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SUNDAY, JULY 20, 1975
ARMY/SWD LEADERSHIP TRAINING CAMP STARTS
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A TOTAL OF 120 YOUNGSTERS TODAY BEGAN A THREE-WEEK CAMP IN WHICH THEY WILL LEARN LEADERSHIP QUALITIES THROUGH AN INTENSIVE PROGRAMME DESIGNED TO DEVELOP SKILLS, COMMONSENSE, PHYSICAL FITNESS, INITIATIVE AND CONFIDENCE.
THE CAMP IS AN ANNUAL EVENT ORGANISED JOINTLY BY THE BRITISH FORCES AND THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT. IT WAS ORIGINALLY PLANNED TO BE HELD AT THE SAI KUNG CAMP BUT THE VENUE WAS CHANGED TO THE R.A.F. BASE AT KAI TAI BECAUSE THE SAI KUNG CAMPSITE IS DEING USED TO HOUSE VIETNAMESE REFUGEES. HOWEVER, MANY OF THE ACTIVITIES WILL STILL TAKE PLACE IN THE SAI KUNG AREA.
AT A BRIEF OPENING CEREMONY THIS EVENING, THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR. THOMAS LEE, TOLD THE CAMPERS THAT THEY WOULD GAIN MUCH EXPERIENCE OVER THE NEXT 20 DAYS.
HE SAID THE TRAINING THAT THEY WERE TO RECEIVE WOULD PROVIDE THEM THE BASIC SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE TO ASSIST OTHERS IN ORGANISING, OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES IN FUTURE.
MR. LEE RECALLED THAT THIS WAS THE FIFTH YEAR IN WHICH THE CAMP WAS BEING HELD AND SAID IT HAD ALWAYS BEEN POPULAR WITH YOUNG PEOPLE, APPLICATIONS IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, HE NOTED, EXCEEDED THE 450 MARK EACH TIME, DUT THIS YEAR NEARLY 900 HAD APPLIED.
THE CAMP COMMANDER, MAJOR A.R. WITHERS, OF THE ROYAL HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT, WELCOMED THE PARTICIPANTS TO THE CAMP.
HEALTH REPORTS FOR JUNE ******
HEALTH RETURNS FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE ISSUED BY THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT TODAY SHOWED A CONSIDERABLE DROP IN THE NOTIFICATION OF VIRAL HEPATITIS --FROM 345 CASES IN MAY TO 229 WITH NO DEATHS REPORTED.
HOWEVER, THERE WERE INCREASES IN INCIDENCE OF BACILLARY DYSENTERY, ENTERIC FEVER, MEASLES AND TUBERCULOSIS.
THERE WERE 59 DEATHS, ALL FROM TUBERCULOSIS, DURING THE MONTH. NO DEATHS WERE RECORDED IN RESPECT OF OTHER INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
FOUR IMPORTED CASES OF MALARIA WERE REPORTED DURING THE MONTH, BUT THE RECORDS OF DIPHTHERIA AND POLIOMYELITIS REMAINED CLEAN.
HONG KONG STILL REMAINED FREE FROM CHOLERA AND OTHER QUARANTINABLE DISEASES.
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