1961-1962 Annual Report, The Boys Scouts Association, Hong Kong Branch

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THE B0Υ sC0UTs Ass0CIATION H0NG KONG曰 Patron&Colony Ch忆 H。 E。

RANCH。 C。 M。 Gρ ,0。 B。 E。

ADMINISTRATIⅤ E

Pre蜕 dent:~ D。

Benson,Esq。

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Sk Rodrick McLeod, K。 The Hon。 s△ lⅥ 忆had Hogan, C。 M。 G。 Gen。

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Ak Commodore P。 L。 Donkh, C。 B。 E。 ,D。 s。 O。 Commodore A。 R。 L。 Butler, D。 s。 C。 ,R。 N。 The Rt。 Rev。 R。 O。 Hall, M。 C。 The Rt。 Rev。 Monsignor L。 Bianchi, D。

Hon。 J。 C。 McDouall Hon。 P。 Donohue Hon。 Sk Tsun~Nin Chau, C。 B。 E。 Hon。 Leo D’ Almada e Castro, C。 Hon。 Dhun J。 Ruttonjec, O。 B。 E。 D。 W。 B。 Baron,Esq。

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A。 J。

'Heath,Esq。

Clemo,Egp. Fraser,Egq” C。 B。 E。 stonyer Esq。

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Commi1tee∶ ˉ

C。

Rogs,Esq。 Rosg,Esq。 Lo,Egq。

R。 R。 K。

Andrew Wan,Esq。

Hon。 Treasurer卜 Hon。 secretar5厂

DIⅤ ISION

Law Kwan Fook

Headquart汪 s commissoner⒏

Chan W缸

T()); R。

G,Needdl; W。 Nol

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Headquarters Clerk∶

DEⅤ ELOPMENT

Lui

DIVISION

Development secretary∶

Chan Wo To

Camp Warden:

Lo si Lau

Camp Bailif⒈

Ng shiu Hong

′ 。W。

Woo Woo

Asgigtant Colony Commigsoner∶

Edlmond11i:l氵

General E由 tor: Re8earch secretary∶

Edmond W。 W。 Young King Chon

Enghsh Secretary:

Thomas Tam

A/Chinese secretarr

Young Wan Kuen

TRAINING DIⅤ ISION

Chorman o￡ Scout Council卜 Chairman o￡

Ip King Chuen

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Chairman of Executive Committee:| Dep。

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PUBLICITY&PUBLICATIONs DIVISION

I。

J。

Cockburn

B。 E。 ,Q。 C.

Fung Ping Fan,Esq” O。 B。 E。 Tang shiu Kin,Esq。 , C。 B。 E。 Dr。 F。 Tseung, O。 B。 E。 M耐 or F.E.C.C。 Quah, E。 D。 F。 C。

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H。 C。

Executive(CoⅡ uniggioner:

Vice Pregidents:H。 E。 Lt。

J。

stephen Wong

Deputy Colony Commh茁 oner: As茁 stant Colony Commh⒍ one⒈ H.Q.Comm1ss1one⒈

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sk Robert Black, G。

Colony Colmmksione⒈

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J。

Lowe,Esq。 Tsang,E8q。

G。

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As茁 stant Colony Comm、 sioner∶

Wong King Hong

Training secretary:

Theresa Ip

ALssotant'rraining secretary:

Dorothy Yeung Law Yeung sing9 Wong King Tong Chui T⒒

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Quartermaster⒊

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Total number o￡ Groups or Units

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Sea Scout Secretary∶

Koo Y⒒

Wolf Cub Packs Boy scout Troops Rover Scout Crews

Aqu⒒ ina Ft1i

Senior scout ∶ Γroops AuxⅡ iary Units

RELATIONsHIPS As8istant Colony Co]mmissiOner∶

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J。

SⅡ vcy

1958

1959

1960

1961

149 97

156 110 117

180 112 135

173 119 134

119

27 49 15

21

19

17

45 15

55 15

55 14

582 650 790 7C0 1,895 2,286 2,403 2,529 2,154 2,231 2,861 2,705

Total number of Scouters

Wolf Cubs Boy Scouts ≡ 〓 〓 ≡ ≡≡≡ ≡≡≡≡≡ 一≡ ≡≡一 〓≡ 〓猢 ≡〓〓 ≡ 〓≡〓≡≡≡ 〓 〓≡ ≡ ≡ 〓 ≡≡ 〓 〓 〓≡

Senior scout8

652

734

619

Rover scou1s Aux⒒ iaries

220

183

173

221

205

187

904 152

135

5,724 6,289 7,033 7,215

Total strength, a11ranks

The GOIdeⅡ J"hiIee JamhOrette,27/12/61 t02/1/62.

