SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 1982
+WE HAVE TO OVERCOME THE STRESS OF CROWDED LIVING AND TO EXTRACT THE MAXIMUM POTENTIAL FOR RECREATION OUT OF A LIMITED TERRITORY,+
HE SAID.
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OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS OR SO, WE HAD ATTEMPTED A MORE DELIBERATE ATTACK ON SOME OF OUR PRACTICAL PROBLEMS CLEAN HONG KONG, FIGHT CRIME AND CORRUPTION AND DRUGS GOVERNMENT IS MORE ACCESSIBLE AND INVOLVED AT A LOCAL LEVEL.
FACTORS SUCH AS THESE HAD BEGUN TO KNIT THE COMMUNITY
TOGETHER AND TO BUILD UP MORE COHERENT AND INTEGRATED RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN ITS VARIOUS SEPARATE ELEMENTS.
+THERE IS A GROWING FEELING OF PRIDE IN WHAT WE HAVE
ACHIEVED SO FAR AND FRUSTRATION THAT WE CANNOT DO MORE TO SOLVE OUR PROBLEMS MORE QUICKLY, MR AKERS-JONES SAID.
+THIS IS WHERE THE SCOUT MOVEMENT, TOGETHER WITH OTHER ORGANISATIONS, HAS A CLEAR AND VIGOROUS PART TO PLAY.
+OVER 40 PER CENT OF OUR PEOPLE LIVE IN HOUSING ESTATES, AND YOUR OBJECTIVE TO ORGANISE UNITS IN HOUSING ESTATES AND TEMPORARY HOUSING AREAS IS, I AM SURE, A CORRECT STEP TO TAKE.
HE COMMENDED THE SCOUTS ALSO ON THEIR AIM TO GIVE GREATER EMPHASIS TO COMMUNITY SERVICE, TO VISIT AND TO HELP THE UNDER- PRIVILEGED, HANDICAPPED, AND THE OLD TO PLAY AN ACTIVE PART IN FIGHTING CRIME, CORRUPTION, DRUG ADDICTION AND IN KEEPING HONG KONG CLEAN, +
AND THERE WERE MANY OTHER EXAMPLES.
THERE WAS ALSO THE NEED TO EXPLOIT OUR LAND, SEA AND MOUNTAINS TO THE FULL FOR BOTH ENJOYMENT AND EXERCISE AND THE ACQUISITION OF SKILLS IN CAMPING, CANOEING, SAILING, ORIENTEERING AND SO ON AND THESE REMAINED AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT IN SCOUT TRAINING PROGRAMMES, HE SAID.
+TO CONCLUDE, THEREFORE, OUR COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS NEED TO PURSUE THESE THREE PRACTICAL OBJECTIVES: FIRSTLY TO ENSURE THAT THEIR ORGANISATION HAS BEEN ADJUSTED TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW CENTRES IN OUR OLDER URBAN AREAS, AND NEW TOWNS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES- SECONDLY TO REVISE THEIR PROGRAMMES SO THAT THEY MATCH THE CHANGING NEEDS AND ASPIRATIONS OF OUR PEOPLE- AND THIRDLY TO EXPLOIT THE VERY CONSIDERABLE OPPORTUNITIES THAT THERE ARE IN HONG KONG TO MAINTAIN A HEALTHY AND HAPPY SOCIETY.+
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