC LEADERS AND SCOUT LEADERS AND WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE GOVERNMENT AND THE COMMUNITY, THE PROMOTION OF SCOUTING WILL MEET WITH INCREASING SUCCESS, HE SAID.
MR. TODD SAID THE SCOUT MOVEMENT IN HONG KONG HAD DONE WELL IN ITS WORK FOR THE YOUTH OF HONG KONG.
TO TACKLE HONG KONG'S PRESENT YOUTH PROBLEMS, HE SAID, SOCIAL WORKERS STRONGLY ADVOCATED SPONSORING MORE CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES TO ENABLE OUR YOUTH'S SPARE TIME AND ENERGIES TO BE PUT TO PROFITABLE USE AND TO HELP THEM TO BUILD UP GOOD HABITS, HOBBIES AND THROUGH THESE THEIR CHARACTERS.
+EDUCATIONALISTS HAVE STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF MORAL TRAINING THE CULTIVATION OF PUBLIC SPIRIT AND A SENSE OF BELONGING AS WELL AS THE AWARENESS OF SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES. ALL OF THESE ARE PRACTISED AND ENCOURAGED BY THE SCOUT MOVEMENT,+ HE SAID.
MR. TODD SAID SCOUTING HAD LONG EARNED TREMENDOUS RESPECT AND PRAISE IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE WORLD FOR THE WORK WHICH IT HAD DONE FOR YOUTH AND FOR THE WAY IN WHICH IT HAD PROMOTED MUTUAL HELP, CIVIC-MINDEDNESS AND THE IDEA OF WORKING FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY.
+ACCEPTANCE OF THESE IDEAS WILL GO A LONG WAY TO SOLVING THE PROBLEMS OF HONG KONG'S YOUTH, SAID MR. TODD.
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