The Goldcn Jubilee Jamborette, to Celebrate the fi￡

t忆 th anˉ

niversary of Scouting in HOng Kong”

wa8 undoubtedly the long and arououg highhght of thc year and the cuhninatiOn o￡ preparations。 The Colony Ch忆 f scout,H。 E。 Sk Robert Black,

forⅠ

ually opened the Ja1ac1borctte and the Chkf scout of the Co1m~

monwealth,Sir Charle8b/Iaclean,presided at the clo8ing cerelmony。

In addition thc Chie￡

Scout srent :0me two days visiting the

gite8and chatting with the Scouts。

The Jamboret妃 and its impr∞ 蚯ve campgite reflectcd the care[ul planning devoted to it and it was unfortunate that cold winds and torrential rain compe1led8omc mooification in the fu1l prograⅡ une of thc camp。 艹 3兴

Nevertheless over 2,700 scouts and 兴 4兴

Scouters attended the Jamborette, including a representativc of

the World Bureau,Far East Of￡ ice,and139scouts and Scouter8 froΠ 111overseas

countries-the Un⒒ ed】Kingdom,singapore,Brunei,

Ccylon,R/Ialaya,Japan,Korea,the Philippines,Thailand,Australh, the United states of America。 Thig empha8izcd the theme of the ‘ ‘ Jamboretteˉ One WorlJ’ 。 Nor did bad weather由 scourage the many visitors,over20,000in number,who came to see the Scouts

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st。

Joseph TsO Ming, Area Commissoncr,Kowloon, Wong Chun I<uen,

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edal o￡ Merit。

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Assigtant Area Col△ △ missioncr for Publkity

Clo3ing the camp was a heavy task, but

and Pubhcations, KOⅥ /loOn,

roⅡl thc sale of ￡

gurplu8 equipment and 8tructures it ha8 been po8siblc to close the Jamborette with a8mall financial suη Dlus wh忆 h has been a11ocated .to 8pecial project8, whⅡ e aⅡ districts have bene￡ ⒒ed

among them。

Jamborette Closing Ceremony Awar。 s,presented by thc Ch忆 W。 Cockburn, J。 Co1ony Commissioncr,

Mr。 H。

gani8ing and planning the Jamborettc and in fund l:ai8ing。

and encouragement thc Jamborcttc would not `Vithout have been pos8ible。 Our sincere thanks are a180givcn to the Arlmy, their e￡ forts

the Pohce Force and many E)epartlnent8 of thc I-Iong Kong Government￡ or their generou8 support。 C"hs

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Barto Snver Ac。 rn。

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Such an encouraging result is due to thc vcry hard work done by Scouts, scouterg and supporter8 of thc Movcluent in orˉ

Mcdal of Merit。

Scout, Sir Charles Maclean卜

the Jamborette stores and equipmcnt which has bcen divided

Colony Commissioner,

Cha“ man,Colony Scout Council, λΙr。

C。

K。

Barto SⅡ ver Acorn。

ROss, h1edal of Merit。

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Dcputy Cha订 △an,COlony scout Council, hⅠ l△

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Yeung 11氵

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edal of l\/【 eⅡ t。

ing Yau,

Chairman,Colo11y HEtndicappcd Committcc,h/Iedal of R/Ierit。

Tse Ping Fui, Area Co∏ uuissioncr,IΙ ong

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In our ￡iftieth anniver8ary celebration the Cubs were not neglected, and a special Cub RaHy was held in October。 ∶ Γhanks are due to the Principal of Wah Yan CoⅡ cge, ]Kowloon for the use of the school ground8for the heats,and to the ConⅡ nissioner o￡ Pohce￡ or the use of the Pohce Sports ground for the finals。 From the crowds in thc stands it would8ce】 m that aⅡ the Colony’ s

