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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1987

THE POSTERS HAVE ALSO TRANSPORT SERVICES, VIA THE PURPOSES.

DISTRIBUTED ΤΟ VARIOUS PUBLIC FOR DISPLAY

BEEN TRANSPORT

DEPARTMENT,

TO COINCIDE WITH THE

PUBLICATION OF THE POSTER, REGIONAL COUNCILLORS AND STAFF OF THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT ARB PARTICIPATING IN A SCHEME WHEREBY THE REGISTRATION NUMBERS OF VEHICLES FROM WHICH RUBBISH IS SEEN BEING THROWN OUT OF WINDOWS ARB RECORDED, AND PROSECUTION ACTION TAKEN SUBSEQUENTLY.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT SO FAR THE SCHEMB HAD PROVED то BE EFFECTIVE AND HAD RESULTED IN A NUMBER OF SUCCESSFUL PROSECUTIONS.

HE ADDED THAT THE URBAN COUNCIL WAS CONSIDERING SIMILAR SCHEME IN THE URBAN AREA.

SCOUT ACTIVITIES HELP PROMOTE CIVIC EDUCATION

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THE PARTICIPATION IN VARIOUS SOCIAL SERVICES AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES HAS ENABLED BOY SCOUTS TO REALISE THE IMPORTANCE OF CARING FOR THE SOCIETY AND HAS THUS HELPED TO PROMOTE CIVIC EDUCATION, SAI KUNG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR KEVIN HO, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).

SPEAKING AT THE INAUGURATION CEREMONY OF OFFICE-BEARERS OF THE SCOUTS ASSOCIATION, SAI KUNG HANG HAU AND SAU MAU PING DISTRICTS OF EAST KOWLOON REGION, MR HO PRAISED THE WELL ORGANISED SCOUT ACTIVITIES IN THE TERRITORY WHICH HAD WON SUPPORT FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE.

"PEOPLE WILL REMEMBER THE DIAMOND JUBILEE JAMBOREE AT TAI РО TSAI IN SAI KUNG LAST DECEMBER WHEN HUNDREDS OF SCOUTS FROM DIFFERENT DISTRICTS HAD THE CHANCE TO SHARE THEIR PRECIOUS EXPERIENCE, HE SAID.

"THE SCOUT DISTRICT OFFICES OF THE EAST KOWLOON REGION HAVE ALSO JOINED HANDS, IN ORGANISING VARIOUS FUNCTIONS. THEIR COMMON OBJECTIVE IS TO EXPAND THE SCOUT ORGANISATION AND TRAIN MORE SCOUT LEADERS, MR HO SAID.

NOTING THAT THE POPULATION IN-TAKE FOR THE JUNK BAY NEW TOWN WAS EXPECTED TO START EARLY NEXT YEAR AND THAT BY MID-1988, ITS POPULATION WOULD REACH 25,000, MR HO SAID THE SCOUT DISTRICT OFFICE SHOULD ENCOURAGE YOUNGSTERS AND RESIDENTS OF DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS IN THE AREA TO TAKE PART IN SCOUT ACTIVITIES.

"THIS WILL NOT ONLY HELP TO DEVELOP THE SCOUT ORGANISATION BUT WILL ALS0 STRENGTHEN RESIDENTS' SENSE OF BELONGING TOWARDS THEIR COMMUNITY, HE SAID.

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