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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1992

VOLUNTEERS RECRUITS JUNIOR LEADERS

THE ROYAL HONG KONG REGIMENT (THE VOLUNTEERS) IS TO RECRUIT 140 JUNIOR LEADERS THIS YEAR.

APPLICANTS MUST BE

MADE. BETWEEN THE AGES OF 14 AND 16. PHYSICALLY FIT AND OF GOOD CONDUCT.

OR

THEY MUST BE ABLE TO SPEAK AND WRITE CHINESE AND ENGLISH. WILLING TO OREY DISCIPLINE AND TRAINING, AND HAVE THEIR PARENTS GUARDIANS' WRITTEN CONSENT TO JOIN THE JUNIOR LEADERS CORPS.

PROGRESSIVE TRAINING COURSE AIMING AT DEVELOPING LEADERSHIP AND SELF-RELIANCE AND PROMOTING A SENSE OF COMMUNITY RESPONSIBILITY WILL BE PROVIDED TO SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS.

SKILLS

READING,

THE TRAINING INCLUDES FOOT DRILLS, CAMPCRAFT, MAP EXPEDITION, ORIENTEERING, FIRST AID, RADIO-COMMUNICATION, SHOOTING, SWIMMING, FENCING, BAND, LEON DANCE, CANOEING AND LIFE-SAVING.

SOME OF THE JUNIOR LEADERS CORPS' TRAINING WILL BK LINKED WITH THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S AWARD SCHEME.

MEMBERS OF THE CORPS ARE PROVIDED WITH UNIFORM AND RATIONS.

UP

APPLICATION FORMS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE REGIMENTAL HEADQUARTERS, I SPORTS ROAD, HAPPY VALLEY, HONG KONG OR BY TELEPHONING 576 1371.

THE CLOSING DATE OF APPLICATION IS JANUARY 31 NEXT YEAR.

RECORD NUMBER OF STUDENTS JOIN DANCE FESTIVAL

A RECORD NUMBER OF MORE THAN 4,000 STUDENTS HAVE ENTERED THIS YEAR'S 29TH SCHOOLS DANCE FESTIVAL.

THE FESTIVAL

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JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND THE HONG KONG SCHOOLS SPORTS COUNCIL, WILL BE HELD AT WONG ΤΑΙ SHAN MEMORIAL COLLEGE IN NAN CHEONG STREET, SHAM SHUT PO. BETWEEN JANUARY 6 AND 18.

A TOTAL OF 1,078 STUDENTS FROM 228 SCHOOLS FORM 362 TEAMS TO 175 ARE FROM SECONDARY SCHOOLS, 165 FROM PRIMARY AND 22 FROM SPECIAL SCHOOLS.

JOIN THE FESTIVAL

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THE COMPETITION IS DIVIDED INTO FOUR CATEGORIES FOK, NATIONAL, ORIENTAL, AND MODERN DANCES.

WESTERN

PRIZES WILL BR GIVEN TO THREE SECONDARY AND THREE PRIMARY SCFOOLS WHICH OBTAIN THE HIGHEST TOTAL SCORES IN THEIR BEST FOUR DANCES.

THE MOST PROGRESSIVE SCHOOL AWARDS WILL ALSO ONE SECONDARY AND ONE PRIMARY SCHOOLS, BASED ON CURRENT PARTICIPATION AND RESULTS.

RE PRESENTED TO THEIR PAST AND

THE WINNERS PERFORMANCE AND PRIZE-PRESENTATION BE IELD AT THE HONG KONG CULTURAL CENTRE AND SHA TIN MARCH AND APRIL..

CEREMONY WILL

TOWN HALL

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