2,500 Cubs attended the RaⅡ y, and those who took part in the events did so with the u8ual cubˉ like zest and enthusiasm。 The highli{EFht of the rally wag a display by the Pol忆 e Dog Unit,

though perhaps morc appreciated by thc Cubs them8clves wcre the biscuits and

Day Awards,1961,presented by H`Excellency

Mr。

and the ca】 mp8⒒ e。

froΠ 1

George’ s

the (Colony Chief Scout∶ ˉ

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ong Island,

b・ Iedal of Merit。

Liu Cheuk Wing,

Area Commissioner,N。 R/Ir。

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Medal of Merit。

T。 ,

Chan Po Chi,

Assistant Area Commi8sioner,N。 T。

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edal o￡

R/Ierit。

PuhⅡ c serviGe

Nulllbcr Of ca118fOr scout a8sistance fron10ther ˉ24

Organizt1tions

Number of Scout8involved in such Pubhc Service

pop” 8upphed by two good friend8 of scouong。 × 6x

ˉ2,073

A⒒ members of the Trainhg Team were heavily engaged preparations for the Janlborette and thig reduced the number

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Tralml"g

training courses。 Mr。

Loo Mang1IOo11,a former A8sishnt Comm“ 8ioner for Raymond Ka111Hil)g Tang have r苟 oind the

Training,and Mr。

Scout8

The decentrahsation of

team bringing thc 111clllbCl:j)hip up to47。

thc trai11ing tcaη 1intO 4 sub~tcal1△ s has、 vOrked1吖 e11and all training

activitic3werc caJied ouL by the A1Γ ca Training Commisgioners

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most efficiently。

Tra1nlng

Two Traini11g Cot11・ scs on Au。 io Visual Aid8and Discussion G)roup′ rcchniques、 `Γ espcc1ively werc Organigcd by the I1ong]Kong COn￡ erence of Y()uCh and attc1△ ded by 5 mcmbers o￡ the Training

The expericnc9gⅡ ned was most vduable。

Team。

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designed to assot the District Commissoners of newly~formed Digtricts。

WOOd Badge Trai"i"g

The fo11owing figurcs show the nunllDer of Scouters who have Vhole of the∶ r Wood Badge succes8fu11y completed a part or the 飞 T1・ aining

in thc year 1961。

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1959

1960

Total 1961

Cub Part I

8

12

16

Cub Part II

25

42

28

Cub Wood Badge

7

16

10

Scout Par1I

7

4

25

43

19

18

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The foⅡowing courges wcre conducted during the year∶

Number of Course8

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22

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4 ROYAL LIFE SAVING SOCIETY For Awards 18 28

4

18

28

Handicapped Scouting 1 2nd&1st Cla田 Requirements-—

13

而 18

237

1

:10讠 争 讠

67

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40

38 25

1

120

103

67

13 13

133 133

283 283

93 93

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52

0 22

122 714

二

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TOTAL∶

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95 22

I)iscus8ion G}roups

142

15

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echnical〕 Evening8

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District scouter8

552

25

OTHERS t′

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Training

75 49

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Jungle Dances

322 178

606

Leaders Pack]Holiday8

127 73

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Ca]mpfⅡ e

53

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SPECIALIsT/TECHNICAL Training&Tegting

48

426

Scout

Rover Mate8 special Pack Meetingg

28

⒛侣 ⒎

1~1

213

123

Cub

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WOOD BADGE

scout-craft

Adults Trained

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70 54

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Chinese Handbooks are exrected to bo pubhshed in 1962。

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Gam卩 sites

The Hong Kong G⒒ wdl Camp gke at Tate’ s Pa", wh忆 h

wa8 granted to the A8gociation in 1960, has been the gcene of continued activity。 'r。 the stone storage hu1showers,and latrines

which were buⅡ t in 196o have bcen added a water dam and a storage tank, and thanks to the gcnerosity of the China Light and Powcr Co。 ,who connected the site to the1main elcctHc supply 1;氵 ii∶

