SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 1986
GOVERNOR COMMENDS SCOUT MOVEMENT
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THE SLOGAN FOR THE DIAMOND JUBILEE YEAR OF HONG KONG SCOUTS WAS, APPROPRIATELY, MARCH ON', THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, SAID THIS (SATURDAY) AFTERNOON AT A RALLY MARKING THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF SCOUTING IN THE TERRITORY,
THE CHIEF SCOUT OF HONG KONG, SIR EDWARD SAID HE WAS SURE THAT SCOUTS WOULD MARCH ON WITH THE SAME ENTHUSIASM AND VIGOUR AS THEY HAD DONE OVER THE PAST 75 YEARS, WHICH HAD SEEN A STEADY GROWTH IN THE MOVEMENT LOCALLY.
+ THE FIRST ORGANISED SCOUT GROUPS WERE ESTABLISHED IN 1911. SINCE THEN, THE MOVEMENT HAS GROWN RAPIDLY AND ITS ACTIVITIES HAVE BEEN GREATLY EXPANDED, HE SAID.
MEMBERSHIP TODAY WAS OVER 45 000, HE NOTED.
THE GOVERNOR OBSERVED THAT THE STRENGTH OF THE MOVEMENT LAY IN ITS ABILITY TO RESPOND EFFECTIVELY TO THE CHANGING NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY.
+SCOUTS MUST ALWAYS BE AWARE OF THE RIVAL ATTRACTIONS THAT MODERN LIFE OFFERS AND OF THE NEED FOR ORIGINALITY AND IMAGINATION IN ORGANISING NEW PROGRAMMES,+ HE SAID.
+ I AM THEREFORE VERY PLEASED TO LEARN OF THE PROPOSAL THAT ALL SCOUT TROOPS SHOULD AIM TO RECRUIT ONE MORE MEMBER THIS YEAR TO EACH OF THEIR PATROLS AND SIXES.
+ IF THIS TARGET IS ACHIEVED, IT WILL MEAN A 15 PER CENT INCREASE IN THE EXISTING SCOUT MEMBERSHIP.+
SIR EDWARD ALSO PAID TRIBUTE TO THOSE PEOPLE WHO CONTRIBUTED SO MUCH OF THEIR TIME AND EFFORT TO THE SCOUT MOVEMENT, AND, IN PARTICULAR, THOSE WHO HAD ORGANISED TODAY'S SUCCESSFUL RALLY, WHICH WAS HELD AT THE GOVERNMENT STADIUM.
HELPING TO BUILD A STABLE SOCIETY ****
ALL OUR YOUTH ORGANISATIONS ARE PART OF THE ESSENTIAL PROCESS OF BUILDING A STABLE AND ORDERLY SOCIETY, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID THIS (SATURDAY) EVENING.
SPEAKING AT THE ANNUAL FELLOWSHIP DINNER MARKING THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF SCOUTING IN HONG KONG, SIR DAVID NOTED THAT A DOCUMENT HAD JUST BEEN PUBLISHED ON OPTIONS TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEM OF GANGS.
/+HOW MUCH