1964-1965 Annual Report English, The Boy Scouts Association, Hong Kong Branch

HuAL REPoR丁 IsT APRIL, ^Ⅱ 1964Ⅱ 31sT | ∶ l∷

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Hon刨mry Treasure⒈

Pang Boon Li皮 hg,Esq。

(resigned on?1st Nov., 1964) Patri∶

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Honorary As茁 哎ant SecretaFy(卩 a-gesl: Colony Commissioner:

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Headquarters Commissioner:

W。

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ADMINIsTRATIⅤ E DIVIsION Law Kwaη

Exec讧 tive Commissioner:

F。 ok

Execu‘ ve Section

Assistant Executhe Commi弼 oner: lres吨 ned

Loo M缸 o忠 H。 oh on1“ t Oct∶ ,1gG4)

△讧i sep11α ⒕〉 ∷ relieved byⅡ Bshny△ 茁

Hleadqu。 rterg Clerk:

Jogeph s∶ W∶

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∷∵∷The∷ Hon。 W。 D。 GrQgg,J.P. ∷∷∷Tho Hon。 sk Tsun~Nih Chau,C。 B。 E。 ・ RuttO1⒒ jee,O。 B,E。 忄he Ho⒒ Dhu。 ∶ Th0Hon。 Fun空 Piη g Fan,cB,E, ' al叩 ,Esq: W|∶ B∶ 卩 Ⅱ 冫∷

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Developmeht section

Headquarters Comm如 si(冫 ner(Development):Chan Wai To Ivor Aq“ lha Headquarters Commissoner: Fun惫 Yueo Headquarters Commissioner∶ Tse Kwon惫 Ki Headquarterg Commissone∷ Kenhe山 K。 W。 Lo ・ Headquarters Com血 h“ oner: George H,sin伍 eld∷ Port Comm1gg1oner: Capt。 D∶ M。 Wr璁 ht Headquarters Com1丫 1iss0ner(seal∶

Koo Yiu Fm

sea scout secretary:

PLANNING DIⅤ IsION C钏 mps:te s0ction

Camp B缸 liff:

Fp King Chuen Ng sⅡ u Hohg

Quartermaster:

Law Yeung shg

Headqua亡 ters Commigshoner:

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Trang1ati0n section

Fung Kam Ming Honry Ku

Headq讧 erter:Commigsioner: secretary: Ass、 tant secretary:

Loo sai hTgong

Committe0for Tmnglations

Comb亡 t Chairman:

H。 C。

Ma

Thomas Tam Com￡ ort secretaw: FUBLICITY∷ &PUBLICATIONs D王 ⅤIsION Agsigt蔽 nt

Cobny CommissioneΙ

(P。

&P。 ): mmond w。 w。

Eng1ish Secret已 ry:

☆

Edmond W。 W。 Woo

Ed扯 o⒈ Press Re1ease se。 retary: Translaoon secreta〓 1厂

Yeung Kam Chun Lau Ying Hon Chan Pak Chuen Yeung Wan Kuen

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pubhc Rel哎 hn secreta玎

Woo

Yeung Kam Chun Lee Ka1H[oon Cheung Yung

Commissone￡ Chinese secreta△ r

Headqu盯 te邛

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R志search secretary:

TRAINING DIⅤIsIoN As-istant Colony Com“ isoioner(Trai“ ngl∶ VVong Yik Hong He垃 d。 uarters Commiggioher(Trainhg)∶

Kenneth K。 W。

Lo

Tm1ning off妃 Q Theresa Ip

Training secretary:

Dorothy Yeung Fung Yuen

Ao-istmt Training secretarr Ags灬tant Tr斌 “ng secretary:

Equ。 ment O￡ ￡ 廴e

Law lVoon Sing

Qu狩 termaste=

△incoln Chui Tit

Assistant Quartermaste⒈

Grand Howl。

HANDICAPPED BRANCH Leung Headquarter8CommisgoB0r(HandcappeoD:Law shu Ying Chan shu Ching H扛 ndicapped secretary: Aosistant Han汪 capped secretary(Deaf): Ku Ng Yee屯ung

ne亡 (Handicapped):Hans W。 Asoistant Colony Commiss∶ 。

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Aux⒒ iary Unitg Total number of Scouters

