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. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1978
SNT ATTENDS SCOUT RALLY *****
THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY) THAT THERE HAS BEEN GROWING INTEREST IN SCOUTING IN THE FAST-DEVELOPING NEW TERRITORIES.
THIS GROWING INTEREST, HE SAID, IS TAKING PLACE AT A TIME WHEN NEW COMMUNITIES ARE BEING DEVELOPED IN THE NEW AND EXPANDING TOWNS AND WHEN NEW NEEDS HAVE TO BE MET AND NEW FACILITIES PROVIDED.
MR. AKERS-JONES MADE THIS REMARK WHEN HE ADDRESSED THE 1978 NEW TERRITORIES SCOUT RALLY AT THE FANLING RECREATION GROUND.
HE SAID MORE AND MORE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE NOW FINDING SCOUTING +AN EXCELLENT MEANS TO TRAIN THEMSELVES FOR A FULL PART IN ADULT LIFE.+
+THROUGH PARTICIPATION IN SCOUTING, THEY FIND SATISFACTION AND FULFILMENT IN ACTIVITIES WHICH PROVÍDE BOTH EXCITEMENT AND OPPORTUNITY TO WIN RECOGNITION FOR ACHIEVEMENT. +
IN HIS SPEECH, MR. AKERS-JONES REITERATED HIS SUGGESTION THAT THE N. T. REGIONAL ORGANISATION OF THE SCOUT ASSOCIATION SHOULD SET UP A WORKING PARTY TO PLAN A PHASED EXPANSION PROGRAMME OF SCOUTING
IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
HE SAID THIS WAS NECESSARY TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT TO WHICH SCOUTING MUST DEVELOP AND THE RESOURCES IN LAND AND BUILDING REQUIRED TO MEET THIS DEMAND.
+ IT IS ONLY BY PLANNING AHEAD IN A SYSTEMATIC MANNER THAT THE SCOUT MOVEMENT WILL MEET THE CHALLENGE BROUGHT ABOUT BY RAPID DEVELOPMENT, HE ADDED.