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SATURDAY, AUGUST 29, 1981
SNT LAYS FOUNDATION STONE FOR YUEN LONG GIRL GUIDES RECREATION CENTRE ****
THE FOUNDATION STOPE FOR THE HONG KONG GIRL GUIDES ASSOCIATION RECREATION CENTRE AT YUEN LONG WAS LAID TODAY (SATURDAY) BY SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES.
THE CENTRE WILL BE BUILT ON THE SITE OF THE YUEN LONG HOLIDAY HOUSE, WHICH WAS GRANTED BY GOVERNMENT TO THE ASSOCIATION IN 1972 FOR CAMPING PURPOSES.
DUE TO INCREASED USAGE IN RECENT YEARS AND THE EXPANSION IN GIRL GUIDE NUMBERS, THE ASSOCIATION DECIDED TO DEMOLISH THE SINGLE-STOREY HUT AND BUILD A TWO-STOREY, FULLY-EQUIPPED MODERN RECREATION CENTRE ON THE SITE.
WHEN THE NEW CENTRE IS COMPLETED NEXT YEAR IT WILL BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE 120 GUIDES, SIX TIMES MORE THAN THE YUEN LONG HOLIDAY HOUSE CAN ACCOMMODATE.
A COMMITTEE CHAIRED BY MRS JANE AKERS-JONES WAS FORMED LAST YEAR TO RAISE FUNDS FOR THE PROJECT, TARGETED AT $3 MILLION.
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IN HIS CAPACITY AS PRESIDENT OF THE HONG KONG GIRL GUIDES NEW TERRITORIES LOCAL ASSOCIATION, MR AKERS-JONES RECEIVED DONATIONS FROM THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB AND LOCAL LEADERS TO BUILD THE CENTRE.
MR AKERS-JONES THANKED THE YUEN LONG PEOPLE FOR THE IR TRADITIONAL SUPPORT FOR THE GIRL GUIDE AND SCOUT MOVEMENTS.
+THEY HAVE MADE A GREAT CONTRIBUTION TO THE STRENGTHENING OF CHARACTER, AND IN GIVING A SENSE OF PURPOSE AND SERVICE TO THOUSANDS OF YOUNG POEPLE IN THE DISTRICT, HE SAID.
THE CENTRE WOULD BE A BASE FOR FUTURE EXPANSION OF GUIDING NOT ONLY IN YUEN LONG BUT THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY, HE SAID.
PRESENT AT THE CEREMONY WERE MRS AKERS-JONES- THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR S.E. ALLEYNE- THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HEUNG YEE KUK, MR LAU WONG-FAT- THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR FUNG KWOK-KEUNG- THE NEW TERRITORIES REGIONAL COMMISSIONER, SCOUT ASSOCIATION OF HONG KONG, MR CHEUNG CHI-FAN- THE ACTING CHIEF COMMISSIONER OF THE GIRL GUIDES ASSOCIATION OF HONG KONG, MISS GERTIE CHOA- AND THE ASSISTANT CHIEF COMMISSIONER (NEW TERRITORIES), HONG KONG GIRL GUIDES ASSOCIATION, MISS KATIE HO.
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