Boy Scouts

1,Q44 3,122 3,333

Senior scouts

1,136

Wol￡ C讧 bs

965 饥pH1 Ι96亻 JWo'c乃 、Ι

k

Rover scouts

Iienced an active and succeε s￡ ul year 1embership and the continuing problem rs to meet req“rementg。

19 28

Rover scout Crews

川 NuAL REPOW f ● mg Kmg Bmnch sOciatiO△ Ⅱ

∶

Trahhg was

both in standards and in th0 number and the work of the Planning lDivision ch an extent that it has been dec1ded

182 316

AuxⅡ iaries

Total strength,a11ranks Areas and DiⅠ

9∶

GrQups

,s:many Cub8,,scouts,Ieaders and lay

Victoria City Di:trict

Hong Kong Islahd Western D“

t。

H[ong Kong Igland Eastern D“ Hohg Kong Island Northern Dist。

MEMBERsHIP

Shaukiwan Dhtrict ^ Cheung Chau Dhtoct

t。

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喊wj袅deⅡ 曳袢⒒ 器℃拧△∷ |占

巾hose

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ped ar叩 s of伍 e Colony,and most of the scouts

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Gr0ups were closed were川Ⅱorbed

Cengus Figureg Total nu血 bor of Groups or Units

Wolf Cub Packg Boy・ scout Troops senior scout Troopg 艹4苄

int。 their new Groups。

14 11

22

∷ 10,398

t

Kowloon City Dhtr忆 t Mongkok E冫

t

istrict

1963

1964

209

248

248

Sham1shuipo District T“ 血 sha Tsui Distr忆

146 152 72

167 182

161

Yaumati

t

177 82 兴5艹

∷ 736

509 890 482 42续

6

282

77

3,406

19

29 699

Hungho血 /Homahtin/Khζ sPark Dh△ 9 Κowloon Tong Distr忆

∷Total s饣 eη gth

12 12

Kowloon Area HQ Fei Ngoh shan Distr忆

1962

94

396

4

抵 p叩 sible duong hh brief but memorabh吱 ay in the C-ony。 ∷

a拄

10,955

I177

79

Colony Headquarters

Madean,who made evely r Charleg 】

∷ urih查 由o year,there wag an ove⒙ ⒒扎crease of557in the ∷A。 。 n9s me盅 b。 rghⅡ 。Th∶ s Wag largely due to the91osure i乩 忆 。 。

177 .630

The foll0wing table shows the total number of GFoups and strength in each o￡ the three area8and(Colony Headquarters∶ 亠

Hong Kong Island Aroa HQ

mbel。 “白

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1-119= 1-146 3,627 3,469 3,842 3,762 1,560 1,4遮 8

E;1F忆 ts

9ny Commisgioner(Planhing)?Probably /ear w皮 g the o￡ ficial vi茁 t of the Comˉ

133

立 o

21 33

405

25

1,054

5 10

45压

370

25

852

10

8

571 584

111

5,018

12

New Territories Area HQ New Terr⒒ ∝ies(North)Digt.

Yuen Long District Tguen W汪 n Dhtr忆 t

11

666 476 428 392

60

1,974

20 ∷

19 10

Castle Peak Dhtrict

ADMINIsTRATION The There weⅡ e some administrative changes during the year。 e Branch in place 乩,JP。 was eh0ted Presdent ρf山 G。 R。 太。 Hon∶ ∷ of M△ D∷ ,Benson,o。 B。 E。 ,J∶ P。 who retired from the o± fice after 5yeθ rs o￡ very vahable serˇ ice to the Association。 Vr・ C・ J・ G. Lo巾 o咖 ag elected Ch葫 rman of the Asgoci犹 ion in succes茁 on to M亡 。众oss,and Ml。 W。 Ne⒒ was elected Hon secretary in succes。