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involving the nearby vⅡ lager8, the Digtrict Of￡ ice and the Agsociˉ ation, for the track wⅡ l not only be ugeful in carrying camping gear onto the sitc, but wⅡ l agsi3t the vⅡ lagers in taking their produce to market。

Plans have also been1nade to develop the Lin′ Γong Mei8ite

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The￡ ifth Handicapped Forum under the Chairmanship of Mr。

Yeung Wing Yau,the Chairman of thc Handicapped Comm⒒ tee, wa8held on27th and28th⒈ 压ay,1961,at the Y。 M。 C。 A。 Ca]mp8ite at Junk Bay。 It1wa8attended by 47 scouters and Aux⒒ iaries,

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and as weⅡ as general discussion, preparations w`ere Iη ade to asε ig: as 1nany handicapped scouts a8pos8iblc to attend the Jamborette。 As a result of detern1ined and cononuous e￡ fort, 36 E)eaf scoutg, 17 ]Bhnd Scouts and2 Scouts from ]Hayhng Chau togcther Ⅵ厂 ith 19 G}roup Scouterg and AuxⅡ iaries eventua1ly took part in the Jaml)orette,

Progres8 in the various 8ections during thc year wag ag follows∶

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Le卩 er

scO"ts

The s"ength of the]Handicapped Leper Group

ghowed a marked increase and it now has 45 Scouts and 14 senior Scouts。

Deaf scOuts

A new group hag becn formed,the79th Kow。

lOon,at the Cf)tutuunity Centre,Wong′ rai sin under the auspices Of thc Social 、 Velf∶ tre Depa1Γ t1uent。 steady progress wa81made by the groups in d1c I】 ong I<oug School for the E)eaf and the2 Overgeas SchoOls for thc ]Deaf and I)uIub。 BIiⅡ d scO"ts The boys in thc31st Hong Kong Group were divided into2 ScctiOns when some entcred the Old T8an Yuk

Hosp⒒ al ⒈IOstcl and otherg went to receive vocational training undcr the socicty for the A`8sistance of the Bhnd。 to reorganisc thcsc groups in 1962。 Cri卩

It is intended

Ied sGO"ts Regular visits were made to the Lai Chi Kok 卩

Hogpital Pack, but n10gt Of the chddren in the ward were too young to bcncfit fron△ cubbing。

Handicapped

Scouts

sCo"t "ead日 uarters aⅡ d Ga"teeⅡ

FuⅡ use wag made of Scout Headquar1ers at】 Ⅵorse House during the year。 Tr缸 ning courses, Area, Dhtrict and Group functions were frequendy held whⅡ e a great deal of the planning for the Jamborette and for fund~raising activ⒒ ie8was based on this∶ H∶ eadquarters。 bΙ

any of thO Overseas Contingentg attending the Jamborette

8tayed at bΙ orse House cither before or after the Jamborette。 During the year the l△ △ anagen△ ent of the Scout Canteen was cbanged。

The Canteen pOljcy wa8also modi伍 cd to provide a few simple basic dishes as chcaply as po8sible and go far the Canteen has been operating succcssfuⅡ y undcr thc new system, The ScOut sho卩

Folk Dance

During the 5厂 ear n1uch d10ught was given to improving the cfficiency cf the 8h0p at1】 eadquarters,and to what should be the ￡ u∶ urc of Lhc glη al1shop in IΙ ong Kong run by the for1nnLer Hong K0ng Island East District。 Eventually it wag decided that both

shops sh0uld bc luanaged lDy a scout Shop Panel, which would ma1nta1n scparate accountg,but 、 vhich、 vould be responsible to the Headquar坨 rs Execut卜 e COmmittee。 This arrangement,⒒ is hoped, wi11 give lDettcr service to the Scouts, whⅡ e at the same time providing increased income to be used for the good of Scoudng。 P"h"citr a田 d P"hⅡ CatiO"s

Six cditions of the ∶ BuⅡ etin have appeared during the year, whⅡ e 2,5oo 1eaflets in Enghsh and Chinese, summark蛀 ng

the

Annual Report were distributcd。

PamIDhlets in Chinese on3difˉ ferent topics wcre pⅠ nted。 These were “scout Terminology’ ’ “ “ ’ Campi11g’ , and Games m△ d Co]mpetj0On8’ 伍rgt Scout ,

