SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1985
GOVERNOR LOOKS AT VOLUNTEERS PATROLLING BORDER
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, VISITED THE BORDER TODAY (SATURDAY) TO SEE HOW THE ROYAL HONG KONG REGIMENT (THE VOLUNTEEPS) CARRIED OUT ANTI-ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION DUTIES.
HE WAS MET ON ARRIVAL AT MAN KAM TO BY THE COMMANDER OF THE GURKHA FIELD FORCE, BRIG. P.R. DUFFELL, THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG REGIMENT, LT, COL. T.C. VILLIERS, AND THE POLICE DISTRICT COMMANDER, (FRONTIER), MR G. LLOYD.
DURING THE THREE-HOUR STAY, SIR EDWARD ALSO VISITED THE VAR IOUS COMMAND POSTS IN SHA TAU KOK, PAK KONG AU, PAK HOK CHAU AND LO WU CAMP, AND HAD TALKS WITH THE VOLUNTEERS WHO HAVE TAKE.. OVER THE BORDER PATROL THIS WEEK FROM THE GURKHA GARRISON WHO ARE CELEBRATING THE IR NEW YEAR,
SIR EDWARD WAS INFORMED THAT SINCE THE VOLUNTEERS ASSUMED THE IR BORDER DUTY LAST SUNDAY (NOVEMBER 10), 164 ILLEGAL
IMMIGRANTS HAD BEEN CAPTURED.
HE WAS ALSO TOLD THAT OF THE 950 MEMBERS OF THE REGIMENT, 520 HAD BEEN DEPLOYED IN BORDER PATROL DUTIES.
IMPORTANT ROLE OF CAS CADET CORPS STRESSED
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THE CIVIL AID SERVICES CADET CORPS HAS PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN HONG KONG SINCE IT WAS FOUNDED IN 1968, THE COMMANDER BRITISH FORCES, MAJOR-GENERAL ANTHONY BOAM, SAID THIS (SATURDAY) EVENING.
+ IT ENCOURAGES YOUNG PEOPLE TO JOIN AN ORGANISED AND DISCIPLINED YOUTH GROUP WHERE THEY CAN LEARN SELF-DISCIPLINE, CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY AND, AT THE SAME TIME, ENJOY THEMSELVES TAKING PART IN USEFUL ORGANISED ACTIVITIES, HE SAID WHILE ADDRESSING THE CAS CADET CORPS PARADE AT VICTORIA PARK.
+ IT IS ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO SEE YOU PERFORM YOUR OPERATIONAL DUTIES ASSISTING WITH COMMUNITY SERVICES, MAJOR-GENERAL BOAM SAID.
HE SAID THIS WAS AN EXCITING AND CHALLENGING TIME FOR THE YOUTH OF HONG KONG.
+ THE FUTURE OF OUR SOCIETIES WILL DEPEND LARGELY ON THE LEAD AND EXAMPLE YOU SET OVER THE NEXT FEW DECADES BECAUSE YOU, THE YOUTH, ARE THE LEADERS OF TOMORROW,+ HE TUL- THE CADETS.