sion to Mr。 Lowe,Mr。

B。

L。

pang,H。 n。 Treasurer of tbe

A1sgociauon,rehnquished his appointInent on21gt NoYember。 1964 o讧

Patrick C。

tmnsfer to Malaysh and WIr。

T。

sh wag apponted

Treasu|er for the hteom peroa Mr。 cT,Large,M。 B。 E。

Hon∶

wag0pp0nted Ch“ rman of the Associaton’ s Campgite subCom” r。 mitteo v℃ e⒈ 厅

went∶

A。

IⅡ nton who relinquished his office when he

Kenneth K。 W。 Lo was appointed Headquarters Commig。

t;ioner for Traih1hg to as盂

st l、 /【 r。

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honoured盱

The Branch Association was very greatl∮ offickd vi蚯 to￡ sir Charles lM[a-eao, Ch忆

the

￡scou七 of the Colm。

monwealth from7th to10th October,1964.The p亡 ogramme was 血emberg of the

arrangod so that the Chie￡ could meet as 1many B}ranch as po8sible during his very brie￡

vig⒒ ?

A Fecop‘ on at

Government House,a Chinese meal and a Grand Ca血 pfire were the main highlighto of the programm。 。 The Chie￡ ’ sv沁 it was, indeed,a happy ahd memor皮 ble occhsion in tho Colony’ s scouting history。 The Ch忆 ￡was acoompa“ ed l,y Mr。 R。 s。 Thomas, M。 E.,International secretary o￡ the Boy SCoutg As80ciation, 卩。

PUBLIC sERVICE Twenty one requests were made for as“ stance by scouts at vaoous local colmmun⒒ y proiectg such8s0haritable functions,Flag Days,Sports Meeting,Exhibi{tions and the lRoad safety Campaign。 Ove亡 1,500 scouts particIpated in the Road safety Fortn1ght

‘

Chmpaign as otewards at‘ black spots” in the urban areas; Scout ood road beo demonstrε 1ti(冫 n teams were also used to promoto 空 haviour amongst pedestriang, 1noto=istg and oth0r road users。 hTo

less than 1,800 Scouts assi8ted during the Exhib汛 ion of Hong

0h long leave in May, 1964。

Mr。

COMMONWEALTH CHIEF sCOUT℃

Francis Wong,As“ stant Colony

Kon愈 Productg。 A total of3,602scouts a。 tua11y had the opportun⒒ y of serving the pubhc throughout the year。

Coη 狃i“ 0n町 for T叩ining in Trahhg Adminigtraton。

OVERsEAs CONFERENCEs AND sEMⅠ NAR

Mr.Loo Mang Hoon,A8si8tant Executive Commhsioner, 。 resi如 ed。 n1酰 Octobe△ 1g“ and M⒈ Jo眈 曲 s.W.Lui,He浏 Mr。 Benny△ 西 qu0rters Clerk,res螅 ned on lst september,1964。

Foundati。 n,Hong

was△ ppohted Headquarte呐 Clerk on lst October,1964vice Mr。 Lui。

As a result of very generou8oonations received from Asia

Kong Off忆 e,the Branch Associatoη wa8able, ￡ or the f订 st time, to send two of its me血 boro to httend, ag observ。 rs, the Fkst Far East Trainihg Coh￡ erence and the First Far East Fund Raising selminor h0ld in Singapore and the Fourth

Far Eagt scout Conference in Kuala Lumpur betWeen2nd and 带6,+

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— —

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2th December 1964. The two Scouters also had the opportunity 】 oipo‘ n毖 i0Scout o￡ vis⒒ ing a numbo亡 o￡ scout lDistricts and pht“

during曲 ⒍r town v¤ ts。 A number of Government Dep皮

unc⒒ ono-efore and o￡ t-r the conferences ahd the semihar。 The ￡ d fro“ tho to讧 F sho讧 ld be ver夕 useful during ex0击 ience gaiη 乜 0垃 nnin查 for the futur。

。∴

also used Morge I△ ouse for conferences,1neeJngs semihars and staf￡

∮

training courses。

The scout shoD, gince its re~organisation in 1962,hag been pro呐 曲hg much better service to scouts-oth in Hong Kong and

