SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1984
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VIETNAMESE SCOUT GROUP FORMED
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THE FIRST SCOUT GROUP FOR CLOSED CENTRE VIETNAMESE CHILDREN, MAKING UP THE 16TH ISLAND GROUP OF THE BROTHERHOOD REGION OF THE SCOUT ASSOCIATION OF HONG KONG, WAS FORMED AT CHI MA WAN TODAY (SATURDAY).
THERE ARE 35 BOYS RANGING IN AGE FROM 11 TO 15 IN THE GROUP.
SPEAKING AT THE INAUGURATION CEREMONY, THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, MR THOMAS GARNER, SAID THIS MARKED YET ANOTHER ACHIEVEMENT OF THE SCOUT MOVEMENT, WHICH WAS CONTINUALLY REACHING OUT TO YOUNG PEOPLE IN HONG KONG.
HE WAS CONFIDENT THAT THE YOUNG PEOPLE FROM THE CLOSED CENTRE WOULD BENEFIT FROM THEIR SCOUT TRAINING, MR GARNER SAID.
+ IF THEY ACCEPT THE CHALLENGE OF THE SCOUTING MOTTO 'BE PREPARED' THEY WILL BE READY TO ACCEPT ALL THE CHALLENGES AND EXPLORE TO THE FULL THE OPPORTUNITIES WHICH LIE AHEAD, HE ADDED.
MR GARNER NOTED THAT THE TRAINING PROGRAMME, OFFERED BY THE SCOUT ASSOCIATION, HELPED TO TRAIN THE YOUTHS IN SELF-RELIANCE AND GOOD CITIZENSHIP AND TO ENCOURAGE THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT.
+THESE ARE THE QUALITIES WHICH ALL YOUNG PEOPLE NEED WHEREVER THEY ARE,+ HE SAID.
BY BECOMING SCOUTS OF THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD, THEY COULD CONTINUE THEIR SCOUTING ACTIVITIES IN ANY COUNTRY THEY MAY FIND THEMSELVES IN, HE SAID.
THE DEPUTY REGIONAL COMMISSIONER OF THE SCOUT ASSOCIATION'S BROTHERHOOD REGION, MR J.H. HENDERSON, ALSO SPEAKING AT THE CEREMONY, THANKED THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR SUPPORT IN EXTENDING THE SCOUT MOVEMENT TO THE CLOSED CENTRE.'
THE SCOUT MOVEMENT, MR HENDERSON SAID, PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN FOSTERING GOOD CITIZENSHIP.
+THE MAIN OBJECTIVE IS TO PROVIDE YOUNG PEOPLE WITH ENJOYABLE AND ATTRACTIVE ACTIVITIES SO THAT THEY MAY TAKE A CONSTRUCTIVE PLACE IN SOCIETY, HE SAID.
OTHER VIETNAMESE SCOUT GROUPS MAY BE FORMED AT OTHER REFUGEE CENTRES, SUCH AS HEI LING CHAU AND SHAM SHUI PO.
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