XN000022-1980-11-26 — Page 7

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1980

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YOUNG SEAMEN URGED TO DO WELL FOR HONG KONG

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THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR JACK CATER TODAY TOLD A GROUP OF YOUNG SEAMEN THAT WORKING LIFE ABOARD SHIP COULD BE AN EXEMPLARY MINIATURE OF A STABLE AND PRODUCTIVE SOCIETY, WITH DISCIPLINE AS ITS GOVERNING PRINCIPLE.

SPEAKING AT A PASSING-OUT PARADE AT THE HONG KONG SEA SCHOOL THIS MORNING, SIR JACK TOLD THE BOYS THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT FEATURE OF THE IR JOB WAS THAT THEY WOULD BE WORKING AS PART OF A CREW.

+TO WORK WELL IN THIS TEAM ON BOARD, YOU WILL NEED TO CULTIVATE A SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY TOWARDS YOUR WORK-MATES, LEARN TO ACCOMMODATE THEIR DIFFERENCES AND COOPERATE WITH THEM.

+MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL, YOU WILL HAVE TO ABIDE BY THE RULES THAT BIND THE TEAM TOGETHER. DISCIPLINE IS THE KEY-WORD, HE SAID.

HE SAID THEY WOULD HAVE TO START AT THE BOTTOM, JUST LIKE WORKING IN ANY OTHER FIELD, BUT THERE WOULD BE AMPLE OPPORTUNITY FOR ADVANCEMENT IF THEY WORKED HARD AND IN FACT MANY FORMER SEA SCHOOL BOYS HAD BEEN PROMOTED TO SHIPS' OFFICERS AND SOME TO MASTER.

HE TOLD THEM THAT BY WORKING HARD THEY COULD DO A GREAT DEAL TO COUNTER THE RECENT TREND OF SHIPPING COMPANIES EMPLOYING FEWER SEAMEN FROM HONG KONG.

+ IN SO DOING YOU WILL NOT ONLY BE PROVING YOURSELVES, YOU WILL ALSO PROMOTE THE GOOD IMAGE OF HONG KONG SEAMEN THUS ENSURING THAT THERE WILL ALWAYS BE A PLACE FOR OUR SEAMEN IN THE INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING INDUSTRY

YOU ARE AMBASSADORS ON THE SEA FOR HONG

KONG,+ SIR JACK SAID.

SHA TIN STUDENT ATHLETES MEET FOR

FIRST TIME ON OWN SPORTSGROUND

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SHA TIN'S NEW PUBLIC SPORTSGROUND IS PLAYING AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE HEALTHY UP-DRINGING OF THE NEW TOWN'S YOUNGER GENERATION.

SHA TIN DISTRICT OFFICER, DR PATRICK HASE, SAID THIS TODAY WHEN PRESENTING PRIZES TO WINNERS IN THE DISTRICT'S THIRD_STUDENTS ATHLETICS MEETING WHICH WAS HELD FOR THE FIRST TIME ON THE SPORTSGROUND.

DR HASE SAID PARTICIPATION IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES COULD MAKE LIFE ENJOYABLE, AND HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE SUCH FACILITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES WELL USED.

STUDENTS, IN PARTICULAR, SHOULD MAKE THE BEST USE OF THE IR LEISURE TIME BY JOINING ACTIVITIES THAT WOULD HELP THEM GROW UP MORE HEALTHILY.

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