PhotOgrΙ tl)hic Contcst to lDe held proved very popular。 ` the

by Mr。

It wag won

Chan Wai ′ rO and the cntrieg were exhibited at Morse

「ul1uge w(ls als01η ade of a number of fⅡ Ⅱ1s and colour shde8 、 vh1ch werc frcqucndy 8hown for instruction purposes。

House。

Sea 0ˉ

Scouts

Much prehn1inary pubhcity for the Golden JubⅡ ee Jamborette was organised, while ￡ uⅡ pres8 and Radio coverage was obtained for im1portant activities and ceremonie8at the Camp⒍ te。 These

included hve and taped broadcagts by Radio Hong Kong, Co1nˉ mercial Radio, Redii[fusion and Television。 Seven issues of the DaⅡ y Camp Journal (2,000 copies each) were pubh8hed during the Jamborettc。 Over2,000feet of colour fⅡ m were taken at thc Campsite and in January an]Exhibition containing over700photo8 was pre8ented in the Morge House。 It covered every aspect of

thC Jamborettc and proved extremely popular。

The H[ong Kong Island scouts were in subˉ Camp Baden

0rga"isatiO"

The 壬o1lowing table indicateg the progress made with the pohcy o￡ decentrahsation to Area and District level。

rom ￡ Powe11 at the Ja1mborette and had as their guest8Scouts The Cubs o￡ the Area Ceylon,Japan,singapore,and Subic Bay。 gather。 d

g κo"g IsIa"J ^rea

A successful Senior Scout Field Night,in which gome200Seniors took part wa8 held in August。 In add⒒ ion the fo1lowing havc

"oⅡ toria City Dhtrict Ⅴ忆

Hong Kong Island Western Dh饣 忆t Hong Kong Island Eastern D诒 “忆t

Pack Holiday,scout Rally, Cub GEtthe⒒ ng,P。 L。 Training Courscs, Pro⒒ ciency Badge Courges。 The Area Training Tealn has also been arranged either as Arca or combined District events∶

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Hong Kong Island Northern Di占 Shaukiwan Distr忆 t Cheung Chau District Theso distrk儿 s Were a11formed during1961ˉ

run a number o￡ Prehn1inary T1。 aining and Wood Badge courges。 1962。

Formerly

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there wcre only tWo Dh“ kts on the Idand:Vk℃ oa, and Hong Kong Island Ea吱 。

Hunghom/Homantin/King・ c1 Kowloon Ci汀 Dis∷ ∶

a1η n△ e

wag organiged a8were badge and I)atrOl

T8im Sha^rea Tsui District

of Courses for scouters ∶ Lcadcr courses ￡ or Scoutg。

The壬 oⅡ o、 ving funcLions wcre 、 vel1 attended by Scou丨 s and

s

om thig Area∶ st。 George’ 8 Day Ral⒈ y,[lle Jubilee Cub Rally, thc YⅡ outh Ra1ly, the hΙ ihtary TaLtoo, and thc Golden Jubilee Jamborettc。 S卜 C11arles R/rI1clcan,c-∶ c￡ Sccut of1h.e COn△ ~ Cubs f1・

Kowloon Tong E)istrict Fci Ngoh Shan Dh⒊ kt We8t Kowloon Dis⒊ ict,which is shordy to be sub-divided

into Yaumati, Mongkok and

Shalflflshui=po Districtg。

Ⅱew TeⅡ ⒒Ories^rea

Ncw Terrltones North D△ 饣lct Yuen Long Distrkt Tsuen′Ⅳan Distrkt A new District,Castle Peak Distr忆 t,is in the process o￡ being for1η cd。

onwealth,n1et the Cubs of thc Al∶ ea at a spcc∶ (11ccrclu OI1y11cld h1La sa1le Prim迁 try School。

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During thc ycar scoutcr’ s Confcrcnccs and Pack Hohdays were held at District levd。 A gcn⒈ Dr Scout Parliamc11t Wa8instituted。

