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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1986
SPEAKING AT THE COUNCIL'S INAUGURATION DINNER AFTER THE +BEATING RETREAT+ CEREMONY, THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, MR CHAN WA-SHEK, DESCRIBED SCOUTING AND CORRECTIVE TRAINING AS +COMPATIBLE PROGRAMMES+, AND INTERACTION OF THESE WOULD ENHANCE THE CORRECTION OF YOUNG OFFENDERS.+
MR CHAN THANKED THE CHIEF COMMISSIONER OF SCOUTS, MR CHAU CHAM-SON, AND HIS SUBORDINATES FOR SETTING UP AND RUNNING OF THE 221ST GROUP.
HE ALSO EXPRESSED GRATITUDE TO MR LAU AND MR HUI FOR THEIR EFFORTS AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE SCOUT GROUP.
MEMBERS OF THE GROUP HAD INCREASED FROM ABOUT 70 TO MORE THAN 120, IT NOW INCLUDES A BAND, A SCOUT TEAM AND TWO VENTURE SCOUT TEAMS.
JOINT SCHOOL CIVIC EDUCATION EXHIBITION ON
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A JOINT SCHOOL CIVIC EDUCATION EXHIBITION OF SOUTHERN DISTRICT IS ON DISPLAY UNTIL SUNDAY (OCTOBER 26).
THE EXHIBITION FEATURES WORKS OF MORE THAN 1 000 STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND SCHOOL PRINCIPALS WHO PORTRAY THE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF CIVIC EDUCATION THROUGH CARTOONS, TAPES, SLIDES, PHOTOGRAPHS, MODELS, ESSAY AND SCRAP BOOKS.
THE EVENT, JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE DISTRICT'S SCHOOL LIAISON COMMITTEE, IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC BETWEEN 10 AM AND 8 PM AT THE AP LEI CHAU COMMUNITY HALL.
MORE THAN 1 000 STUDENTS HAVE SEEN THE EXHIBITION SINCE IT WAS OPENED ON MONDAY (OCTOBER 20).
TO PARTICIPATE IN THE EXHIBITION, SCHOOLS RECEIVED SOME SUBSIDY FROM THE DISTRICT BOARD AND WERE GIVEN FIVE MONTHS TO WORK ON THEIR PROJECTS WHICH COVERED VARIOUS ASPECTS OF CIVIC EDUCATION - FROM CULTIVATING INDIVIDUAL MORAL TO THE STUDY OF DISTRICT PROBLEMS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT.
IN A PROJECT ENTITLED +PEOPLE NOT TO BE FORGOTTEN+ A SCHOOL GAVE AN ACCOUNT ON REHABILITATION INSTITUTIONS IN SOUTHERN DISTRICT. OTHER SCHOOLS INTRODUCED THE DISTRICT'S PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES, RECREATIONAL AND SPORTS FACILITIES, AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.
/THE TANG