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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1980
NT SCOUT DEVELOPMENT FUND COMMISSION INAUGURATED
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YOUTH ACTIVITIES CONTRIBUTE TO THE WELL-BEING OF THE COMMUNITY AND SCOUTING BENEFITS THE YOUNG, SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID TODAY.
MR AKERS-JONES WAS SPEAKING AT THE INAUGURATION OF THE NEW TERRITORIES SCOUT DEVELOPMENT FUND COMMISSION.
HE SAID UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF THE VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE NEW TERRITORIES REGIONAL SCOUT COUNCIL, MR WONG YUEN-CHEUNG, A WORKING PARTY HAD DRAWN UP A FIVE-YEAR DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR SCOUTING IN THE NEW TERRITORIES TO MEET GROWTH IN POPULATION AND THE DEMAND FOR LEISURE ACTIVITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
A DEVELOPMENT FUND COMMITTEE HAD BEEN FORMED TO RAISE $500 000 TO SUPPORT THESE PLANS.
MR AKERS-JONES THANKED THOSE WHO WOULD HELP ACHIEVE THE PLANS WHICH WERE AIMED AT INCREASING MEMBERSHIP; IMPROVING ADMINISTRATIVE EFFICIENCY AND EXPANDING SERVICES.
AT PRESENT. THERE ARE 8 000 SCOUTS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES. THE WORKING PARTY PLANS TO INCREASE MEMBERSHIP TO 14 000 IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
TO COPE WITH THESE INCREASES, THERE ARE PROPOSALS TO SET UP DISTRICT CENTRES IN TSUEN MAN, TUEN MUN OR YUEN LONG, AND TAI PC OR SHA TIN, IN ADDITION TO HEADQUARTERS AT SHEUNG SHUI.
AFTER THE INAUGURATION CEREMONY, MR AKERS-JONES ATTENDED A CHARITY GALA PREMIERE ORGANISED BY THE COMMISSION AT THE OCEAN THEATRE.
140 000 HAD JOINED SCHOOL MEDICAL SERVICE
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THERE HAS BEEN A 15 PER CENT INCREASE IN ENROLMENT WITH THE GOVERNMENT-SUBSIDISED SCHOOL MEDICAL SERVICE SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THIS ACADEMIC YEAR, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE MEDICAL SERVICE BOARD ANNOUNCED TODAY.
HE SAID THAT BY THE END OF OCTOBER, OVER 140 000 PUPILS HAD JOINED, AND ENROLMENT WAS LIKELY TO EXCEED 200 000 BY THE END OF THE FINANCIAL YEAR.
+THESE IGURES SHOW THAT AN INCREASING NUMBER OF SCHOOL PRINCIPALS ARE BECOMING AWARE OF THE BENEFITS THIS MEDICAL SCHEME HAS FOR THE. PUPILS, + HE SAID.
ENROLMENT THROUGH SCHOOLS IS VOLUNTARY, AND FOR $5
A YEAR THE PUPIL WAY VISIT THE DOCTOR CHOSEN BY HIS SCHOOL AS OFTEN AS HE ISHES, RECEIVING MEDICINE FREE D CHARGE.