SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 198
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FIRST REFUGEE BROWNIE PACK AT CHI MA WAN
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THE FIRST BROWNIE PACK FOR CLOSED CENTRE VIETNAMESE GIRLS WAS FORMED AT CHI MA WAN TODAY (SATURDAY).
THE 202ND NEW TERRITORIES PACK (VIETNAMESE UNIT) HAS
29 REFUGEE GIRLS BETWEEN SEVEN AND 13 YEARS OF AGE. THEY ARE LED BY A GUIDER, AND FOUR ASSISTANT GUIDERS WHO ARE ADULT REFUGEES AT THE CLOSED CENTRE.
THE NEW PACK, LIKE THE OTHER UNITS IN HONG KONG, WILL BE SELF-GOVERNING AND SELF-SUPPORTING, WITH EXPENSES SPONSORED BY THE GIRL GUIDES ASSOCIATION.
THE FORMATION OF THE PACK AIMS TO FOSTER SELF-RELIANCE AND GOOD CITIZENSHIP AMONG ITS MEMBERS.
OFF ICIATING AT TODAY'S INAUGURATION CEREMONY WERE THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, MR THOMAS GARNER- THE REGIONAL SECRETARY (NEW TERRITORIES), MR ADOLF HSU AND THE ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICER, MR WILLIAM YAP.
ALSO ATTENDING THE CEREMONY WERE THE PRESIDENT OF THE HONG KONG GIRL GUIDES OUTLYING ISLANDS DISTRICT ASSOCIATION, MR YOUNG WING-YAU AND ITS CHAIRMAN, MR LAM WAI-KEUNG.
FOLLOWING THE CEREMONY, THE OFFICIATING GUESTS CUT A RIBBON TO OPEN THE GAMES STALLS SET UP AT THE CLOSED CENTRE FOR THE REFUGEE CHILDREN THERE.
+WORKERS NIGHT+ FOR AWARD-WINNING WORKERS
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A VARIETY SHOW FEATURING POPULAR SINGERS WILL BE HELD TOMORRO (SUNDAY) NIGHT AT THE TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL, TO MARK THE END OF THE TSUEN WAN'S MODEL WORKERS AWARD SCHEME.
TEN MODEL WORKERS SELECTED FROM THE DISTRICT WILL RECEIVE THE IR PRIZES AT THE +WORKERS NIGHT+ EVENT WHICH WILL BEGIN AT 7.30 PM. THEY WILL BE VISITING FACTORIES LATER THIS MONTH AS GOOD-WILL AMBASSADORS.
THE AWARD SCHEME IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICE, THE DISTRICT BOARD'S INDUSTRIAL COMMITTEE AND THE FEDERATION OF INDUSTRIES IN TSUEN WAN.
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