OV珥 RsEAs TRAINING

in neighbouring countrieg。 In addition,it also provides equipment

Thanks to the very generous assigtance received￡ rom the sk Rober廴 Blaok Tru:t Fund and the A蚯 a Foundation,it was pogsible to expand the 0verseas Training of scouters。 such emphas弦ed the oψ erseag Itrahhg was extrlemely valuable as⒒ internation汪 l aspects o￡ scouting and gave rise to￡

r。

sh ideas about

f ensurihg that training ahd new approaches to the proble1m ρ scouting develope in accordance with exisung need。

ahd ideag。

Four“ embers o￡ the Colony Tr耐 ning Team时 iendcd the 11th Far East Trainingˉ the。 Team Courε e held￡ rG m21st to 25th ember,1964at Ⅴ耐eravudh Camp,The Nati0nal Scout Camp, N° 氵 Thh Internauonal Training Course wag Chol-uri氵 Th耐 land。 conduoted by Ⅳ1r。 John ThurFpan,International Camp Chief。

￡ or outdoor activitieg to young people in th。 Colony who are taking part i0the Duke o￡ E由 nburgrs Award scheme。 The scout Canteen gervice was suspehded in August1~9640n

A small 8ub committee was appointed to study the situatioh Ⅵ注th o view

曲O termin甜 on of the contra0with the Canteen caterer。

Morge House fρ 0u⒒ ng the year fu11use wag made of 】

AWARDs The￡ ollowing Awardg wore presented by His Excellency,the Co1ony Chie￡ scout,on the occasion of the st。

held at the Kowloon Cricket Club Grouη

George’ s lDay lRa11y

-on2绌h

AprⅡ ,19-4.

Certif忆 ate of Fa⒒ hful service∶

New TerritoⅡ es(North)Dhtr忆 t Local Associ百

r 2。

traihing and for Concerts and meetingg at the Group,District and ‘ point for pereons Area1evels。 As IIong】Κong is a maih‘ stopoVer” ast,there has been a sfeady Ⅱow o￡ Scouterg

travdlhg in the Far耳

盅 。verseas、 and many found ti乩 e to visit the A ssociati0n

He缸 0。 |垃 rters while pagsing through Hong Kopg。

∷

to having the(Canteen reoopened a8 goon as possible。

1. Mr。 Yu Fook。 Ch“rman of the Executive Comm⒒ tee of the

MORSE HOUsE

fr。

rt血 ents

A number of

Cine1ma evening$werρ held in the Scout lHa11during the yepr as 0red t♀ scoutg. part of th降 fac⒒ itieg o￡ ￡

∷

1ti(冫 n。

Mr。 Lee shu Yuenˉ Pre8ident of the Hong lKong Islaild Northern Distr忆 t Local Associaton。

3.Ⅳ k。 Luk M⒊ n

Lokˉ Chairman

of the Executive Committee o￡

广 the Hong Kong Island Northern District Local Associaton, six scouterg were awarded w"h Long service lDecorations。

TRAINING Gen0ral

cd to

On maoy o0o卩 sions the^ssOGiation Headquarters was u志 ities accoⅡ Lmodate,￡ ree o￡ charge,chⅡ dren from fishing commuη

The Tr茁 ning Eλ vision again had a very busy year。 Exoept for曲 e two Wood Badge Part II courseg,the P。 T。 C。 (s)ahd the

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l/Technical spec∶ 已

Number of Courses No¤ of Adults Traihed 1962

on。

`rraⅡ nhε c。 urses

~-

100

57

__

51

75

71

131

75

222

188

1

1

x10苄

1Ga

14

135

23

14

185

23

25I

212

278

151

127

106

-ˉ

31

22

402

39压

406

58

59

27

23

24

2在

81

83

51

一扭

1

12

12

Wood Badge Part II

Cub

1

1964

2

Dissera

9硅

1

1963

1

1962

2

1964

Deve1crew

114

G。 s。 M。

of Courses No。 of A

2.2

Explanatd吖

1一

1962

一 啁

Number

sen1or

Rover

一 一

The fdbwing Cour8es were conducted during1964,the figures

16

Preliminary

- Cub scout

￡ or the previous two yearg being given for comparision:-— tlntroductoFy∫ lBagic

DiscugsIOn Groups

741一

valuable suggestions wPere made and these are under considera‘

27

Others

5压

o￡

Pack lHoⅡ day

75

as。 ecial ad诫 gor from the London Award Of￡ 妃e,a nu血 ber

胡 一 一

Progress regarding the Duke of Edinburgh Award’ s Scheme has been亡 ather slow,and very little training and testing was hd out during the year。 During a v`⒒ made by Mr,Seath, ca亡 壬

