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THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1980

TAI PO PEOPLE URGED TO SUPPORT SCOUTS

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TAI PO DISTRICT OFFICER, MR NICHOLAS NG, HAS URGED LOCAL RESIDENTS CONCERNED ABOUT COMMUNITY AND YOUTH AFFAIRS TO SUPPORT LOCAL SCOUTING ACTIVITIES.

MR NG WAS SPEAKING TODAY (THURSDAY) AT THE INAUGURATION OF THE 1980-81 OFFICE-BEARERS OF THE TAI PO DISTRICT SCOUT ASSOCIATION.

HE SAID SCOUTS, WITH THEIR STRICT TRAINING WHICH EMPHASISED DEVELOPMENT OF BODY AND MIND, COULD PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN DEVELOPING COMMUNITY WORK IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, WHICH WAS BECOMING HEAVIER,

THROUGH TRAINING, HE SAID, SCOUTS GREW UP AS USEFUL AND CIVIC-MINDED PEOPLE SERVING THE COMMUNITY, BUILDING A GOOD IMAGE AND CONTRIBUTING TOWARDS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A BALANCED COMMUNITY,

MR NG NOTED THAT THE FIVE-YEAR SCOUT EXPANSION SCHEME, WHICH WAS DRAWN UP IN LINE WITH THE COMMUNITY BUILDING PLAN, HAS NOW ENTERED ITS SECOND YEAR.

+THE CONTINUOUS GROWTH IN THE NUMBER OF SCOUTS IN TA! PO DISTRICT HAS PROVED THAT YOUR EFFORTS IN THE EXPANSION CAMPAIGN HAVE BEEN REWARDING, HE SAID,

CONGRATULATING THE NEW AND FORMER OFFICE-BEARERS, MR NG SAID HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE EARNEST SUPPORT FROM MORE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY TO PROMOTE FURTHER EXPANSION,

+SCOUTING ACTIVITIES HELP TO PRODUCE CIVIC-MINDED PEOPLE, SO THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TAI PO COMMUNITY IS CLOSELY CONNECTED WITH YOUR CONCERN AND EFFORTS, HE SAID.

+1 HOPE YOU WILL SHOULDER THE RESPONSIBILITY, TRY YOUR BEST TO PROMOTE SCOUT ACTIVITIES AND COMMUNITY BUILDING, AND BUILD UP A HEALTHY COMMUNITY, HE TOLD THE NEW OFFICE-BEARERS.

THE TAI PO DISTRICT SCOUT ASSOCIATION WAS FORMED FOUR YEARS AGO. ALTHOUGH THE HISTORY OF SCOUTING IN THE TOWN GOES BACK MUCH FURTHER THAN THIS. AT PRESENT, TAI PO HAS ABOUT 700 SCOUTS IN 14 TROOPS.