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SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1986

STARTING FROM JANUARY 27 UNTIL THE END OF THE MONTH, TEMPORARY REFUSE COLLECTION POINTS WILL BE PROVIDED NEAR THE KAITO PIER.

SOUVENIRS WILL BE PRESENTED TO BOAT DWELLERS WHO CARRY FIVE BAGS OF REFUSE TO THE COLLECTION POINTS WITHIN THE CAMPAIGN PERIOD.

THE MARINE DEPARTMENT WILL ALSO STEP UP THE IR PATROL DUTY AT CHUNG MEI TUK, AND WILL TAKE LEGAL ACTION AGAINST THOSE WHO LITTER THE WATER.

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VR GIRLS JOIN BROWNIE PACK

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TWENTY-FOUR VIETNAMESE GIRLS AT CAPE COLLINSON CLOSED CENTRE TODAY (SATURDAY) ENROLLED IN THE 130TH ISLAND PACK OF THE HONG KONG GIRL GUIDES ASSOCIATION.

SPEAKING AT THE ENROLMENT CEREMONY, THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, MR CHAN WA-SHEK, SAID THE SETTING UP OF BROWNIE UNITS IN THE CLOSED CENTRES FOR VIETNAMESE REFUGEES WAS AN +ACHIEVEMENT OF THE GIRL GUIDES MOVEMENT WHICH IS CONTINUALLY REACHING OUT TO YOUNG PEOPLE IN HONG KONG+,

HE POINTED OUT THAT THIS WAS THE SECOND BROWNIE UNIT WHICH THE ASSOCIATION HAD ASSISTED IN FORMING FOR GIRLS IN CLOSED CENTRES.

THE ASSOCIATION HAS ORGANISED A PROGRAMME OF GUIDE TRAINING FOR GIRLS BETWEEN SIX TO 12 YEARS OF AGE, TRAINING THEM IN SELF-RELIANCE AND CITIZENSHIP, AND TO ENCOURAGE THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT.

HE TOLD THE NEW BROWNIES THAT THEY WOULD BENEFIT FROM THIS HEALTHY ACTIVITY AND BY FOLLOWING THE MOTTO +LEND A HAND+, THEY WOULD BE READY TO ACCEPT THE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES WHICH LAY AHEAD.

MR CHAN ALSO THANKED THE COMMISSIONERS, GUIDERS AND MEMBERS CONCERNED IN THE GIRL GUIDES ASSOCIATION, ESPECIALLY THOSE IN THE EASTERN, WAN CHAI, NORTH POINT AND ISLANDS REGION, FOR THE IR EFFORTS AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE BROWNIE UNIT AT CAPE COLLINSON,

ALSO OFFICIATING AT THE ENROLMENT CEREMONY WERE THE CHIEF COMMISSIONER OF THE HONG KONG GIRL GUIDES ASSOCIATION, LADY AKERS-JONES, AND OFFICIALS FROM VARIOUS DISTRICTS OF THE ASSOCIATION.

FOLLOWING THE CEREMONY, CHILDREN AT THE CLOSED CENTRE WERE TREATED TO FUN AT GAME STALLS SET UP BY THE GIRL GUIDES OF THE EASTERN DISTRICT.

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