27 压o

1

in the coming year。

31

15

1

0nly one Cub Wood Badge Part Ⅱ Course was held and consequendy this Imight a￡ fect the number of Wood Badge issued

置5

1st&2ndClass Tr茁 ning

&Testing

they m::1(J1e。

~

1964

52

11

fort

are to be thanked for the invaluable e￡

sing song Course

一 一

the gta￡￡concerned

The{Course Leaders and

1 2 _ 1

1963

1一

Cub“ signalle尸 Badge~

extremely beneficial to亡 he candidateg。

196唾

一

Pack lHolid汪 y Course。 Everyone of these was we11supported and

z。

1963

一 一

DanGe Course,Cub“ signa11er” Badge口 rraining Course,Sing song Course,1st and口 nd Class T=缸 nin± &Testing Course,and the

Camp Wardens 1 Camp￡ ire Leaders 2 Jungle Dances ._ Mapping 1

There was no Camp￡ ire Leader Course hcld during the yeaF。 A number °￡unusual cousβ s were attempted,说 Th。 Jungle

⒛留 嬲 一

11 Courseo were run at Ar。 a,level by the Explahatory Coursq,∶ θ Area Tminhg sub亠 Teamg。

scout

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The fo11oⅥ泣ng￡ iguros indicate the numbers of scouters who

had 8uccessfu11y completed a part or the whole of their Wood

Badge Training in 1964:~

扪embers camped at Ch脏 wan,and another22o units whh a total of4,4gs members used the campsite for competitons, te8tingⅡ and other outdoor activities。

Wood Badge Cub: Part I Part II

1962

1963

1964

6 58

5

4

58

27

Wood Badge 5

⒋

7

6

4

6

23

22

24

Wood Badge12

7

6

Wood Badge Scou⒈ Part I Part II

∷ TWo Li￡ e Saving Courses were conducted during

(bl G⒒ well camp8ite

Duong the year the member。 of the C引 mp servke Unh constructed a number of light b⒒ dges in thⅡ camp:itα these bridgeg were not af￡ ected by the tyoho。 of￡

the year。

74un⒈ s with1,砝 05members used the campsite for competitiohs,

rk for

(c) Hn Fa shah Camo蚯 te

the Silver Award of this Scheme and one acquked the Gold Award。

In addition to the existing campsites °n

Hohg Kong Island

and in Kowloon,the Asgociation intends to develop a camp⒍ te in

GⅡ well Re。 Union Reˉ unon

“ k Yuen” , s⒒ ver Ⅵ・ as held at `△

Mino lBay, on 120h July, 1964。

the New Territooeg Area。

hegotiations

acquire this site are now in progress。

(d) Cnmo s吖 、 7ice unit

CAMlPsITE sECTION

The Camo Service unit has been formed,and h皮

Ν gthe

Ip King Chuen is the Scouter in charge,assisted by Mr。 Soiu Hong。 Mr。 Law Yeung Sing is the Quartermaster of Mr。

section。

training。

(al Ch。 wan cam口 site

g und。 rgone DuⅡ ng the early part of the year⒒ completed2sta空 e:

of its progranume of instruction and it has now started on the3rd stage。

A working week.end was arranged for the members of

the lUnit each1month,and it has constrocted seven bridges in

'rhis campsi{tg remaing as before although, due to the many

氵 typho3n氵 during the year under review,some damagei、 Ⅱ `as sustained。 Part o￡ the roof of the latrin。

After a lengthy search, a s1te1n Ha

Fa Shan,near 'Tsuen Wan, hag been 8elected,and tσ

PLANNING DIVIsION

panes broken。

the roof of the stone Hut and damaged itg clectrical instauauons,

testing and other outdoor activities.

