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SUNDAY, JULY 10, 1983

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CAS SEEKING SHA TIN RECRUITS

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THE CIVIL AID SERVICES HELD ITS FIRST LOCALISED RECRUITMENT DRIVE IN THE YEAR TODAY (SUNDAY) AT THE SHA KOK ESTATE COMPOUND IN SHA TIN NEW TOWN, WHERE THERE HAS BEEN AN INCREASING DEMAND FOR CAS SERVICES.

THE DAY-LONG RECRUITMENT CAMPAIGN IS AIMED AT RECRUITING 110 ADULT MEMBERS OF BOTH SEXES AND 50 MALE CADETS TO JOIN ITS SHA TIN NEW TOWN UNIT, WHICH HAS RECENTLY BEEN RE-ORGANISED AND EXPANDED TO BECOME N.T. EAST DIVISION.

THE EXERCISE WAS STARTED OFF BY MR NG CHAM LAM, A MEMBER OF THE SHA TIN DISTRICT BOARD THIS MORNING, WHEN HE TOOK THE SALUTE AND INSPECTED A PARADE OF CAS PERSONNEL.

ALSO ATTENDING THE CEREMONY WERE MR HENRY KU HONG-CHEONG, CAS N. T. REGIONAL COMMANDER, AND OTHER LOCAL DIGNITARIES.

SPEAKING AT THE PARADE, MR NG EMPHASISED THE ROLE OF SHA TIN RESIDENTS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE IR LOCAL COMMUNITY.

+ THE GROWTH OF SHA TIN IS THE RESULT OF THE CONCERTED EFFORTS OF LOCAL RESIDENTS.

+ IN LINE WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW TOWN, CAS IS EXPANDING ITS ESTABLISHMENT OF BOTH THE ADULT SERVICE AND THE CADET CORPS, HE SAID.

HE SAID THAT BY JOINING THE CAS, LOCAL YOUTHS WOULD BE PROVIDED WITH A CHANCE TO ENRICH THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF SOCIETY, AND TO DEVELOP A SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY THROUGH PARTICIPATION IN INTERESTING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES AND TRAINING, AS WELL AS SOCIAL SERVICES PROJECTS.

YOUTHS WHO WANTED TO JOIN AS ADULT MEMBERS MUST BE AGED 16 OR ABOVE, WHILE APPLICANTS FOR CADET VACANCIES MUST BE BOYS AGED BETWEEN 12 AND 14, WHO HAVE THEIR PARENTS' CONSENT BEFORE ENROLMENT.

THE PARADE WAS FOLLOWED BY A SERIES OF DEMONSTRATIONS BY CAS PERSONNEL ON SILENT DRILL, TRICK CYCLING, AND RESCUE AND CASUALTY HANDLING.

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