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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1976

ACTING GOVERNOR TO INSPECT C.A.S. CADET CORPS PARADE

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THE ACTING GOVERNOR, SIR DENYS ROBERTS, WILL INSPECT THE PARADE OF THE CIVIL AID SERVICES CADET CORPS AT THE VICTORIA PARK ON SUNDAY (NOVEMBER 21).

TAKING PART IN THE PARADE WILL BE 600 CADETS,

THE C.A.S. CADET CORPS WAS FOUNDED IN 1968 ON A TRIAL BASIS WITH TWO UNITS OF 100 CADETS EACH AT WONG TAI SIN AND SHAU KI WAN. IT WAS ESTABLISHED BECAUSE THERE WAS A GENUINE NEED FOR ORGANISED ACTIVITIES FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN RESETTLEMENT AND LOW-COST HOUSING ESTATES, SQUATTER AREAS AND CONGESTED TENEMENTS.

THE CORPS PROVED POPULAR WITH LOCAL YOUTHS AND RESIDENTS AND PERMISSION WAS GRANTED TO EXPAND THE CORPS TO ITS PRESENT STRENGTH OF 2,000.

INCLUDING THE C.A.S. HEADQUARTERS TRAINING UNIT, IN KOWLOON, THERE ARE NOW 20 UNITS, EIGHT ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 10 IN KOWLOON AND TWO IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

PLANS TO ESTABLISH TWO MORE UNITS IN TUEN MUN AND YUEN LONG NEXT YEAR HAVE BEEN APPROVED. THERE ARE ALSO PLANS TO SET UP ONE UNIT EACH IN SHA TIN AND SAI KUNG IN 1978.

THE C.A.S. CADET CORPS PROVIDES VARIOUS FORMS OF ACTIVITIES FOR ITS MEMBERS AGED BETWEEN 14 AND 17. THEY INCLUDE TRAINING IN MECH- ANICAL ENGINEERING, FIBRE GLASSING, TRICK BICYCLE RIDING, PHOTOGRAPHY, FIRST AID, RESCUE WORK AND CROWD CONTROL.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND A REPORTER/PHOTOGRAPHER TO COVER THE PARADE WHICH WILL BE HELD AT VICTORIA PARK FROM 10.50 A.M. ON SUNDAY. MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES ARE ADVISED TO ARRIVE AT THE PARADE GROUND AT LEAST 10 MINUTES EARLIER.