WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 1983
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SCOUT COUNCIL PRAISED FOR WORK
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SCOUTING DEVELOPED A SENSE OF SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, DISCIPLINE AND PERSONALITY AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE, THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR LAWRENCE MILLS, SAID THIS (WEDNESDAY) EVENING,
+IN A FAST MOYING SOCIETY LIKE HONG KONG, SCOUTING IS INSTRUMENTAL IN STIMULATING NEW INTERESTS TO OFFSET THE UNSETTLING EFFECTS AND INFLUENCES OF RAPID SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, HE SAID.
.SPEAKING AT THE INAUGURATION CEREMONY OF OFFICE-BEARERS OF THE HONG KONG ISLAND REGIONAL SCOUT COUNCIL, HR MILLS PAID TRIBUTE TO THE REGION FOR ITS CONTRIBUTION TO THE COMMUNITY ON THE TRAINING OF YOUNG LEADERS.
HE SAID THAT THE CADET TRAINING COURSE, WHICH HAS NOW ENTERED ITS 13TH YEAR, HAD ALWAYS BEEN VERY POPULAR WITH YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN AS WELL AS WITH THE EMPLOYERS WHO SPONSOR THEM.
+EVERY YEAR THE COURSE IS OVER-SUBSCRIBED EVEN THOUGH SOME 130 PERSONS ARE ACCEPTED EACH TIME.
+THIS COURSE RANKS AS ONE OF THE MOST INTENSIVE AND COMPREHENSIVE TRAINING PROGRAMMES EVER UNDERTAKEN BY A VOLUNTARY ORGANISATION IN HONG KONG.
+THOSE WHO HAVE GONE THROUGH THE TRAINING WILL BECOME BETTER AND USEFUL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, HE SAID,
MR MILLS SAID THAT THE HONG KONG ISLAND REGION HAD UNDERTAKEN A WIDE RANGE OF ACTIVITIES DURING THE YEAR AND MADE IMPRESSIVE ACHIEVEMENTS.
+YOUR REGION ALSO ORGANISED A NUMBER OF MAJOR EVENTS THIS YEAR IN CELEBRATION OF THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF WORLD SCOUTING.
+THE HONG KONG ISLAND REGION IS PLAYING A PROMINENT ROLE IN THE SCOUT ASSOCIATION'S RAINBOW PROJECT, PIONEERING NO LESS THAN THREE NEW PROGRAMMES.
+THE FIRST AND MOST SIGNIFICANT OF THESE IS TO START A NEW
THERE IS SECTION FOR BOYS AND GIRLS IN THE SIX-TO-EIGHT AGE GROUP. CERTAINLY A NEED FOR MORE SUITABLE AND MEANINGFUL ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN OF THIS AGE GROUP,
→THE SECOND TRIAL PROGRAMME IS TO ACCEPT GIRL MEMBERS INTO THE CUB SCOUT SECTION AND THE THIRD IS TO ACCEPT GIRL MEMBERS INTO THE SCOUT SECTION.
+THE WHOLE PROJECT CLEARLY SHOWS THAT YOUR ASSOCIATION IS MOVING WITH THE TIMES AND THAT YOUR REGION, IN PARTICULAR, IS DETERMINED TO TAKE THE LEAD IN TRYING OUT NEW PROGRAMMES AND FACING UP TO NEW CHALLENGES,+ MR MILLS SAID.
/HE POINTED OUT