FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 1990
PEOPLE WITH INITIATIVE, DEDICATION AND SENSE OF COMMITMENT NEEDED * * * * * *
HONG KONG WILL NEED MORE AND MORE PEOPLE WITH INITIATIVE, DEDICATION, AND A SENSE OF COMMITMENT TO BE ITS FUTURE LEADERS AS THE TERRITORY MOVES INTO THE FUTURE, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE GOLD AWARD PRESENTATION OF THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S AWARD SCHEME HELD AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE, SIR DAVID CONGRATULATED THE 33 AWARD WINNERS THIS YEAR FOR SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETING THE VERY ARDUOUS PROGRAMME.
"THIS IS NO EASY TASK," SIR DAVID SAID, ADDING THAT IN DOING THIS THE AWARD WINNERS HAD SHOWN THEY HAD INITIATIVE, DEDICATION, AND A SENSE OF COMMITMENT.
SIR DAVID SAID HE HOPED TO SEE THE QUALITIES THE GOLD AWARD WINNERS HAD DISPLAYED IN WINNING THE GOLD AWARDS MAKING THEM FUTURE LEADERS IN POLITICS, BUSINESS, THE ARTS AND EDUCATION,
"WHEREVER WE NEED LEADERSHIP YOU HAVE SHOWN THAT YOU HAVE GOT WHAT IT TAKES. GO ON BUILDING ON THOSE QUALITIES," HE SAID.
THE GOVERNOR SAID IT WAS ENCOURAGING TO SEE THAT THE AWARD SCHEME HAD EXPANDED STEADILY NOT ONLY IN HONG KONG, BUT ALSO INTERNATIONALLY.
SIR DAVID POINTED OUT THAT LAST YEAR, THE AWARD SCHEME GATHERED YOUNG PEOPLE FROM SEVEN COUNTRIES IN HONG KONG.
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"NEXT YEAR, THE AWARD COUNCIL WILL HOST THE EDINBURGH'S AWARD INTERNATIONAL AWARD FORUM WITH DELEGATES FROM 49 COUNTRIES.
"THIS WILL BE THE FIRST TIME HONG KONG HAS HOSTED THE FORUM. IT IS AN HONOUR FOR HONG KONG AND A GREAT CREDIT TO OUR AWARD COUNCIL THAT THEY HAVE BEEN CHOSEN TO ORGANISE THIS IMPORTANT EVENT.
"IT WILL BE A SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR OWN YOUNG PEOPLE TO BROADEN THEIR HORIZONS, HE SAID.
THE GOVERNOR ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THE SUCCESS OF THE AWARD SCHEME RELIED HEAVILY ON THE SUPPORT AND PARTICIPATION OF VOLUNTEERS.
HE PRESENTED CERTIFICATES OF APPRECIATION AND RECOGNITION TO 11 DESERVING VOLUNTEERS WHO HAD CONTRIBUTED MUCH TIME AND EFFORT ΤΟ THE SCHEME'S DEVELOPMENT.
SIR DAVID ALSO THANKED THE IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIRMAN OF AWARD SCHEME, MR J.P. LEE, FOR HIS HARD WORK IN THE PAST 12 YEARS.
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