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SUNDAY, JULY 5, 1987

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SCOUTING ACTIVITIES IN PENAL INSTITUTIONS NEED DEVELOPING

THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, MR CHAN WA-SHEK, TODAY (SUNDAY) EXPRESSED HIS HOPE то FURTHER DEVELOP SCOUTING ACTIVITIES IN PENAL INSTITUTIONS.

OF

HONG

OFFICIATING AT THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY CAMP

THE 221ST KONG SCOUT GROUP HELD AT TAI LAM CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION, MR CHAN SAID SCOUTING ACTIVITIES WOULD HELP YOUNG INMATES TO CULTIVATE GOOD MANNERS AND BEHAVIOUR AND BECOME RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS IN THE COMMUNITY.

THE 221ST HONG KONG SCOUT GROUP WAS SET UP LAST YEAR BY THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT. THE GROUP NOW HAS 120 MEMBERS, ALL BEING TRAINING CENTRE BOYS AGED BETWEEN 14 AND 21.

IN THE PAST YEAR, THE INMATES SCOUTS HAD TAKEN PART IN VARIOUS SCOUTING ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING COMMUNITY SERVICES, BADGE TRAINING

GRAND PROGRAMMES, OUTDOOR FUNCTIONS AND ALSO THE

JUBILEE CAMP FOR

SCOUTS.

AT THE CEREMONY, THE COMMISSIONER PRAISED THE INMATES FOR THEIR PAST REMARKABLE PERFORMANCE AND ENCOURAGED THEM TO CONTINUE LEARNING FROM OTHER SCOUT GROUPS FOR FURTHER IMPROVEMENT OF THEIR SKILLS AND PROMOTING SCOUTING SPIRIT.

AND

THE

MR CHAN THANKED THE GROUP PRESIDENT, MR LAU HON-WAH, CHAIRMAN, MR HERMAN HUI, FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP AND SUPPORT то THE SCOUT GROUP.

AT PRESENT, THE CORRECTIONAL SCOUT GROUP AND A RANGER GUIDE UNIT.

SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAS A

BOY

JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS

THE LOCAL EMPLOYMENT SERVICE (LES) OF THE RECEIVED MORE THAN 6,300 SUMMER JOB VACANCIES FROM MAY AND JUNE THIS YEAR.

LABOUR DEPARTMENT EMPLOYERS BETWEEN

DURING THE SAME PERIOD IT HAS FOUND JOBS FOR 1,302 SUMMER JOB-SEEKERS. OF THESE, HALF WERE OFFERED JOBS SUCH AS ASSEMBLERS, PACKERS AND LABOURERS IN FACTORIES. THE REST WERE PLACED IN CLERICAL JOBS AS WELL AS IN THE SERVICES SECTOR.

/A DEPARTMENT