WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1986
THE DUKE RETURNS TO AM TSUEN CAMP
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PRINCE PHILIP TODAY RETURNED TO A TRAINING CAMP HE LAST VISITED THREE YEARS AGO WHEN HE RENAMED IT THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH TRAINS CAMP.
THE CAMP AT LAM TSUEN, NEAR TAI PO, LOOKED VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE TIME OF THE DUKE'S LAST VISIT BECAUSE IT HAS JUST UNDERGONE A $6-MILLION REDEVELOPMENT.
IT IS USED TO TRAIN PARTICIPANTS IN THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH AWARD SCHEME WHICH WAS INTRODUCED IN HONG KONG 25 YEARS AGO. SINCE THEN THE TERRITORY HAS BECOME, AFTER BRITAIN, THE SECOND LARGEST PARTICIPATING TERRITORY IN THE SCHEME IN THE COMMONWEALTH.
WELCOMING THE DUKE, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH AWARD COUNCIL, MR J.P. LEE, SAID PRINCE PHILIP'S LAST VISIT HAD BEEN THE FIRST MAJOR STEP IN REDEVELOPING THE TRAINING FACILITIES.
HE CONTINUED: +FOR WE WHO ARE COMMITTED TO THE AWARD SCHEME AND WHO BELIEVE IN ITS VALIDITY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, IT IS MOST AUSPICICUS THAT THE CAMP IS BEING OPENED ON THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SCHEME. WE INTEND TO GO ON FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH.
+ THE AWARD SCHEME IN HONG KONG WILL PLAY AN INCREASING ROLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR INTEGRATION INTO SOCIETY. WE PLAN TO STRENGTHEN OUR LINKS WITH OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE AWARD FAMILY, AND TO ASSIST IN FOSTERING THE SPIRIT AND PRINCIPLE OF THE AWARD IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD.+
BEFORE UNVEILING A PLAQUE TO OPEN THE NEW CAMP, PRINCE PHILIP CONGRATULATED ALL THOSE INVOLVED IN THE CAMP'S CONSTRUCTION, WHICH, HE SAID, REQUIRED A GREAT DEAL OF HARD WORK, PLANNING, ORGANISATION AND VOLUNTARY EFFORT.
HE HAD ARRIVED AT LAM TSUEN BY CAR FROM SHA TIN WHERE HE HAD ATTENDED THE RACES WITH THE QUEEN. HE WAS MET BY THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR DONALD LIAO, WHO PRESENTED MR LEE, THE GROUP CHAIRMAN OF THE ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE, MR PATRICK WUI THE ACTING DISTRICT OFFICER, TAI PO, MISS ANISSA WONG CHAIRMAN OF THE LAM TSUEN VALLEY COMMITTEE, MR CHAN HING CHAIRMAN OF THE DEA OPERATION COMMITTEE, MR D.W.B. CHRISTIE CHAIRMAN OF THE PUBLICITY AND PROMOTION COMMITTEE AND PROJECT ARCHITECT, MR ARTHUR CHOA, AND EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, MRS MARIA TING.
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