MONDAY, JULY 11, 1983
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300 000 BOYS BENEFIT FROM SCOUT ACTIVITIES
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SCOUTING HAS GIVEN TRAINING IN CITIZENSHIP VALUES AND ENJOYMENT TO WELL OVER 300 000 BOYS SINCE THE SCOUT MOVEMENT STARTED IN HONG KONG 72 YEARS AGO.
IN THE PAST 10 YEARS, THE NUMBER OF SCOUTS HAD GROWN FROM 20 000 TO 40 000, THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR LAWRENCE MILLS, SAID TODAY.
+THIS CLEARLY SHOWS THAT THE MOVEMENT IS GOING FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH AND IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY POPULAR WITH YOUNG PEOPLE, PARENTS AND TEACHERS ALIKE, HE SAID.
MR MILLS WAS SPEAKING AT THE SEVENTH INAUGURATION CEREMONY OF OFFICE-BEARERS OF THE EAST KOWLOON REGIONAL SCOUT COUNCIL THIS EVENING.
HE SAID THE UPSHOT OF DEVELOPMENTS OF NEW TOWNS IN THE NT AND MORE HOUSING ESTATES IN THE URBAN AREA WAS THE BIRTH OF NEW COMMUNITIES OF PEOPLE WHO WERE STRANGERS TO ONE ANOTHER AND CLUSTERED IN HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS.
THE EMPHASIS BY THE SCOUT ASSOCIATION ON GREATER INVOLVEMENT IN COMMUNITY BUILDING AND DEVELOPMENT AND REACHING OUT TO YOUNGSTERS THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY, PARTICULARLY IN HOUSING ESTATES AND NEWLY DEVELOPING DISTRICTS, WAS THEREFORE MOST CRUCIAL AND TIMELY, HE SAID.
+SPECIFICALLY, IT REFLECTS A PECOGNITION OF THE NEED TO ADAPT THE SCOUT MOVEMENT TO THE CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES OF OUR COMMUNITY.
+YOUR REGIONAL COUNCIL HAS A VITAL ROLE TO PLAY IN THE ONEROUS TASK OF PROVIDING A HEALTHY OUTLET FOR YOUTHFUL ENERGY AND INTEREST, AND IN PREPARING YOUNG PEOPLE FOR THEIR RIGHTFUL PLACE IN SOCIETY AS RESPONSIBLE, THINKING AND USEFUL CITIZENS,+ HE SAID.
MR MILLS SAID THE GOVERNMENT ATTACHED GREAT IMPORTANCE TO COMMUNITY BUILDING, AND WAS FULLY COMMITTED TO FOSTERING COMMUNITY SPIRIT AND MAKING HONG KONG A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE IN.
+ IN YOUR TASK OF PROMOTING SCOUTING IN EAST KOWLOON, YOU CAN BE SURE THAT THERE IS AN ABUNDANCE OF GOODWILL AND SUPPORT FROM THE DISTRICT BOARDS AND LOCAL ASSOCIATIONS, IN ADDITION TO THE COMMUNITY IN GENERAL, HE SAID.
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