25
FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 1990
"IT IS HOPED THAT THROUGH SCOUTING ACTIVITIES, THE INMATES CAN DEVELOP THEIR POTENTIALS AND CULTIVATE SELF-CONFIDENCE, AND TO APPRECIATE THE MEANING OF DISCIPLINE AND TEAMWORK SPIRIT," HE SAID.
THE DEPARTMENT HELD A TRAM PARADE THIS AFTERNOON TO PUBLICISE "BEATING RETREAT".
A SPECIALLY DECORATED TRAM SET OFF ITS ROUND TRIP FROM THE WHITTY STREET TRAM TERMINAL IN WESTERN, PASSED THROUGH CENTRAL CAUSEWAY BAY AREAS BEFORE TURNING BACK.
AND
ON THE TRAN TRIP, CSD SCOUTS ON BOARD PRESENTED PERFORMANCES TO THE PASSERS-BY.
BAND
THE PARADE STAPTED AT 4 PM AND LASTED ABOUT TWO HOURS.
CENTRE
"BEATING RETREAT" WILL BE STAGED BY A GROUP OF TRAINING INMATES OF THE 221ST HONG KONG ISLAND SCOUT GROUP AT THE QUEEN ELIZABETH STADIUM ON SEPTEMBER 13 AND 14.
CHEST.
ALL PROCEEDS FROM THE EVENT WILL BE DONATED
TO THE COMMUNITY
ADMISSION TICKETS AT $10 EACH ARE NOW ON SALE AT ALL URBTIX
OUTLETS.
CSD CAREER DISPLAY FOR YUEN LONG RESIDENTS
OF
YUEN LONG RESIDENTS CAN NOW GET TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE WORK THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT (CSD) BY VISITING A CAREER DISPLAY HELD AT THE LONG PING PLAZA, LONG PING ESTATE STARTING TODAY (FRIDAY).
THE FOUR-DAY DISPLAY IS PART OF THE LONG PING SUMMER HELD FROM TODAY UNTIL MONDAY (AUGUST 27).
CARNIVAL
IN
A CSD SPOKESMAN SAID THE DISPLAY IN YUEN LONG WAS THE LAST A SERIES OF CAREER EXHIBITIONS HELD BY THE DEPARTMENT IN THE PAST MONTH TO PUBLICISE CSD'S WORK AND TO RECRUIT OFFICERS.
"WHILE PREVIOUS DISPLAYS WERE MOSTLY HELD IN URBAN AREAS, THIS TIME THE DEPARTMENT HAS DECIDED TO MOUNT A DISPLAY IN THE MORE REMOTE NEW TOWN OF YUEN LONG SO THAT RESIDENTS THERE CAN ALSO HAVE EASY ACCESS TO INFORMATION ABOUT OUR WORK, HE SAID.
די
J
IT WAS HOPED THAT AFTER VISITING THE DISPLAY,
MORE YOUNG PEOPLE FROM THE NEW TERRITORIES WOULD BE INTERESTED IN JOINING THE DEPARTMENT, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
APART FROM THE YUEN LONG DISPLAY, THE DEPARTMENT RECENTLY FIVE DISPLAYS AT SHOPPING CENTRES AND MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY STATIONS, ATTRACTING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF VISITORS.
HELD
—
/26