SATURDAY, JUNE 17, 1989
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SPECIAL BOY SCOUT GROUP SET UP IN SHA TIN
A SPECIAL BOY SCOUT GROUP SET UP AT SHA TIN POLICE HEADQUARTERS IS BEING ORGANISED AND ADMINISTERED BY VOLUNTARY POLICE OFFICERS OF SHA TIN DISTRICT.
BILL BOYTON, SIU LEK YUEN DIVISIONAL COMMANDER, IS LEADER OF THE 57TH SHA TIN DISTRICT SCOUT GROUP WITH SHATIN DISTRICT COMMANDER PETER HALLIDAY TAKING UP THE ROLE OF ASSISTANT LEADER.
+ THE MEMBERS OF OUR SCOUT GROUP DIFFER FROM OTHERS WITH THE SCOUT ASSOCIATION OF HONG KONG,+ MR HALLIDAY SAID.
REGISTERED
+OUR BOYS ARE DISADVANTAGED KIDS WHO HAVE BEEN IN TROUBLE WITH POLICE IN THE DISTRICT.
+SHA TIN HAS A POPULATION OVER 90,000 AND IT IS NOT SURPRISING THAT WE RECORD A HIGH RATE OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY IN THE DISTRICT.
+SHOP THEFT, FIGHTING AND ROBBERY ARE COMMON MISDEEDS COMMITTED BY LOCAL YOUNGSTERS.
AND
+WE KNOW THERE ARE MANY ACTIVITIES LIKE JUNIOR POLICE CALL OTHER FUNCTIONS ORGANISED BY COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS OPEN TO YOUNG PEOPLE.
+HOWEVER, THESE ACTIVITIES ARE MOSTLY DIRECTED TO JUVENILES
WITH GOOD STANDARDS.
+AS SUCH. THE RATIONALE BEHIND THE SETTING UP OF A SCOUT GROUP FOR THE DISADVANTAGED IS TO GUIDE THEM TO A RIGHT PATH ENABLING THEM TO UNDERSTAND THE REAL MEANING OF LIFE.
+OUR ACTION CAN BE REGARDED AS A RESPONSE TO MR LI KWAN-HA. DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, OPERATIONS. WHO CURRENTLY CHAIRS A WORKING GROUP ON JUVENILE DELINQUENCY URGING THE POLICE TO TAKE A LEAD IN ORGANISING ACTIVITIES TO STOP YOUTH FROM COMMITTING CRIMES.
+WE STARTED OUR GATHERING IN JANUARY NOW WE HAVE MORE THAN 50 BOYS IN THE GROUP.
WITH ABOUT 20 MEMBERS.
*OUR SUCCESS DEPENDS ON THE GENUINE ASSISTANCE FROM THE SCOUT ASSOCIATION OF HONG KONG AND GENEROUS SUPPORT FROM COMMUNITY LEADERS.
*AND LAST BUT NOT THE LEAST IS THE ENTHUSIASM AND INITIATIVE OF OUR VOLUNTARY POLICE OFFICERS WHO ARE HELPING US IRON OUT TEETHING PROBLEMS IN THE COURSE OF SETTING UP THE SCOUT GROUP.+
CONTINUED INSPECTOR MUI
LAM-SAN, SCOUTMASTER OF THE 57TH GROUP: +AFTER JOINING THE GROUP. THE RIDS CHANGE A LOT. THEY BECOME MORE CONSIDERATE AND MORE RESPONSIVE.
/+THE MOST
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