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Monday, May 22, 1972

OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOL GRADUATION CEREMONY

Lady MacLehose To Present Certificates

Lady MacLehose will present certificates and badges this week to

40 girls who have completed a training course of 26 days at the Outward

Bound School of Hong Kong.

The course, first of its kind for girls designed to build up

confidence in the trainees and develop the potential of leadership among

them, includes such activities as canoeing, rope-climbing, excursions,

sailing and camping.

The presentation ceremony will take place on Wednesday, May 24,

at the Outward Bound School premises at Tai Mong Tsai, Sai Kung.

After presenting the certificates and badges, Lady MacLehose will

address the gathering. Later, she will meet the girls informally, inspect

the school and meet members of the staff.

The girls, aged between 15 and 30, were sponsored for the course by

Jardine, Matheson & Co., Siber Hegner, China Light & Power Co., Boys' and Girls'

Clubs Association, Telephone Co., Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank, Dodwell & Co.,

police, Census & Statistice Department, Immigration Department, Social Welfare

Department, Secretariat for Home Affairs, Colonial Secretariat, and scholarships.

Note to editors:

You are cordially invited to send a reporter and/or photographer to attend the presentation ceremony, which will start at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, May 24.

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