SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1983
+THESE INCLUDE THE PROVISIONS OF A SECONDARY SCHOOL, FIVE NURSERIES AND A HOSTEL FOR THE AGED. OTHERS BEING PLANNED INCLUDE A HOME FOR THE AGED AND A CARE AND ATTENTION HOME FOR THE AGED.
+ IN ADDITION, THE ANNUAL HEALTH WEEK DURING WHICH MEDICAL TEAMS WERE SENT OUT TO LOCAL FACTORIES AND SCHOOLS TO CARRY OUT FREE MEDICAL CHECK-UPS HAD WON HIGH PRAISE FROM LOCAL RESIDENTS,+ HE SAID.
THIRTY-TWO TEAMS ARE TAKING PART IN THIS YEAR'S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT, BEING HELD AT THE PRINCESS ALEXANDRA COMMUNITY CENTRE AND THE YEUNG UK ROAD BASKETBALL COURTS UNTIL FRIDAY (DECEMBER 9).
IMPORTANT ROLE OF NT SCOUTS STRESSED
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POPULATION BUILD-UP IN THE NEW TERRITORIES WILL CONTINUE AT A VERY RAPID RATE AND THE SCOUTS WILL HAVE AN IMPORTANT ROLE TO PLAY IN FULFILLING THE NEEDS OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE, THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR NT, MR IAN MACPHERSON, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY),
+BY THE END OF THIS DECADE, THE NT POPULATION WILL REACH 2.5 MILLION. MANY OF THESE PEOPLE WILL BE YOUNG AND ACTIVE. THEY WILL LOOK FORWARD TO VARIOUS OPPORTUNITIES FOR RECREATION AND COMMUNITY SERVICES, HE SAID.
MR MACPHERSON WAS SPEAKING AT THE NT SCOUT RALLY AS PRESIDENT OF THE SCOUT ASSOCIATION (NT REGION).
+THE SCOUTS HAVE LONG BEEN HIGHLY REGARDED BY THE COMMUNITY AS
A WELL-ORGANISED AND WELL-TRAINED GROUP, HE SAID.
+SCOUTING PROVIDES OUR YOUTHS WITH GOOD OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN AND MASTER VARIOUS SKILLS, ENABLES THEM TO BUILD UP THEIR CHARACTER IN A HEALTHY MANNER BY INSTILLING A SENSE OF DISCIPLINE AND TEAM-SPIRIT, AND OFFERS AN EXCELLENT TRAINING GROUND FOR LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT THROUGH WELL-PLANNED PROGRAMMES.
+SINCE THE NT REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS WAS FIRST ESTABLISHED 14 YEARS AGO, THOUSANDS OF NT YOUTHS HAVE ALREADY BENEFITED FROM SUCH ACTIVITIES.
+THE SPIRITED AND WELL-DISCIPLINED SCOUTS ON PARADE BEFORE US THIS AFTERNOON TESTIFY TO THE SUCCESS OF THE NT SCOUT MOVEMENT.
+THIS YEAR IS THE LAST OF THE FIVE-YEAR EXPANSION PROGRAMME FOR THE NT SCOUTS. ALTHOUGH THE TARGETS THAT WERE SET FIVE YEARS AGO HAVE LARGELY BEEN MET, THERE IS STILL A LOT TO BE DONE.
FOLLOWING THE INSPECTION, MR MACPHERSON ALSO PRESENTED TROPHIES TO THE OUTSTANDING TEAMS AND LONG SERVICE MEDALS TO SOME OF THE MEMBERS.
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