SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1983
PEOPLE'S PUBLIC SERVICE +VERY SPECIAL+ -- SIR PHILIP
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HONG KONG PEOPLE'S WILLINGNESS TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY IS A +VERY SPECIAL CHARACTERISTIC OF OUR FREE SOCIETY AND OUR SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT AT ALL LEVELS, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE SAID TODAY.
THIS WAS PROOF THAT PEOPLE IN HONG KONG DO CARE ABOUT THE SOCIETY IN WHICH THEY LIVE AND WISH TO WORK TOGETHER TO PRESERVE AND TO IMPROVE IT, HE SAID.
IT IS A TRADITION OF WHICH WE SHOULD ALL BE PROUD, SIR PHILIP ADDED.
SPEAKING THIS AFTERNOON AT THE FOUNDER'S DAY PARADE OF THE BOYS' BRIGADE, THE CHIEF SECRETARY TOLD THE YOUTHS THAT THEY ALL HAVE A CONTRIBUTION TO MAKE TO THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG.
+AND THE VALUES WHICH YOU ARE LEARNING AS MEMBERS OF THE BOYS' BRIGADE WILL HELP YOU TO REALISE THIS CONTRIBUTION IN THE YEARS TO COME, SIR PHILIP SAID.
SIR PHILIP, WHO WAS OFFICIATING AT THE PARADE, SAID THE BOYS' BRIGADE IN HONG KONG FULFILS TWO IMPORTANT ROLES IN THE SOCIETY.
+ IT PROVIDES OUR YOUNG PEOPLE WITH THE OPPORTUNITY FOR HEALTHY RECREATION TO COMPLEMENT NORMAL SCHOOL ACTIVITIES. THIS IS, OF COURSE, A WORTHWHILE END IN ITSELF.
+BUT IT ALSO SEEKS TO INSTIL THOSE QUALITIES OF DISCIPLINE, TEAMWORK AND SELF RESPECT WHICH ARE ESSENTIAL TO SUCCESS AND HAPPINESS IN LATER LIFE, AND SO LAYS THE FOUNDATION FOR THE IR FUTURE INVOLVEMENT IN THE RUNNING OF OUR COMMUNITY, HE SAID.
SIR PHILIP NOTED THAT THE FIRST COMPANY OF THE BOYS' BRIGADE IN HONG KONG WAS FORMED IN 1959, AND NOW CONSISTS OF 31 COMPANIES, COVERING THE WHOLE OF HONG KONG ISLAND, KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES, WITH OVER 1 000 MEMBERS FROM THE AGE OF EIGHT UPWARDS.
THE BAND OF THE BOYS' BRIGADE, HE SAID, IS OF A VERY HIGH STANDARD AND JUSTIFIABLY ENJOYS A FINE REPUTATION,
IN ADDITION TO ITS TRADITION OF MUSIC TRAINING, THE BRIGADE PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MEMBERS TO PARTICIPATE IN MANY REWARDING ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING ATHLETICS, SWIMMING AND SAILING. THROUGH ITS AWARD COURSES, IT ENCOURAGES MEMBERS TO MEET THE CHALLENGES OF THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH AWARD SCHEME, AND TO PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY SERVICE, SIR PHILIP SAID.
HE CONGRATULATED ITS MEMBERS ON THE IR FINE TURNOUT.
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