SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1981
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SALVATION ARMY WEEK LAUNCHED
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THE SALVATION ARMY, AFTER MORE THAN 50 YEARS OF DEDICATED COMMUNITY SERVICE, HAS BECOME IN MANY PEOPLE'S MINDS A SYNONYM FOR HELP CARE, INDNESS AND GUIDANCE, SAID THE CHIEF SECRETARY,
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SIR JACK CATER, THIS MORNING (SATURDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE LAUNCHING OF SALVATION ARMY WEEK AT THE LANDMARK, SIR JACK SAID THE EVENT FOCUSED ON THE SALVATION ARMY'S WIDE SPECTRUM OF SERVICES FOR CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE, THE DISABLED AND THE ELDERLY.
SIR JACK SAID THE INTERNATIONAL EMPHASIS OF THE SALVATION ARMY'S WORK THIS YEAR IS ON YOUTH, AN AREA OF SPECIAL IMPORTANCE TO HONG KONG WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE BELOW THE AGE OF 20 MAKE UP OVER ONE- THIRD OF THE POPULATION.
THE SALVATION ARMY PROVIDED SCHOOLS, NURSERIES AND CRECHES AS WELL AS CHILDREN'S AND YOUTH CENTRES, CAMPS AND A HOSTEL, IN HONG KONG.
IT ALSO OPERATED SEPARATE HOMES FOR ORPHANED BOYS AND GIRLS AND A HOME FOR THE HANDICAPPED.
+THEY HAVE BEEN CONTRIBUTING SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE EXPANSION AND IMPROVEMENT OF OUR SOCIAL SERVICES, SIR JACK SAID.
BEACHES NOT FOR CAMPING AND BARBECUING
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HOLIDAY MAKERS ARE ADVISED NOT TO CAMP OR LIGHT BARBECUE FIRES ON PUBLIC BATHING BEACHES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES AND OUTLYING ISLANDS.
MORE THAN 50 BEACHGOERS HAVE BEEN SUMMONED RECENTLY FOR CAMPING OR BARBECUING OF BEACHES, INCLUDING SILVERMINE BAY, PUI O AND CHEUNG SHA OF LANTAU ISLAND, SAID A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICE DEPARTMENT.
IT IS AN OFFENCE TO SET UP TENTS OR LIGHT FIRES ON THE BEACH, TWO PICNICKERS WERE FINED $200 EACH BY A MAGISTRATE LAST WEEK FOR DOING SO.
PICNICKERS ARE ALSO URGED TO MAKE USE OF THE DESIGNATED CAMP SITES NEAR THE BEACHES AND MORE THAN 150 BARBECUE PITCHES LOCATED AT LANTAU, SAI KUNG AND TUEN MUN BEACHES.
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