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SATURDAY, JUNE 15,
+1 AM SURE THE NEW COUNCIL WILL MAKE FULL USE OF THE DISTRICT'S RESOURCES TO FURTHER PROMOTE SCOUT ACTIVITIES AND THE SPIRIT OF COMMUNITY BUILDING AMONG RESIDENTS,+ MR LAM SAID.
MR LAM NOTED THAT THE SCOUTS IN THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT WERE FORMERLY UNDER THE HONG KONG ISLAND WESTERN DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL.
WITH THE NEW DISTRICT COUNCIL, THE 23 COMPANIES OF SCOUTS IN THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT WILL BE CO-ORDINATED LOCALLY,
THE NEW SCOUT COUNCIL ALSO BRINGS TO SEVEN THE NUMBER OF DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCILS IN THE HONG KONG ISLAND REGION.
MR LAM EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT A PERMANENT OFFICE FOR THE SCOUT COUNCIL COULD BE SET UP IN THE DISTRICT IN THE FUTURE SO THAT THE CO-ORDINATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL SCOUT ACTIVITIES COULD BE FURTHER STRENGTHENED.
AWARD FOR CHI MA WAN OFFICER
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A WOMAN ASSISTANT OFFICER OF THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT'S REFUGEE UNIT, MISS YAN OI-LING, WAS AWARDED A VOCATIONAL SERVICE SHIELD BY THE ROTARY CLUB OF VICTORIA AT A PRESENTATION CEREMONY HELD AT THE CHI MA WAN CLOSED REFUGEE CENTRE TODAY (SATURDAY).
THE AWARD WAS OFFERED UNDER THE CLUB'S VOCATIONAL SERVICE PROJECT TO MISS YAN FOR THE EXCELLENT WORK SHE HAD DONE FOR THE REFUGEES IN THE CENTRE OVER AND ABOVE HER NORMAL DUTIES.
IN ADDITION, THREE VIETNAMESE REFUGEES AT THE CENTRE WERE AWARDED.
THEY ARE MÀ NGUYỄN ĐỨC YEN, MISS PHẠM THỊ KIM DUNG AND MR NGUYEN TUAN WHO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN TEACHING THE CHILDREN, PROMOTING SCOUTING ACTIVITIES AND WORKING AS AN INTERPRETER AT THE CENTRE.
OFFICIATING AT THE CEREMONY WERE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CLUB'S VOCATIONAL SERVICE COMMITTEE, MR ANDRES GUILLEN, AND THREE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, MESSRS JOHN COLLIER, ALLAN PIPE AND ROGER WALKER.
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UNDER A SEPARATE PROJECT. THE ROTARY INTERNATIONAL HAS BEEN PROVIDING VOLUNTARY DENTAL SERVICES FOR REFUGEES AT CLOSED REFUGEE CENTRES.
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