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"YOU ARE ALL VOLUNTEERS FOR J CORPS, AND IT IS A TRIBUTE TO YOU THAT YOU HAVE DECIDED TO GIVE UP SOME OF YOUR FREE TIME TO SERVE HONG KONG IN THIS VERY MEANINGFUL WAY," HE SAID.
HE SAID THE PARADE MARKED THE CONCLUSION OF THE BASIC TRAINING IN THE JUNIOR CORPS.
"I KNOW YOU HAVE DONE EXTREMELY WELL ON THE COURSES YOU HAVR BEEN UNDERTAKING SINCE APRIL, AND I HOPE THE SKILLS YOU HAVE LEARNED SUCH AS CAMPING, MAP READING AND FIRST AID WILL BE USEFUL TO YOU, NOT ONLY IN YOUR TIME IN THE REGIMENT, BUT IN YOUR LIVES GENERALLY, SIR DAVID SAID.
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HE WISHED ALL THE 113 RECRUITS EVERY SUCCESS IN THEIR TIME WITH THE REGIMENT AND IN THEIR FUTURE CAREERS,
WORLD BECOMING ONE GLOBAL COMMUNITY
THE WORLD IS BECOMING ONE GLOBAL COMMUNITY, WITH GLOBAL CONCERNS AND GLOBAL PROBLEMS TO BE DEALT WITH, THE ACTING DIRECTOR EDUCATION, MR JOHN WINFIELD, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
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MANY OF THESE CONCERNS AND PROBLEMS, MR WINFIELD SAID, COULD NOT BE EFFECTIVELY TACKLED WITHOUT COMMON UNDERSTANDING, CONCERTED EFFORTS AND MUTUAL SUPPORT ON AN INTERNATIONAL BASIS.
SPEAKING AT THE CERTIFICATE PRESENTATION HELD AT THE CHINESE YMCA IN HARBOUR ROAD, WAN CHAI, TO 10 STUDENTS CHOSEN ΤΟ ATTEND THE THIRD ASIAN-PACIFIC CHILDREN'S CONVENTION IN FUKUOKA, JAPAN, HE SAID:
"I AM SURE ACTIVITIES INVOLVING STUDENT PARTICIPATION FROM MANY COUNTRIES SUCH AS THIS CONVENTION ARE
ARE AN EXCELLENT WAY OF PUTTING INTO PRACTICE THE CONCEPT OF 'PASSPORT TO THE PEOPLE OF THE EARTH'.
HE TOLD THE STUDENTS THAT THEIR STAY IN JAPAN WOULD BE CENTRÁL TO THE THEME BY GIVING THEM A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE MANY FRIENDS, LEARN FROM ONE ANOTHER, AND UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE CULTURES AND CUSTOMS WHICH THEY WERE NOT FAMILIAR WITH.
"I THINK WE WOULD ALL AGREE THAT AS WE MOVE INTO THE 1990'S, IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE BETTER INFORMED OF DEVELOPMENT OUR IMMEDIATE COMMUNITY, HE ADDED.
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