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SUNDAY, JUNE 17, 1979

POLICE MARRIED QUARTERS NEAR ING COMPLETION

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WORK ON THE POLICE RANK AND FILE MARR FED QUARTERS IN HO MAN TIN IS NEARING COMPLETION.

A PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (SUNDAY) THAT MORE THAN 90 PER CENT OF THE WORK HAD BEEN COMPLETED.

THE QUARTERS, TOTALLING 470 UNITS, ARE HOUSED IN TWO 17-STOREY BLOCKS SITUATED NEAR THE JUNCTION OF PRINCESS MARGARET ROAD AND CHUNG MAN ROAD.

WORK IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN AUGUST.

IMPORTANCE OF SCOUTING IN NEW TOWNS STRESSED

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THE DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. JOHN TODD TODAY (SUNDAY) EMPHASISED THE IMPORTANT ROLE PLAYED BY SCOUTING IN HONG KONG, PARTICULARLY IN DEVELOPING TOWNS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES.

+NOT ONLY DOES IT ENCOURAGE HEALTHY EDUCATIONAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES, IT ALSO ENCOURAGES YOUNG PEOPLE TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY.+

IN TURN, HE SAID, IT WOULD PROMOTE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AMONG FRIENDS AND FELLOW RESIDENTS.

MR. TODD WAS SPEAKING AT THE INAUGURATION CEREMONY OF NEW OFFICE-BEARERS OF THE SHA TIN SCOUT COUNCIL AND OPENING OF ITS DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS AT LEK YUEN COMMUNITY HALL.

THE SCOUT MOVEMENT IN SHA TIN HAS EXPANDED CONSIDERABLY OVER THE YEARS, FROM ONLY EIGHT TROOPS IN 1975 TO 19 TROOPS COMPRISING SOME 1,000 MEMBERS.

AS PART OF ITS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME, A DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS HAS RECENTLY BEEN SET UP TO ENABLE A GREATER NUMBER OF YOUNG PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN SCOUTING ACTIVITIES AND TO PUT THE IR ENERGY TO PROFITABLE USE.

+FOR SCOUTING IN SHA TIN TO EXPAND AND IMPROVE, THERE MUST BE AN EFFICIENT COUNCIL TO ORGANISE AND TO GUIDE IT.

+1 AM THEREFORE VERY PLEASED TO LEARN THAT YOUR DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL, REPRESENTING MANY LOCAL ORGANISATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS, HAS MADE SUCH A GOOD START, HE SAID.

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