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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1995
HK OWES MUCH TO YOUNG COMMUNITY
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HONG KONG IS A LIVELY COMMUNITY AND WE OWE A GREAT DEAL TO THE ENERGY AND IMAGINATION EXERCISED BY OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID TODAY.
SPEAKING AT THE TEN OUTSTANDING YOUNG PERSONS SELECTION AWARDS PRESENTATIONS CEREMONY 1985, SIR DAVID SAID THE AWARDS SCHEME GAVE RECOGNITION TO THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF DEDICATED YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN IN DIFFERENT FIELDS OF ENDEAVOUR.
SIR DAVID SAID THE EXPERTISE AND DEDICATION OF THESE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN WOULD BE REMEMBERED BY THE COMMUNITY.
+THE IR GOOD WORK, BE THAT IN ARTS AND CULTURE, SOCIAL SERVICES OR PROFESSIONAL PURSUITS ARE ALREADY SHARED BY MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE IMPACT OF THESE INDIVIDUAL EFFORTS WILL MULTIPLY.
+WHAT IS MORE IMPORTANT IS THAT THE IR EXPERIENCE AND SUCCESS WILL INSPIRE OTHERS TO CONTINUE THEIR WORK TO DEVELOP A BETTER COMMUNITY, + SIR DAVID SAID.
HE SAID THE PRESENTATIONS CEREMONY PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY IN STRENGTHENING THE BONDS BETWEEN OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUALS FROM DIFFERENT WALKS OF LIFE.
HE ALSO PAID TRIBUTE TO THE HONG KONG JUNIOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR ORGANISING SUCH A MEANINGFUL ANNUAL EVENT, AND TO THE AWARDEES FOR THEIR RELENTLESS EFFORTS IN GIVING THEIR BEST TO THE COMMUNITY.
+ SINCERELY HOPE THAT THEY WILL KEEP UP WITH THEIR GOOD WORK AND CAPITAL ISE THE IR TALENTS TO THE FULL, SIR DAVID SAID.
CAS SPIRIT VITAL TO HK'S SUCCESS
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TO SERVE AND PARTICIPATE IN THE SENSE OF COMMUNITY SPIRIT -- THE COMMUNITY WHICH CIVIL AID SERVICES RECRUITS DEVELOP THROUGH TRAINING, IS VITAL TO THE CONTINUING SUCCESS OF HONG KONG, THE REGIONAL SECRETARY (HONG KONG AND KOWLOON), MR BARRIE WIGGHAM, SAID THIS (SATURDAY) EVENING.
SPEAKING AT THE 32ND PASSING-OUT PARADE OF THE CAS, MR WIGGHAM SAID THAT SINCE ITS FORMATION IN 1952, THE CAS HAD PLAYED A PROMINENT ROLE IN A WIDE VARIETY OF TASKS, RANGING FROM DISASTER AND EMERGENCY OPERATIONAL DUTIES, TO CROWD CONTROL AT PUBLIC EVENTS, AND IN RECENT YEARS, REFUGEE MANAGEMENT.
/AS EXAMPLES,
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