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MONDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1994

HONG KONG: A COMMUNITY OF DIVERSITY

THE VIGOUR, THE ENERGY AND THE EXCITEMENT OF HONG KONG COMES HON ALL THE SIX MILLION INDIVIDUALS IN IT, THE GOVERNOR, THE RT CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).

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SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE FIFTH INTERNATIONAL OUTWARD BOUND CONFERENCE,; MR PATTEN DESCRIBED HONG KONG, WHICH HAD MEN ABOUT, AS AND WOMEN OF JUST ABOUT EVERY NATIONALITY ONE COULD THINK THE EPITOME OF STRENGTH ATTAINED THROUGH DIVERSITY,

"AS THEY ARE GIVEN FREEDOM TO LIVE THEIR LIVES AND USE THEIR TALENTS, THEY EACH CONTRIBUTE TO THE LIFE AND TO THE ENDOWMENTS OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY, HE SAID.

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PATTEN THE OUTWARD BOUND MOVEMENT, MR THOUSANDS OF MEN AND WOMEN HAD DRAWN STRENGTH AND ENCOURAGEMENT THE TRAINING THAT IT HAD PROVIDED.

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THE GOVERNOR ADDED THAT THE CONFERENCE WOULD PROVE A TIME SHARING THAT QUALITY TO THE FULL FOR THE MUTUAL STRENGTHENING OF ALL.

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82 WIN DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S GOLD AWARDS

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EIGHTY-TWO YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN WON THE HIGHEST HONOURS OF THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S AWARD SCHEME THIS (MONDAY) EVENING.

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CEREMONY AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE, THEY WERE AWARDS BY THE GOVERNOR, THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN.

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"YOU HAVE REASON FOR PRIDE IN YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS: YOU HAVE DEMONSTRATED YOUR ABILITIES AND ENERGY IN A WIDE RANGE OF ACTIVITIES, MR PATTEN SAID.

"YOU HAVE TAKEN THE TROUBLE TO TEST AND PROVE YOURSELVES; YOU HAVE DISCOVERED YOUR TALENTS, DEVELOPED "NEW FRIENDSHIPS, HELPED OTHERS AND SERVED THE COMMUNITY," HE ADDED.

THE GOVERNOR ALSO PRESENTED CERTIFICATES OF APPRECIATION AND. RECOGNITION TO 38 VETERAN VOLUNTEERS FOR THEIR EFFORT AND ENTHUSIASM IN RUNNING THE SCHEME.

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