SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1982
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THINKING DAY FOR NT GIRL GUIDES
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YOUNG PEOPLE IN HONG KONG ARE GROWING UP AT A TIME OF GREAT CHANGE, THE SECRETARY FOR CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
MR AKERS-JONES WAS ADDRESSING 600 €IRL GUIDES AT THE NEW TERRITORIES EAST GIRL GUIDES DAY AT TAI PO PLAYGROUND,
HE SAID THERE WERE NEW HOUSING ESTATES, NEW TOWNS, NEW RAILWAYS, NEW ROADS; CHANGES IN THE ECONOMY, CHANGES IN EMPLOYMENT; NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR EDUCATION AND TRAVEL AND THE IMPACT OF NEW IDEAS AND TECHNOLOGIES,
+IN THIS WORLD OF MOVEMENT AND CHANGE IT IS MOST NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN AND STRENGTHEN THE LINKS WHICH HOLD THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER, HE SAID. *
BELONGING TO THE GUIDES, THE SCOUTS, OR OUR OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS PROVIDED AN ESSENTIAL STABILITY AND IN TURN A SENSE OF BELONGING TO THE COMMUNITY OF HONG KONG AND RESPONSIBILITY TO OTHERS.
MR AKERS-JONES SAID HE WAS GLAD TO KNOW THAT THE GUIDE MOVEMENT HAD A DEVELOPMENT PLAN TO EXPAND MEMBERSHIP AND TO SEEK THE SUPPORT OF LOCAL ASSOCIATIONS IN EACH DISTRICT, THUS BRINGING TRAINING IN LEADERSHIP AND SKILLS TO MORE AND MORE OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE IN WHAT WAS ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING PLACES IN THE WORLD.
MR AKERS-JONES ATTENDED TODAY'S EVENT IN HIS CAPACITY AS PRESIDENT OF THE HONG KONG GIRL GUIDES NT LOCAL ASSOCIATION.
THE EVENT, WHICH CELEBRATED THE JOINT BIRTHDAYS OF LORD AND LADY BADEN-POWELL, FOUNDERS OF SCOUTING AND GUIDING, IS KNOWN AS THINKING DAY.
IT IS ON THIS DAY THAT PROMISES ARE RENEWED AND THE TRADITIONAL $1 DONATION COLLECTED.
ALSO OFFICIATING TODAY WERE THE DEPUTY CHIEF COMMISSIONERS OF THE GIRL GUIDES ASSOCIATION OF HONG KONG, MRS JANE AKERS-JONES AND MISS KATIE HO THE PRESIDENT OF THE HONG KONG GIRL GUIDES TAI PO DISTRICT ASSOCIATION, MR LIU YUN-SUM: THE PRESIDENT OF THE SHA TIN DISTRICT ASSOCIATION, MR NG CHAN-LAM; THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TAI PO DISTRICT ASSOCIATION, MR LAW CHAK-TONG; AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SHA TIN DISTRICT ASSOCIATION, MRS LETICIA WAI.
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FIRING PRACTICE
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FIRING PRACTICE WILL TAKE PLACE AT HA TSUEN AND CASTLE PEAK
RANGE ON FRIDAY (FEBRUARY 26) FROM 8 AM TO 11 PM.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE WARNED NOT TO ENTER THE AREA ON THAT DAY.
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