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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1990
YAT"
TAI PO ELDERLY TREATED TO 'YAN YAT' PARTY
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ABOUT 1,600 ELDERLY PEOPLE IN TAI PO WERE TREATED ΤΟ A "YAN (EVERYONE'S BIRTHDAY) PARTY AT TWO RESTAURANTS IN THE DISTRICT
THIS (FRIDAY) AFTERNOON.
THE PARTIES WERE ARRANGED BY THE TAI PO CHINESE NEW YEAR PROGRAMME ORGANISING COMMITTEE.
THE PARTICIPANTS WERE ALL AGED 73 OR ABOVE, AND COMPRISED ABOUT 500 MEN AND 1,100 WOMEN. ALL OF THEM RECEIVED LAISER PACKETS FROM A LOCAL COMMUNITY LEADER, MR TANG YEUK-FAN.
AND
THE FIVE ELDEST PERSONS ATTENDING WERE PRESENTED GOLD MEDALS BY THE TAI PO DISTRICT OFFICER, MR THOMAS YIU,
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TAI PO DISTRICT BOARD, MR HO YUNG-SANG.
VOLUNTEER WORKERS WERE PRESENT TO ASSIST AT THE FUNCTION.
THE SENIOR CITIZENS
RHKR RECRUITS JUNIOR LEADERS
THE ROYAL HONG KONG REGIMENT
(THE VOLUNTEERS)
NEW MEMBERS FOR ITS JUNIOR LEADERS CORPS. THE NUMBER OF THIS YEAR IS TARGETTED AT 140.
IS RECRUITING NEW RECRUITS
BETWEEN MALE, APPLICANTS MUST BE PHYSICALLY FIT AND OF GOOD CONDUCT.
THE AGES
OF 14
AND
16,
SPEAK AND WRITE THEY MUST BE ABLE TO WILLING TO OBEY DISCIPLINE AND UNDERGO TRAINING, WRITTEN CONSENT OF THEIR PARENTS OR GUARDIANS. .
CHINESE AND
AND MUST
ENGLISH, HAVE THE
AIMING AT
DEVELOPING A SENSE
OF
A FOUR-YEAR PROGRESSIVE TRAINING COURSE LEADERSHIP
AND PROMOTING SELF-RELIANCE SKILLS COMMUNITY RESPONSIBILITY WILL BE PROVIDED TO SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS.
AND
MAP READING, THE TRAINING WILL INCLUDE FOOTDRILLS, CAMPCRAFT,
RADIO COMMUNICATION, SHOOTING, EXPEDITION, ORIENTEERING, FIRST AID, SWIMMING, FENCING, BAND, CANOEING AND LIFE-SAVING.
SOME OF THESE WILL BE
LINKED WITH THE DUKE OF
EDINBURGH'S
AWARD SCHEME.
MEMBERS OF THE JUNIOR LEADERS CORPS ARE PROVIDED AND RATIONS.
APPLICATION
FORMS CAN SPORTS ROAD,
WITH UNIFORM
KONG
BE OBTAINED FROM THE REGIMENTAL
HAPPY VALLEY, 1
HONG
BY HEADQUARTERS,
OR TELEPHONING 5761371. THE CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATION IS FEBRUARY 10.
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