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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1983
SEA CADET CORPS SEEKS INCORPORATION
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THE INCORPORATION OF THE HONG KONG SEA CADET CORPS WOULD MAKE A MATERIAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE PROMOTION OF THE CORPS' WORK FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN HONG KONG, THE HON F.K. HU SAID TODAY.
HE WAS MOVING THE SECOND READING OF THE HONG KONG SEA CADET CORPS BILL 1983 WHICH SEEKS TO INCORPORATE THE AREA COMMITTEE OF THE CORPS.
TRACING THE HISTORY OF THE SEA CADET CORPS, MR HU SAID THAT IT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1968, ON THE DEMISE OF THE ROYAL NAVAL VOLUNTEER RESERVE IN HONG KONG.
+ THE INTENTION WAS TO USE THE ENTHUSIASM AND THE DEDICATION OF SOME OF THE FORMER OFFICERS TO PROVIDE A SERVICE TO YOUTH IN HONG KONG, WITHOUT ANY MILITARY OVERTONES BUT WITH THE GENEROUS ASSISTANCE OF THE ROYAL NAVY, HE EXPLAINED.
HE SAID THAT THE SEA CADET CORPS HAD COME A LONG WAY SINCE THEN.
WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT AND THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB, THE CORPS NOW PROVIDED ORGANISED ACTIVITIES FOR SOME 750 CADETS IN 11 TRAINING UNITS, MR HU ADDED.
ON ACCOMMODATION, MR HU POINTED OUT THAT THE CORPS HAD A SITE AT STANLEY ON A CROWN LAND LICENCE AND A GRANT OF LAND IN SAI KUNG WHERE A SEA ACTIVITIES TRAINING CENTRE HAD BEEN BUILT THROUGH A MUN IF ICIENT DONATION FROM SIR SHIU-KIN TANG.
HE SAID THAT TWO FURTHER UNITS WERE BEING SET UP THIS YEAR AND THE CORPS HAD BEEN TOLD THAT THE GOVERNMENT WAS PREPARED TO GRANT A SITE IN KOWLOON FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW HEADQUARTERS AND AS A HOME FOR SEVERAL UNITS.
*WITH ITS RESPONSIBILITIES TO SO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE, AND ITS GROWING PROPERTY HOLDINGS, THE CORPS HAS NOW FOUND IT NECESSARY TO SEEK INCORPORATION TO GIVE IT APPROPRIATE LEGAL STATUS, MR HU SA ID.
THE DEBATE ON THE BILL WAS ADJOURNED TO DECEMBER 21,
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