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SUNDAY, JUNE 9, 1991
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JOINTLY ORGANISED THE EVENT IS
WITH THE OFFICE AND IS SPONSORED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD.
SOUTHERN DISTRICT
EMBLEM-HANGING
ΤΟ CEREMONY AN EYE-DOTTING AND DRAGON BOATS WAS HELD AT TODAY'S PRESS CONFERENCE, CO-CHAIRED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MRS MAUREEN CHAN.
LAUNCH
WHICH
SEVEN WAS
T
VOLUNTEERS BOLSTER HK'S SECURITY
*
(THE ROLE OF SECURITY AND
NEWLY TRAINED RECRUITS IN THE ROYAL HONG KONG REGIMENT VOLUNTEERS) WERE TODAY (SUNDAY) REMINDED OF THEIR IMPORTANT SUPPORTING THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT IN MAINTAINING THE STABILITY OF THE TERRITORY.
THE REMINDER CAME FROM THE DEPUTY COMMANDER BRITISH BRIGADIER M.R.I. CONSTANTINE, WHEN ADDRESSING 124 RECRUITS PASSING
REGIMENTAL HEADQUARTERS HELD AT THE
OFF
PARADE
FORCES, AT THEIR IN HAPPY
VALLEY.
HB SAID
SUCH AN IMPORTANT ROLE OF
THE
REGIMENTS
HELPED
SUSTAIN THE CONFIDENCE IN HONG KONG WHICH WAS VITAL TO ITS WELL-BEING.
"IN
JOINING
THE ROYAL HONG KONG PLAYING YOUR PART IN THIS IMPORTANT ROLE.
REGIMENT,
YOU WILL BE
IN THE
* [ AM SURE YOU WILL DISCHARGE THAT RESPONSIBILITY HIGHEST TRADITION OF THE REGIMENT, AS INDEED HAVE DONE ALL THOSE HAVE GONE BEFORE YOU," HE SAID.
WHO
BEEN
NOTING THAT OVER THE PAST SIX MONTHS, THE RECRUITS HAD TAUGHT ALL THE BASIC SKILLS AND DISCIPLINES NECESSARY TO EQUIP THEM TO
THEIR TAKE
PLACE AS A FULL MEMBER OF
REGIMENT, THE CONSTANTINE SAID THE TRAININGS ENABLED THEM TO DEVELOP IN
BODY.
BRIGADIER MIND AND
THE TRAININGS RANGED FROM FOOT DRILLS AND WEAPON HANDLING TO MAP READING, FIRST AID AND BASIC FIELDCRAFT.
REQUIRED ΤΟ UNDERSTAND PERSONAL
WHILE CONGRATULATING THE RECRUITS ON ACHIEVING THE HIGH STANDARDS, BRIGADIER CONSTANTINE ALSO URGED THEM THE IMPORTANCE OF MILITARY DISCIPLINE AND THE NEED FOR HIGH
STANDARDS.
HAVE
AND
OWN **THIS
YOUR WELL
BOOSTED YOUR SELF-RESPECT
PLEASED WITH CONFIDENCE AND
THINK YOU HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO FEEL I
HE SAID. YOURSELVES AT HAVING COMPLETED YOUR RECRUIT TRAINING,"
BRIGADIER CONSTANTINE TOOK THE SALUTE AS THE 109 MEN AND
WOMEN MARCHED PAST.
DURING THE CEREMONY, 72-YEAR-OLD STEPHEN CHOW, A MEMBER THE HONG KONG VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS, WAS PRESENTED HIS WAR MEDALS
BROKB OUT 50 YEARS IN ARREARS OF THE BATTLE FOR HONG KONG THAT DECEMBER 1941.
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