Many ca1l8for 8ervice were received and Scouts a卩 sistcd at the 19th ExhibitiOn o￡ Chinege Products, the Christnlas Party for the Bhnd at Southorn Playground, the Agricultural Sho、 v at Sai Kung as well as at nuluerou8sportg bΙ eetings and Charitable Projects。

The Area worked very hard raiging fund8 for tb。 e Jamborette。

Orts

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^rea

Duong the year Kowloon Arca was inaugurated w⒒ h thc gtrength o￡ 76 groups。 A full prOg1・

κOWlO0Ⅱ

^rea Re卩

on the Cocket Club ground to1meet Sir Charles Maclean,

Chief Scout o￡ the Commonwealth,when he vigited Hong Kong。

Film Shows,Conccrtg and Dance8wcre organhed and a Chinegc

刂^rea

"o"g previous two Island Digtr忆 ts were joined to form an The

or ￡ Area organisation during the year, and plans were completed Alreacty two Digtrkts have 。 slx new Distric馋 thc￡ ormaton o￡

Opera and a stage play were per￡

orlη ed

Area。

set up their Local As8ociations。 :19艹 讠

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under the auspices o￡ the

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Ⅱew Te"itOries^rea Training courses were hdd as follow8∶ ˉ Pack Scouters PrehΠ 1inary'rraining Course Troop Scouters PrehⅡ1inary Training Course

Now that the year of the Golden Jubilee Jamborette is over, the Association can look back with some pride at a dif丘 cult job well done。 Not that everything was perfect, far fron1 it, but the genera1 8tandard wag high,and on occagions very high。 For that

scouter8Calmpcraft Course Dhtrict Servke Auxiliaoe8Training。 The total strength o￡ the District Service Aux⒒ iaries was 77 ga“ uon d山 eJuⅢ e r怂

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Jubilee Jamborette。

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JLJ∷ &宓 1嘿 %e￡ Alα The Cubs and Scouts were gready encouraged aclean。 Ι Charlesˇ by these visits。

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the A`880clat10n has to thank those who worked8o hard on the numerous preparatory con11uittees。

Nor can the vital role o￡ the

scoutg and Scouter8 who attended the

Jamborette

with its

tirnes of pleasure and its ti1nes of di8coΠ 1fort be ￡ orgotten。 Ultimately the AssociatiOn’ s succe“ or failure must be measured by the quahty o￡

it8 Scouts and Cub8。

The Golden Jubilee Jamborette had3main purpoges∶ (i) 1r。

celebrate the fⅡ tieth annivergary of scouting in Hong

Kong,

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∶

(ii)To enable the Scouts of our diⅡ ercnt D诒 tricts to get to

know each other better and to estabhsh a bond in accordance with the spirit of Scouting with the

overseas

cont1ngents。

(iii)To e118ure th扯

the aims and purposes of

Scouting

become better known in the Comm1unity and to

mobⅡ ise

pubhc opinion and pubhc support for Scouting。

Although it`tempting to look back at the Jambor哎 te with a degree of rclaxed 8ati8faction, a httle thought wi11 shOw that the purposes o￡ the Jamborette are forward,not backward,looking。

The Jamborette marks not the end o￡ an epoch but the beginning of a new onc。 The A闷 80ciation during the coming

year has2m耐

To improve the eⅡ 忆kncy and to wden or aims。 the gcope of the already exi8Jng organi8atiOn and above all to Secondly, to gpread establish fuⅡ y the new Training Camps。 scouting among those sections of the CoΠ uη un⒒ y previously unacquainted Ⅵ宀th the purpo8es of Scouung and the Social 兴21苄

Training it gives。

This i8 a task that is by no means easy but

it must be regolutely tackled。 The formaton of many new and 8maller D诒 tricts is the f订 st step in achie诫 ng our aim,and thi8

has now been accomplished。

It re]m1ains w⒒ h the District Con⒈

1uissioners and their Scouter8,together with the Local/\ssociadons, to take the next step。

They can be assured of the fu11 support

]Headquarters in a11 they attempt, and with a11 of us working together,Scouter8and Lay Supporterg,CoⅡ Ⅱnisgioners and Scouters, ‘ o￡

Distrlcts and Areas, 1t1s certa1n that not a mere great advance forward can be l〕 1ade。

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but a