FRIDAY, JULY 5, 1935
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SCOUTS HAVE GOOD INFLUENCE ON YOUTHS
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SCOUTING ACTIVITIES HAVE A LONG-LASTING INFLUENCE ON GOOD MORAL ATTITUDES OF YOUNG PEOPLE, WHICH HELP STRENGTHEN FAMILY TIES AND CREATE A STABLE SOCIAL ATMOSPHERE, THE ACTING REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR ALBERT LAM, SAID TONIGHT.
HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE NINTH INAUGURATION CEREMONY OF OFFICE BEARERS OF THE REGIONAL SCOUTS COUNCIL, EAST KOWLOON REGION, SCOUTS ASSOCIATION OF HONG KONG.
SCOUTING IN HONG KONG STARTED ABOUT 70 YEARS AGO, AND TODAY THERE ARE MORE THAN 100 000 YOUNGSTERS PARTICIPATING IN VARIOUS KINDS OF DISCIPLINARY AND CHALLENGING ACTIVITIES AND TRAININGS, MR LAM SAID.
THE REGIONAL SCOUTS COUNCIL OF EAST KOWLOON HAS BEEN PROVIDING A SERIES OF TRAINING FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES IN KWUN TONG, WONG TAI SIN AND SAI KUNG.
+ IN ADDITION, THE COUNCIL TRIES TO COMPLY WITH THE MAIN THEME OF THE 80'S TO ENCOURAGE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES,+ MR LAM SAID.
+AT PRESENT, THERE ARE ABOUT 140 SCOUT GROUPS WITH 6 800 MEMBERS IN THE EAST KOWLOON REGION, HE ADDED.
+AND THE SCOUT RECRUITING EXERCISE WILL BE EXTENDED TO TEMPORARY HOUSING AND SQUATTER AREAS, HE SAID.
IN ORDER TO EXPAND ITS SERVICE NETWORK, THE REGIONAL SCOUTS COUNCIL OF EAST KOWLOON IS PLANNING TO RENOVATE THE REGIONAL HEAD OFFICE, AND TO DEVELOP A REGIONAL CENTRE SO THAT RESOURCES COULD BE USED EFFICIENTLY,
AN ACTIVITY CENTRE AT PAK SHA WAN IS ALSO BEING PLANNED TO PROVIDE YOUNG PEOPLE WITH A VENUE OF WATER SPORTS.
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