SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1735
OUTWARD FOUND COURSES HELP DEVELOP YOUTHS
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AN OUTWARD BOUND TRAINING COURSE HELPS DEVELOP A YOUNG
ABILITY PERSON'S SELF-CONFIDENCE, INITIATIVE, PERSERVERANCE, TO WORK WITH OTHERS AND ALSO QUALITIES OF LEADERSHIP, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOL'S NEW ADMINISTRATION BUILDING IN SAI KUNG, SIR DAVID SAID AN OUTWARD DOUND TRAINEE, WHETHER LEARNING TO HANDLE THE SCHOOL'S SAILING >HIP, TME +JI FUNG+ OR TO NEGOTIATE AN UNINVITING ROCKFACE ON
COMING TO TERMS WITH HIMSELF AND HIS ABILITIES AND AS EVERITTING FROM AN EXPERIENCE THAT WOULD STAND HIM OR HER ! GOOD STEAD FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE.
+ THE FACT IS THAT, IMPORTANT AS IT IS, ACADEMIC STUDY ALONE CANNOT FULLY EQUIP THE INDIVIDUAL FOR THE MANY TYPES OF CHALLENGE, BOTH PHYSICAL AND MENTAL, THAT HE OR SHE WILL MEET IN LIFE,
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SIR DAVID SAID THAT 100 DIFFERENT COURSES HAD BEEN CONDUCTED
98 PER CENT OF THIS YEAR FOR 2 700 OUTWARD BOUND TRAINEES THEY WERE CHINESE AND 75 PER CENT ARE ADULTS.
+POTENTIAL OUTWARD BOUND TRAINEES MAY BE FOUND IN THE ICE, THE FACTORY, IN SCHOOLS, IN THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.
+ THE GOVERNMENT HAVE BEEN SENDING STAFF ON OUTWARD BOUND TURSES SINCE THE SCHOOL BEGAN AND THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY EALISE THE BENEFITS THE COURSES CAN OFFER TO THE IR YOUNG ANAGERS, AND TO THEIR STAFF GENERALLY, HE SAID.
SIF DAVID SAID HE KNEW THE SCHOOL WOULD LIKE TO REACH CREATE NUMBER OF PEOPLE.
+IT 13 VERY IMPORTANT TO ENCOURAGE MORE OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY BOTH TO MAKE USE OF THE SCHOOL'S SERVICES AND TO RECOGNISE THE VALUE OF THE SCHOOL'S WORK THROUGH SPONSORSHIP.+
SIR DAVID SAID THE COST OF RUNNING THE COURSES WAS HIGH AND IN ORDER TO MAKE THE COURSES ACCESSIBLE TO THOSE WHO COULD LENEFIT VOST, THE SCHOOL HAD BEEN TURNING INCREASINGLY TO THE COMMERCIAL SECTOR AND TO THE GOVERNMENT FOR SPONSORSHIP FOR FURSARIES AND EQUIPMENT PURCHASES.
+1 AM CONFIDENT THAT SUPPORT FOR THE SCHOOL WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN THE FUTURE, HE SAID.
SIR DAVID SAID THE NEW ADMINISTRATION BUILDING OPENED TODAY AS IMPORTANT TO THE SCHOOL FOR STREAMLINING OPERATIONS EY IMPROVING COMMUNICATIONS AND EFFICIENCY.
+THIS NEW BUILDING WILL NOT ONLY MAKE IT EASIER FOR ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF TO WORK, BUT WILL ALSO CREATE ADDITIONAL SPACE FOR FACILITIES FOR THE TRAINEES AND WILL BE OF GREAT BENEFIT TO ALL THOSE EITHER WORK ING OR ATTENDING COURSES AT THE SCHOOL, SIR DAVID SAID.
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