FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 1983
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HK REGIMENT WANTS MORE VOLUNTEERS
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THE ROYAL HONG KONG REGIMENT (THE VOLUNTEERS) TODAY (FRIDAY) LAUNCHED A RECRUITMENT DRIVE FOR 80 TO 100 MALE VOLUNTEERS.
THE VOLUNTEERS THAT THE REGIMENT IS LOOKING FOR MUST BE INTELLIGENT AND MATURE MEN OF GOOD PHYSIQUE AND HIGH CALIBRE, PARTICULARLY IN TERMS OF CHARACTER AND INITIATIVE, AND MUST BE AT LEAST 17-1/2 YEARS OF AGE.
+THE MAIN ATTRACTIONS OF VOLUNTEERING ARE COMRADESHIP
A CHANCE TO GET OUT OF THE URBAN AREAS AND DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT, AND A FEELING THAT ONE IS DOING SOMETHING USEFUL FOR THE COMMUNITY, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE REGIMENT SAID.
+LAST YEAR WE HAD A PARTICULARLY SUCCESSFUL CAMPAIGN AND HAD SOME 1 300 APPLICATIONS FOR 150 VACANCIES AND 115 OF THESE COMPLETED SIX MONTHS OF TRAINING, HE ADDED.
APPLICATION FORMS ARE NOW AVAILABLE AT ALL DISTRICT OFFICES AND THE REGIMENTAL HEADQUARTERS AT SPORTS ROAD, HAPPY VALLEY.
COMPLETED FORMS SHOULD BE RETURNED TO THE REGIMENTAL HEADQUARTERS BY JULY 15.
ENQUIRIES ABOUT APPLICATION PROCEDURES MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE REGIMENT'S RECRUITING OFFICER AT 5-7952038, EXT. 41.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT APPLICANTS SHOULD HAVE REGULAR CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT IN HONG KONG.
+THEY SHOULD ENSURE BEFORE THEY APPLY THAT THEIR EMPLOYERS ARE HAPPY ABOUT THE PROSPECT OF THE IR JOINING AND ARE PREPARED TO RELEASE THEM FOR TRAINING, HE SAID.
APPLICANTS SHOULD HAVE A SECONDARY EDUCATION AND MUST BE ABLE TO SPEAK AND WRITE ENGLISH AND CHINESE FLUENTLY.
THEY MUST ALSO PASS THE GOVERNMENT MEDICAL EXAMINATION BEFORE ENLISTMENT.
THE SPOKESMAN ALSO ANNOUNCED THAT A FURTHER RECRUITMENT DRIVE WOULD BE HELD TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR OR EARLY NEXT YEAR TO ENLIST 20 FEMALE RECRUITS FOR A FULL ESTABLISHMENT OF 40.
TWENTY OF THEM WERE RECRUITED IN MARCH AND ARE NOW RECEIVING INTENSIVE BASIC TRAINING IN VARIOUS MILITARY SUBJECTS.
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