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SUNDAY, JUNE 3, 1979

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S.N.T. INAUGURATES GIRL GUIDES ASSOCIATION IN SHA TIN

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THE EXPANSION PROGRAMME OF GUIDING IN THE NEW TERRITORIES TOOK AN IMPORTANT STEP FORWARD TODAY (SUNDAY) WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A DISTRICT LOCAL ASSOCIATION IN SHA TIN TO PROMOTE GUIDING ACTIVITIES IN THE NEW TOWN.

THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE NEW TERRITORIES GIRL GUIDES LOCAL ASSOCIATION, MRS. JANE AKERS-JONES AND THE SHA TIN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR. GERRY HIGGINSON JOINTLY OFFICIATED AT THE INAUGURATION CEREMONY OF THE NEW DISTRICT LOCAL ASSOCIATION AT THE LEK YUEN COMMUNITY HALL.

THE NEW DISTRICT ASSOCIATION IS THE FIRST DEVELOPMENT SCHEME INITIATED UNDER A THREE-YEAR PLAN LAUNCHED EARLIER THIS YEAR TO MEET THE FUTURE EXPANSION OF GIRL GUIDE MOVEMENT IN RURAL DISTRICTS.

THE $300,000 DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME INCLUDES THE EMPLOYMENT OF ADDITIONAL FULL-TIME AND PART-TIME GUIDERS, THE FORMATION OF MORE OPEN UNITS, BROWNIE PACKS AND GUIDE COMPANIES, THE SETTING UP OF OFFICES IN VARIOUS DISTRICTS AND THE ORGANISATION OF MORE ADVENTUROUS ACTIVITIES TO SUIT THE TASTES OF THE MODERN GENERATION.

IN HIS ADDRESS. MR. AKERS-JONES SAID THE EXPANSION OF GIRL GUIDE MOVEMENT IN THE NEW TERRITORIES HAD NOW MADE AN ENCOURAGING AND SUCCESSFUL START.

+ IN JUNE 1978 THERE WAS ONLY ONE BROWNIE PACK IN SHA TIN, AND NOW BY JUNE 1979 THERE ARE ALREADY TWO BROWNIE PACKS, SIX GUIDE COMPANIES AND ONE YOUNG LEADER UNIT,+ HE SAID.

THE SHA TIN DISTRICT LOCAL ASSOCIATION CONSISTS OF SOME 200 MEMBERS, ALL OF WHOM ARE STUDENTS FROM LOCAL SCHOOLS,

REGISTRATION TEAM IN STANLEY

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A TEAM FROM THE REGISTRATION OF PERSONS OFFICE WILL CONDUCT REGISTRATIONS AT STANLEY CIVIL AID SERVICES SUB-AREA HEADQUARTERS ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF 78 STANLEY VILLAGE ROAD FOR TWO DAYS FROM THURSDAY FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA.

REGISTRATION WILL BE CONDUCTED BETWEEN 9.30 A.M. AND 4.30 P.M. ON THE TWO DAYS.

THE VISIT IS TO ENABLE PARENTS AND GUARDIANS TO REGISTER THEIR CHILDREN OR WARDS BETWEEN THE AGE OF 11 AND 17 FOR JUVENILE IDENTITY CARDS AND HOLDERS OF JUVENILE IDENTITY CARDS TO REGISTER FOR ADULT IDENTITY CARDS ON REACHING 18.

ALL PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA ARE REMINDED OF THE IR RESPONSIBILITY TO REGISTER THEMSELVES AND THEIR CHILDREN FOR IDENTITY CARDS AND TO REPORT CHANGES OF EMPLOYMENT OR RESIDENTIAL ADDRESSES, MARITAL STATUS, OR ANY OTHER PARTICULARS WHICH HAVE CHANGED SINCE REGISTERING FOR THEIR IDENTITY CARDS.

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