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FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 1982

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+VIRTUALLY ALL PRIMARY SCHOOLS NOW INCLUDE ART IN THEIR SYLLABUSES, NOT WITH THE LONG TERM VIEW OF PREPARING PUPILS FOR VOCATIONAL TRAINING, OBVIOUSLY, BUT IN ORDER TO NURTURE CREATIVITY AND VISUAL SENSITIVITY AND THEREBY ENRICH AND DILUTE THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS FROM AN EARLY AGE.

+I CONGRATULATE THOSE WHO HAVE JUST COMPLETED THEIR TWO YEARS COURSE AT THIS COLLEGE.

+SOME OF THEIR WORK IS NOW ON DISPLAY AT THIS ANNUAL EXHIBITION AND I AM SURE IT WILL ATTRACT THE SYMPATHETIC AND APPRECIATIVE SCRUTINY OF THOSE WITH AN EYE TO JUDGE.+

CAS COMMENDED FOR WORK

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THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, PAID TRIBUTE TO THE CIVIL AID SERVICES AT ITS 30TH ANNIVERSARY DINNER HELD IN KOWLOON TONIGHT (FRIDAY).

+1 HAVE ALREADY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE YOU AT WORK DURING THE RECENT HEAVY RAINSTORMS AND HAVE BEEN IMPRESSED BY YOUR DEDICATION AND ENTHUSIASM IN PROVIDING A VERY WIDE VARIETY OF AID AND ASSISTANCE IN TIMES OF EMERGENCY, SIR EDWARD SAID AT THE DINNER, ATTENDED BY ABOUT 900 CAS MEMBERS.

SIR EDWARD NOTED THAT CAS MEMBERS REGULARLY PERFORM DUTIES THAT CONTRIBUTE TO A WIDE RANGE OF COMMUNITY AND CHARITABLE ACTION.

+IN DOING SO YOU HAVE BEEN ABLE TO INVOLVE LARGE NUMBERS OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF HONG KONG, I FIND THAT A VERY ENCOURAGING FEATURE OF YOUR ACTIVITIES, HE SAID.

IN HIS SPEECH, THE CAS COMMISSIONER, MR R.H. LOBO, NOTED THAT ITS MOUNTAIN RESCUE UNIT HAD RESPONDED TO 18 CALLOUTS OVER THE LAST YEAR AND RESCUED MORE THAN 200 PEOPLE.

THE CAS, MR LOBO SAID, HAS FORMED A NEW EMERGENCY RESCUE UNIT, WHOSE MEMBERS CAN RESPOND TO ANY EMERGENCY CALLOUT AT ONE HOUR'S NOTICE.

+ IN OUR YOUTH WING, WE HAVE COMPLETED A REVIEW OF THE INTERESTS OF THE CADETS AND IN THE PSYCHOLOGY OF YOUTH, AND DECIDED THAT THERE WAS A NEED TO LOWER THE INTAKE AGE OF YOUNG PEOPLE FROM 14 TO 12 YEARS OF AGE,* MR LOBO SAID.

SINCE THEN, OVER 500 PEOPLE IN THE NEW AGE GROUP HAVE ENROLLED INTO THE SERVICE, HE REPORTED.

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