TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 1982
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NEW BOY SCOUT BUILDING IN TUEN MUN
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THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR IAN MACPHERSON, TODAY PRAISED THE SCOUT ASSOCIATION FOR ITS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMMUNITY AND URGED YOUNGSTERS IN TUEN MUN TO JOIN THE SCOUT MOVEMENT.
A LARGE PROPORTION OF PEOPLE IN THE FAST EXPANDING NEW TOWN OF TUEN MUN ARE BELOW 18 YEARS OF AGE AND ARE GOOD POTENTIAL PARTICIPANTS IN SCOUTING, HE SAID.
+THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, SCOUTING HAS BEEN A HIGHLY RESPECTED MOVEMENT BECAUSE IT HELPS TO PROMOTE MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING, CIVIC-MINDEDNESS AND A SENSE OF SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY AMONGST YOUNG PEOPLE.
+THROUGH ITS MANY AND VARIED PROGRAMMES, THIS MOVEMENT ALSO HELPS TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YOUNG, THUS HELPING THEM CULTIVATE HEALTHY HOBBIES AND PURSUITS AND, SUBSEQUENTLY, DEVELOP SOUND AND UPRIGHT CHARACTERS, MR MACPHERSON SAID.
HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE INAUGURATION OF NEW OFFICE-BEARERS OF THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT SCOUT ASSOCIATION WHICH IS LAUNCHING A FUND-RAISING CAMPAIGN FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A JUBILEE HEADQUARTERS BUILDING.
MR MACPHERSON SAID IT WAS MOST TIMELY THAT THE SCOUT ASSOCIATION HAD TAKEN ON THIS AMBITIOUS PROJECT TO PROVIDE APPROPRIATE VENUE AND FACILITIES FOR MEETINGS AND ACTIVITIES AMIDST THE EXCELLENT ENVIRONMENT OF FU TEI TSUEN IN TUEN MUN.
THE THREE-STOREY JUBILEE HEADQUARTERS BUILDING, TO BE BUILT ON A 976-SQUARE-METRE SITE ALLOCATED BY THE GOVERNMENT LAST YEAR, WILL INCLUDE SUCH FACILITIES AS A HALL, A CAMP FIRE SITE, A BASKETBALL COURT, AND FOUR SPECIAL ROOMS FOR TRAINING COURSES AND MEETINGS.
MR MACPHERSON THANKED THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB FOR ITS GENEROUS CONTRIBUTION OF $300 000 TOWARDS THE CONSTRUCTION COST.
+THE REST, AT LEAST AN EQUAL SUM, WILL HAVE TO COME FROM DONATIONS FROM LOCAL COMMUNITY, HE ADDED.