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SUNDAY, AUGUST 30, 1981

HOPES FOR LOCAL GUIDING ASSOCIATION IN SAI KUNG

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IT IS HOPED TO FORM A DISTRICT LOCAL ASSOCIATION TO FURTHER GUIDING IN SAI KUNG, THE DEPUTY CHIEF COMMISSIONER OF THE HONG KONG GIRL GUIDES ASSOCIATION, MRS JANE AKERS-JONES SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).

MRS AKERS-JONES WAS SPEAKING AT THE CLOSING OF THE SAI KUNG

AND HANG HAU SUMMER YOUTH ACTIVITIES PROGRAMME.

AT PRESENT THERE ARE FOUR GUIDE UNITS WHICH ARE SUPPORTED BY THE DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD AND TWO OTHER UNITS IN SAI KUNG.

+HOWEVER WE ARE HOPING TO FORM A DISTRICT LOCAL ASSOCIATION HERE TO GIVE A WIDER-BASED SUPPORT TO FURTHERING GUIDING IN THIS AREA, SHE SAID.

+FROM ONE LOCAL ASSOCIATION ON HONG KONG ISLAND WE WILL NOW HAVE FIVE FROM TWO LOCAL ASSOCIATIONS IN KOWLOON THERE WILL SOON BE SEVEN- AND TO THE FIVE DISTRICT LOCAL ASSOCIATIONS ALREADY IN THE NEW TERRITORIES WILL BE ADDED THREE MORE.

+WE VERY MUCH HOPE THAT BEFORE LONG THERE WILL BE ANOTHER ONE FORMED SOON IN THIS DISTRICT TO TAKE A CLOSE INTEREST IN YOUR OWN LOCAL GUIDES.

+THROUGHOUT HONG KONG THERE ARE NOW 18 000 GIRL GUIDES AND WE HOPE THAT WITHIN FIVE YEARS GUIDING WILL BE ENJOYED BY 50 000 GIRLS, + MRS AKERS-JONES SAID.

THE SUMMER YOUTH ACTIVITIES PROGRAMME STARTED ON JULY 19, SINCE WHEN, WITH THE HELP OF GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS, MORE THAN 70 ACTIVITIES HAVE TAKEN PLACE. THIS YEAR, OVER 7 000 YOUNG PEOPLE TOOK PART IN TRAINING CAMPS, SPORTS COMPETITIONS, GAMES AND VISITS.

THE CLOSING CEREMONY WAS FOLLOWED BY A FUN FAIR ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG GIRL GUIDES ASSOCIATION (EAST KOWLOON REGION), ATTENDED BY 5 000 CHILDREN.

ALSO ATTENDING THE CEREMONY WERE MR LEE YUN-SAU, JP- MR JOSEPH KONG, JP THE REGIONAL SOCIAL WELFARE OFFICER (EAST KOWLOON), MR ALEXANDER FUNG- THE CHAIRMAN OF SAI KUNG RURAL COMMITTEE, MR CHUNG PUN- THE CHAIRMAN OF HANG HAU RURAL COMMITTEE, MR YAU KE) THE CHAIRMAN OF SAI KUNG AND HANG HAU DISTRICT YOUTH RECREATION CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE, REV FR N. RUGGIERO- AND THE ACTING DISTRICT OFFICER, MRS RITA LAU.

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