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THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1986

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SIR EDWARD VISITS JPC CAMP

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JUN FOR POLICE CALL MEMBERS AT THE WU KAI SHA YOUTH VILLAGE TODAY (THURSDAY) DISPLAYED VITALITY AND PERFORMANCES TO RECEIVE A PROMINENT VISITOR THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE.

THE GOVERNOR, ACCOMPANIED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, MR RAYMON ANNING, WAS FIRST GREETED BY THE JPC LION DANCE TEAMS ON ARRIVAL.

JPC SALUTES

AND

SIR EDWARD WAS THEN WELCOMED BY THE 1,800 CAMPERS WHO PERFORMED A SPECTACULAR WORD DISPLAY SINGING.

ADDRESSING THE CAMPERS, SIR EDWARD SAID THE ANNUAL CAMP GAVE THE JPC MEMBERS A CHANCE TO GET TOGETHER TO PLAN FOR THE FUTURE IN AN INFORMAL WAY AND IN THE MOST RELAXING SURROUNDINGS.

SIR EDWARD NOTED THAT THE THEME OF THIS YEAR'S ''CARING FOR THE COMMUNITY AND GETTING TO KNOW IT BETTER WAS CHOSEN FOR THE CAMP.

''I CAN THINK OF NO BETTER WAY TO USE YOUR ENERGY, OR

TO CHANNEL YOUR EFFORTS,''.

THE GOVERNOR SAID JPC WAS, IN MANY WAYS, A UNIQUE ORGANISATION AND HE WAS HAPPY TO KNOW THAT IF PLACED GREAT EMPHASIS ON PRACTIAL COMMUNITY SERVICE TO THE NEEDY, THE UNDER- PRIVILEGED, THE ELDERLY AND THE HANDICAPPED.

BEFORE TOURING THE CAMP, SIR EDWARD CUT A RIBBON TO FLY HIGH A JPC EMBLEM.

SOME 850 JPC MEMBERS HAVE ALREADY SPENT FOUR DAYS IN THE CAMP THEY WERE JOINED TODAY BY 1,000 FELLOW MEMBERS WHO SHARED A DAY OF FUN AT THE YOUTH VILLAGE.

SIR EDWARD WAS HAPPY TO SEE THE YOUNG PEOPLE ENJOY A VARIETY OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES IN THE CAMP, RANGING FROM ARCHERY, ORIENTEERING, SWIMMING, TRAMPOLINING, ROLLER-SKATING, CIRCUIT TRAINING TO ROPE COURSE, FILM SHOWS AND BALL GAMES.

HE LEARNED THAT BALANCED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES WERE ALSO LINED UP FOR THE CAMPERS. THEY INCLUED FORUMS, SEMINARS, DISCUSSIONS, TALKS AND EXHIBITIONS ON CRIME PREVENTION.

THE FIVE-DAY CAMP IS AN ANNUAL EVENT ORGANISED BY THE POLICE FOR JPC MEMBERS DURING THE SUMMER HOLIDAYS.

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