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There are about 40 Outward Bound Schools throughout the world

and they cater for all races and creeds. There is no religious or political

bar, and anyone can attend, regardless of social status or educational

background.

The main objective of all Outward Bound Schools is to help the

young, and the not so young, discover and develop their own resourcefulness,

ability and initiative. This is done by placing them in an unfamiliar but

challenging situation,

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The self-discovery awakens in them an awareness of their own

potential, and encourages them to take a second look at the world in

which they live. They re-assess the inhibitions, the lack of adventure,

the indolence and dogmas of modern urban life, and come to realise that

while formal education provides the knowledge and tools for a career, the

Outward Bound training makes possible a balance in character development,

hastens maturity, and enlarges ambition.

Hong Kong's Outward Bound School is administered by the Hong Kong

Outward Bound Trust, a non-profit-making organisation. The school: operates

on the international format, but is autonomous, and designs its courses to

fit the geography of its locale in the New Territories, and Hong Kong's

environment.

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The school distributes no profits, and aims at being as business-

like as possible, with students' fees providing the main source of income.

Trainees are sponsored by many Hong Kong Government departments, commercial

firms, and banks. If a youth is without a sponsor, but is fired with an

enthusiasm to join and improve himself for his own sake and the wider

benefit of the community, his application is not ignored.

The headmaster