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SUNDAY, MAY 1, 1988

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YOUNG PEOPLE URGED TO TAKE PART IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS

URGED

YUNG, TODAY (SUNDAY)

THE SHA TIN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR VICTOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO SHOW CONCERN ABOUT THE COMMUNITY AND PARTICIPATE ACTIVELY IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.

HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE 1987-88 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE SHA TIN SCOUTS AND INAUGURATION CEREMONY OF THE 1988-90 SHA TIN DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL AT THE KIANGSU-CHEKIANG COLLEGE.

MR YUNG SAID IT WAS MOST IMPORTANT FOR RESIDENTS TO SUPPORT AND TAKE PART IN THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION SCHEME IN ORDER TO MAKE IT A SUCCESS.

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"THE SCOUTS, BEING THE YOUNGER GENERATION OF HONG KONG, SHOULD ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY BUILDING IN ADDITION ΤΟ RECREATIONAL AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS, HE SAID,

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"SCOUTS ACTIVITIES ARE AIMED AT CULTIVATING GOOD CHARACTER A SENSE OF SOCIAL SERVICE.

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"THROUGH DISCIPLINED GROUP ACTIVITIES, YOUNG PEOPLE ACQUIRE KNOWLEDGE AND PHYSICAL TRAINING, BUT ALSO LEARN ΤΟ CARE FOR OTHER PEOPLE AND BECOME RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS.

MR YUNG NOTED THAT THE SHA TIN SCOUTS HAD BEEN VERY RECENT YEARS AND THE DISTRICT MEMBERSHIP HAD INCREASED TO 2,000 IN 57 GROUPS.

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ACTIVE IN MORE THAN

THIS IS, OF COURSE, A RESULT OF GOOD WORK AND GOOD LEADERSHIP OF THE SHA TIN DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL, HE ADDED.

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ALSO PRESENT AT TODAY'S CEREMONY WERE THE SHA TIN DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR NG CHAN-LAM, AS WELL AS THE SHA TIN DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL CHAIRMAN, MR CHOY KWAI-SANG, AND PRESIDENT, MR CHAN WAI.

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