SATURDAY, JANUARY 24, 1981
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HELP 7-15 AGE GROUP, GOVERNOR URGES
THE GOVERNOR
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SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, TODAY URGED MEMBERS OF THE OUTWARD BOUND (ALUMNI) ASSOCIATION TO GIVE PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THE 7-15 AGE GROUP.
SIR MURRAY, WHO WAS OPENING AN EXTENSION TO THE ASSOCIATION'S OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES CENTRE AT NAI CHUNG, SAI KUNG, SAID INEXPLICABLY CRIME IN THIS AGE GROUP WAS RISING SHARPLY.
+THE EXPERTS ARE STILL PONDERING THE PHENOMENON, BUT ALL ARE AGREED THAT THE WRONG SORT OF FRIENDS AND WRONG SORT OF LEISURE ACTIVITIES MAKE FOR CRIME IN THE YOUNG, HE SAID.
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+IT FOLLOWS THAT THE RIGHT SORT OF ACTIVITIES THE SORT OF HEALTHY OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES AT WHICH YOU ARE EXPERT AND CAN DEMONSTRATE AND ENCOURAGE THESE TEND TO PREVENT IT.
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+ IT WOULD THEREFORE HELP IF YOU COULD GIVE PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THIS AGE GROUP.+
THE GOVERNOR SAID IT WAS ADMIRABLE THAT THE ASSOCIATION HAD A REGULAR PROGRAMME OF SERVICE FOR THE YOUNG AND THE OLD AND DISABLED, AND THAT ITS MEMBERS USED THE SKILLS THEY HAD LEARNED TO BRING THEM HOURS AND DAYS OF PLEASURE AND INTEREST.
HE AGREED THAT A SENSE OF BELONGING CAME THROUGH PARTICIPATION, AND THAT SENSE OF BELONGING MADE FOR COHESION, CONTENTMENT AND STABILITY.
TO SOME EXTENT THIS WAS WHAT A WHOLE LOT OF ACTIVITIES AND ORGANISATIONS IN HONG KONG WERE ABOUT.
+A COMMUNITY CAN ONLY BE CREATED, AND LAST, THROUGH MUTUAL CARE BETWEEN ITS MEMBERS.
+THIS IS SOMETHING IN WHICH EVERYONE CAN PLAY A PART WHETHER BY MEMBERSHIP OF ORGANISATIONS LIKE MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES, AREA COMMITTEES, OR SPORTS ASSOCIATIONS, OR BY THE SORT OF WORK THIS ASSOCIATION UNDERTAKES, OR FOR INSTANCE BY HELPING TO CLEAN A BEACH AS I REMEMBER YOU ONCE SPENT A WEEKEND DOING WITH ME, THE GOVERNOR SAID.
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THE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES CENTRE OPENED IN MARCH, 1977. IT IS ON A 3 700 SQUARE METRE SITE GRANTED TO THE ASSOCIATION BY THE GOVERNMENT.
FACILITIES THEN INCLUDED A CLUB HOUSE, A BOATSHED, CAMP SITES AS WELL AS BARBECUE AND RECREATIONAL AREAS.
WITH A GRANT OF 3311 500 FROM THE GOVERNOR'S SPECIAL FUND, A TWO-STOREY DORMITORY WITH 40 BED SPACES, TO LET AND BATHROOM FACILITIES WAS ADDED TO THE CENTRE LAST NOVEMBER,
A STORAGE COMPOUND FOR DINGHIES WAS ALSO BUILT AND A NUMBER OF DINGHIES AND CANOES PURCHASED.