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GOVERNOR CONGRATULATES RED CROSS ON 40 YEARS OF SERVICE
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, TODAY (SUNDAY) CONGRATULATED THE RED CROSS ON 40 YEARS OF DEDICATION AND ACHIEVEMENT IN HONG KONG,
SPEAKING AT THE RED CROSS YOUTH PARADE AT THE HONG KONG STADIUM, SIR DAVID SAID MANY PEOPLE IN HONG KONG KNEW
CROSS BEST FOR ITS BLOOD DONATION PROGRAMME
A PROGRAMME WHICH DEMONSTRATED VIVIDLY THE EMPHASIS ON COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION CARING WHICH CHARACTERISED THIS ADMIRABLE ORGANISATION.
THE RED
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"BUT IT IS BY NO MEANS THE ONLY SERVICE THAT THE RED CROSS PROVIDES, THE GOVERNOR SAID.
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SIR DAVID SAID WHEN THE RED CROSS WAS FIRST ESTABLISHED IN
ΤΟ LIMITED HONG KONG 40 YEARS AGO, ITS ACTIVITIES WERE THERAPY IN HOSPITALS AND TO MAKING SURGICAL DRESSINGS.
IT HAS EXPANDED IMPRESSIVELY SINCE THEN:
EDUCATION FOR CONVALESCING CHILDREN
RAISING FUNDS FOR INTERNATIONAL DISASTER RELIEF
TEACHING FIRST AID
LENDING MEDICAL EQUIPMENT
OCCUPATIONAL
HE ALSO ADDED THAT THESE WERE JUST SOME OF THE SERVICES WHICH THE RED CROSS OFFERED OUR COMMUNITY.
SIR DAVID SAID A PARTICULARLY VALUABLE CONTRIBUTION RED CROSS HAD MADE TO HONG KONG WAS THE RED CROSS YOUTH.
WHICH THE
"THE BOYS AND GIRLS OF THE RED CROSS YOUTH LEARN, IN THE
OF THEIR MOTTO, TO 'SERVE ONE ANOTHER'.
"THEY LEARN SKILLS WITH WHICH TO HELP OTHERS; AND THROUGH DIRECT EXPERIENCE, THE SATISFACTION OTHERS.
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THEY LEARN, OF BRING ABLE TO HELP
"THEY DO SO IN AN ORGANISATION WHICH PROVIDES DISCIPLINE, PRACTICAL TRAINING AND FRIENDSHIP," HE SAID.
THE GOVERNOR SAID HE HAD GREAT PLEASURE TO SEE SO ENTHUSIASTIC YOUNG MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY TODAY.
MANY
SMART,
"I COMMEND YOU ALL ON THE HARD WORK THAT HAS GONK INTO ORGANISING AND PREPARING FOR THIS EVENT.
"I THANK ALL MEMBERS OF RED CROSS YOUTH IN HONG KONG FOR THEIR COMMITMENT TO SERVING ONE ANOTHER AND THE PUBLIC. HE ADDED.
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