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SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 1990

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"SIMILAR CAREER DISPLAYS RECENTLY HELD AT

IN TAIKOO SHA TIN AND AT CITYPLAZA

SHING, HAD THOUSANDS OF VISITORS, HE NOTED.

A CSD SPOKESMAN SAID THE MTR CAREER

DISPLAYS

FORMED PART OF

THE DEPARTMENT'S MAJOR RECRUITMENT CAMPAIGN FOR 1990-91.

NEW TOWN PLAZA IN ATTRACTED TENS OF

MTR THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT HE EXPECTED THE EQUALLY POPULAR AND TO ACHIEVE THE PURPOSE UNDERSTANDING OF THE DEPARTMENT'S WORK.

DISPLAYS ΤΟ BR OF INCREASING RESIDENTS'

1 CSD PUBLICITY ON 'BEATING THE RETREAT*

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THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT (CSD) HELD A PUBLICITY EXERCISE AT THE STAR FERRY PIER IN "BEATING THE RETREAT" SHOW BY CSD SCOUTS NEXT MONTH.

TODAY (SATURDAY) CENTRAL FOR THE

JOINTLY ORGANISED BY CSD AND THE HONG KONG ISLAND 221ST SCOUT GROUP, THE SHOW WILL BE HELD AT THE QUEEN ELIZABETH STADIUM ON SEPTEMBER 13 AND 14 TO RAISE FUNDS FOR THE COMMUNITY CHEST.

THE MAIN PERFORMERS WILL BE A GROUP OF TRAINING CENTRE INMATES OF THE HONG KONG ISLAND 221ST SCOUT GROUP WHO WILL DEMONSTRATE THEIR MUSIC TALENT AND MAGNIFICENT MARCHING DISPLAY.

TODAY'S PUBLICITY ACTIVITY INCLUDED A PHOTOGRAPHIC DISPLAY INTRODUCING THE "BEATING THE RETREAT" SHOW, THE HISTORY OF THE HONG KONG ISLAND 221ST SCOUT GROUP AND THE VARIOUS SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICES THE GROUP HAD PARTICIPATED IN.

MEMBERS OF THE SCOUT GROUP ALSO PRESENTED BAND PERFORMANCES.

THE CSD'S ACTING SENIOR SUPERINTENDENT

(YOUNG OFFENDERS),

MR TAM KAM-CHUNG, SAID MORE ACTIVITIES HAD BEEN LINED UP FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS TO PUBLICISE THE "BEATING THE RETREAT" SHOW.

*FOR EXAMPLE, THERE WILL BE A TRAM PARADE IN THE CENTRAL AND CAUSEWAY BAY AREAS NEXT FRIDAY," HE SAID.

"THIS YEAR'S 'BEATING THE RETREAT' SHOW HAS SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE FOR THE INMATE SCOUTS BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IT IS ORGANISED FOR CHARITY, MR TAM ADDED.

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SCOUTING ACTIVITIES ORGANISED BY THE CSD ARE AIMED AT HELPING YOUNG INMATES ΤΟ DEVELOP THEIR POTENTIALS, CULTIVATE THEIR SELF-CONFIDENCE, AND APPRECIATE THE MEANING OF DISCIPLINE AND TEAM

SPIRIT.

ADMISSION TICKETS FOR THE "BEATING THE RETREAT" SHOW, AT $10 BACH, ARE NOW ON SALE AT ALL URBTIX OUTLETS.

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