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SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 1975.

GOVERNOR COMMENDS ACHIEVEMENTS OF SCOUT MOVEMENT

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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, TODAY (SATURDAY) SAID THAT THE WORK OF THE SCOUTS ASSOCIATION HAD DEMONSTRATED THAT IT CAN ADJUST QUICKLY TO NEW CIRCUMSTANCES AND THAT ITS SERVICES ARE OF GREAT VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY.

SIR MURRAY WAS ADDRESSING THE ANNUAL ST. GEORGE'S DAY RALLY OF THE SCOUT MOVEMENT HELD AT THE POLICE FOOTBALL GROUND IN BOUNDARY STREET.

HE NOTED WITH DELIGHT THAT THE ASSOCIATION HAD PUT TO EFFECTIVE USE A SUM OF $200,000 RECEIVED LAST YEAR FROM AN ANONYMOUS DONOR. THIS MONEY WAS SPENT ON, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE FACILITIES AT THE CAMP IN TUNG TSZ AND THE FINANCING OF A SERIES OF ACTIVITIES UNDER +PROJECT T+.

THE GOVERNOR WAS ALSO GLAD TO SEE THAT THE ASSOCIATION HAD PUT INTO PRACTICE HIS TWO SUGGESTIONS - TO ALLOW OTHER RESPONSIBLE GROUPS TO BORROW THEIR CAMPING FACILITIES AND TO INVITE BOYS WHO ARE NOT SCOUTS TO TAKE PART IN SOME OF THEIR ACTIVITIES.

FOLLOWING IS THE FULL TEXT OF THE GOVERNOR'S SPEECH

+MR. PRESIDENT, CHIEF COMMISSIONER, SCOUTS AND SCOUTERS: WHEN I ADDRESSED THIS RALLY LAST YEAR I PUT TO YOU TWO SUGGESTIONS.

+FIRST, I SUGGESTED THAT YOU SHOULD CONTINUE TO INVITE A FEW BOYS WHO ARE NOT SCOUTS TO BE YOUR GUESTS SOMETIMES WHEN YOU GO TO CAMP OR TO THE BEACH.

+SECONDLY, I SUGGESTED THAT YOUR OFFICIALS SHOULD CONSIDER ALLOWING OTHER RESPONSIBLE GROUPS TO BORROW YOUR CAMP AT TUNG TSZ WHEN YOU ARE NOT USING IT YOURSELVES.

+1 AM GLAD THAT YOU HAVE FOUND BOTH THESE SUGGESTIONS PRACTICABLE AND HAVE PUT THEM INTO PRACTICE.

I UNDERSTAND THAT, AS

A RESULT, ALL YOUR CAMP SITES - NOT ONLY TUNG TSZ BUT ALSO TAI TAM AND GILWELL HAVE BEEN USED MUCH MORE FULLY. I AM SURE THAT ALL THE BOYS AND ALL THOSE ORGANISATIONS WHO HAVE BENEFITTED FROM YOUR HELP IN THIS MEANINGFUL AND PRACTICAL WAY WILL WISH TO JOIN ME IN THANKING YOU FOR IT.

+LAST YEAR, THANKS TO THE GENEROSITY OF A DONOR WHO SHALL REMAIN ANONYMOUS, THE SCOUT ASSOCIATION RECEIVED $200,000 FROM A SPECIAL FUND FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE FACILITIES AT TUNG TSZ AND TO FINANCE A SERIES OF ACTIVITIES UNDER +PROJECT T+. ↓ AM DELIGHTED THAT THIS MONEY HAS BEEN PUT TO EFFECTIVE USE AND THAT, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE ACCOMMODATION AVAILABLE AT TUNG TSZ, BOTİ IN DORMITORIES AND UNDER CANVAS, IS NOW DOUBLE THAT OF A YEAR AGO.

/+IN ALL THIS