WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1978
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+ IT IS THIS MARRYING OF EDUCATION TO REAL LIFE THAT DISTINGUISHES THE C.Y.C. MOVEMENT FROM OTHER YOUTH GROUPS, THAT JUSTIFIES ITS PLACE IN THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND MAKES IT ONE OF THE FINEST WAYS A STUDENT CAN SERVE HIS COMMUNITY,
ON FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS FOR THE MOVEMENT, MR. TOPLEY SAID THE DEPARTMENT HAD STARTED A RECRUITMENT DRIVE TO DOUBLE ITS MEMBERSHIP. PLANS WERE ALSO IN HAND TO SET UP COMMITTEES TO CO-ORDINATE THE ACTIVITIES OF GROUPS OF 30 SCHOOLS AND TO SEEK OUT THE PARTICULAR INTERESTS AND NEEDS OF THE C.Y.C.'S IN THE SCHOOLS THEY CO-ORDINATE.
TO ENCOURAGE MEMBERS TO SET AN EXAMPLE OF CONCERNED CITIZENSHIP BY TAKING PART IN COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS AND BY TAKING A PERSONAL INTEREST IN COMMUNITY PROBLEMS AND THE WELFARE OF SOCIETY, A MERIT AWARD SCHEME WILL BE INTRODUCED THIS SCHOOL YEAR,
+MER IT AWARDS IN THE FORM OF GREEN, ORANGE AND PURPLE BADGES WILL BE GIVEN TO THE MEMBERS WHO HAVE EARNED SUFFICIENT POINTS. POINTS WILL BE AWARDED ACCORDING TO THE PARTICIPATION OF MEMBERS IN ANY KIND OF SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY IN GENERAL OR TO INDIVIDUALS.
+SUCH SERVICE COULD SIMPLY BE IDENTIFYING OF COMMUNITY DEFICIENCIES, OR HELPING TO KEEP THE COUNTRYSIDE CLEAN, OR PARTICIPATING IN ANY SERVICE THAT THE C.Y.C. HAS FOUND TO BE NEEDED BY THE COMMUNITY, MR. TOPLEY SAID.
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THE NEW HEADQUARTERS FOR THE BRITISH FORCES AT H.M.S. TAMAR WILL BE TOPPED OUT AT 11.40 A.M. TOMORROW (THURSDAY) BY MR. JACK STEAN, DIRECTOR OF BUILDING DEVELOPMENT, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
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