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THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1988

THESE INCLUDED ADULT COURSES, CHILDREN'S ADVENTURE EDUCATION PROGRAMMES, SPECIAL OUTDOOR SKILLS COURSES, COURSES FOR DISABLED AND UNDER-PRIVILEDGED, AND REHABILITATION

JUVENILE DELINQUENTS.

AND SOCIAL

THE PROGRAMMES FOR

SUBVENTION TO BOUND SCHOOL DOES AN THOSE TAKING ROLE IN THE

NOTING THAT THE GOVERNMENT PROVIDES AN ANNUAL HELP DESERVING PEOPLE TAKE PART IN COURSES AT THE OUTWARD SCHOOL, THE GOVERNOR SAID, "THE OUTWARD BOUND EXCELLENT JOB IN PROVIDING TRAINING WHICH ENCOURAGES PART TO PLAY COMMUNITY.

A MORE ACTIVE AND MORE SIGNIFICANT

"THE GOVERNEMNT IS HAPPY TO PROVIDE HELP FOR NOT OTHERWISE BE ABLE TO BENEFIT, TO TAKE PART."

THE GOVERNOR WAS TOLD THAT ABOUT 1,000 PEOPLE GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES TO THEIR COURSE FEES EVERY YEAR.

ON ARRIVAL, THE GOVERNOR WAS MET BY THE OUTWARD BOUND TRUST EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, MR DENNIS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE SCHOOL, MR DEREK PRITCHARD.

SOME

WHO MIGHT

BENEFITTED FROM

CHAIRMAN MINNS,

DURING A TOUR OF THE SCHOOL, SIR DAVID MET 11

CADET PILOT SCHEME WHO WERE

OF THE CATHAY PACIFIC OUTWARD BOUND TRAINING COURSE.

OF THE AND THE

TRAINEE PILOTS UNDERGOING AN

TAKING A GROUPS OF

LATER, THE GOVERNOR WATCHED A GROUP OF YOUNG GIRLS RAFTING INITIATIVE COURSE ON THE BEACH, WHILE OFFSHORE TRAINEES WERE LEARNING THE SKILLS OF KETCH SAILING AND CANOEING.

SIR DAVID THEN BOARDED THE 132-FOOT ADVENTURE SHIP WHERE HE MET COURSE TRAINEES WHO HAD JUST RETURNED CRUISE TO THE PHILIPPINES.

"JI

FUNG"

FROM

BEFORE CONCLUDING HIS VISIT, SIR DAVID, HIMSELF A MOUNTAINEER, SAW TRAINEES TAKING PART IN AN ADULT CHALLENGE COURSE ROCK CLIMBING AND ABSEIL PRACTICE.

KEEN

IN

SAID

PERFECT

AND

SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER HIS VISIT, SIR DAVID PARTICIPATION IN AN OUTWARD BOUND COURSE WOULD BE A OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO LEARN THE QUALITIES OF LEADERSHIP SELF-RELIANCE, AND TO GET OUT INTO THE COUNTRYSIDE.

THIS WOULD ALSO HELP PARTICIPANTS TRAIN THEMSELVES AS MUCH BETTER CITIZENS, MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE OPERATORS, WHATEVER HE SAID.

THEIR JOBS,

CIVIL SERVANTS SENT ON OUTWARD BOUND COURSES

HAD BENEFITTED

ENORMOUSLY.

/SIR DAVID