Duriog the year,four senior scoutg quahfied to w°

I。

The typhoons ble咖

and co血 olete1y destroyed the Jubilee Hut。 During the year∷ 106 unitg with a∶ total o￡ 1,725members campcd a亡 Gilwell,and another

The Duke o￡ Edinburgh’ g Award Sche1me

The6th GⅡ well

ns。

1was destroyed,and some window。

D⒒ ring the year 144un⒒ s wi!h a total o￡ 3,357 *12兴

Gdwell Campsite an。 oomrrcnccd work cn a campfire circl0。

The

members βlso assisted in clearing that campsite after the typhoons。 There are now 11members in the Unit, led by Ⅳk。 Ip King Chuen who is a8sisted by lˇ Ι Loo sai Ngong。 r。

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Ⅱ。 TRANsLATION

sECTIoN

The scouter in Charge o￡

this section ig MF。

Fung Kam

Ming,1″⒒h Mr。 Henry lKu as secretary and Mr。 Loo Sai Ngong as Assistant Secretary。

During the year the number of other staf￡

A Chinese version of this pamphlet has been prepared anhas been duphcated for issue。

(b)scouting￡ or Boy§

increased￡ rom4 to 10。

This bagc sGOuting handbook ig being t】 孑 anslated i。 to Chinese,

la)TrainⅡ 阿 Manmk

and is0ehg printed by instalments in th。

(i)P?T.C。 (Cub)H母 n--ook Duriη g the year the section comp1eted its translation o￡ the 1962edition of the P。 T。 C。 (Cub)lHandbook。 The Chinese Handbook

was published by血 e Training Dhigon o￡ the As8ociation in Apo1壬 or the uge of the members of the Colony Training Team。 (ii) P。 T。 C。

(scout)H0ndbook

The￡ irst

dra￡

伍rst

p蔽 mphlet

pri甲 ted

The

was pu-hshed in June, and the second one wⅡ l be

Work on the other(Camp￡ ire

before the end of the year。

Yarns hag been pardy completed∶

and it is hoped to finigh the

whole book within the next year。

The Chinese version of th0

Camp￡ire Yarns prepared by this Section is being published by the Administrative Division of the Ag8ociation,and the pamphlets

t of the(Chinese version of this Handbook has

been completed, but printing hag been deferred due to a recent The Ⅰ evioon o￡ scout Ceremonials by London Headquarters。

(cl P。

O。 R。

This secti。 n is aloo translating

part by part,according

need。

.灬

ared。

谛Ⅱl be sold at a low price to scouts。

tο

Handbook wi11be pubhshed after the ceremonies have been comp。

∪

(iiD Tmi〓 1i11峦

MmLla1

Badg-Tests￡ or WoⅡ Cubs

Bong

After research was1nade into various training handbooks and trainiog procedures,a Chinese training1m1anual was compned for the use o￡ t廴 e

￡ orm of pamoⅡ ets,

each cont缸 ning a Campfko Yarn(adopting B。 。 P、 meth。 dO。

the members of the Cdony Tro山 ning Team。

in-isposition of the Assistant Colony Commis8ioner￡

a decision on cer1ain training pohcies hag been postponed。

pubhcation。 ￡this manual has accordingly been de￡

(ii) Badge Tests for Scouts。

Due to

or Trainiη g,

Tho

erred。

pubhshed。

seniors&Roverg

The first drafts have been completed,and are being checked, IⅡ 。

COMb饪 ITTEE FOR TRANsLATIONs During the year under review,

thil{:; Colmm⒒ tee

revhed the

Chinese terms for scout personnel, scout units, and scout0ra￡ ・ r。 H。 C.h/Ia i8 Chairman o￡ D洌【 the Committ0e,and λ 钉。Thoma8 t。

(h)D怕 tr忆 t scouters Manual The first dra￡ t of this1manual has been

Chinese language,and is being checked￡ or 礻 14*

cornpleted in the accuracy。

Tam i8the Secretary。

There are12other members ser呐 ng on

the Committee。 *15兴

IV。 (:)

oTHER】 ⅥATTERs Mr。

Fung Kam lⅥ ihg and1v王

r。

Thomas Tam o￡ the Dhis忆 n

were gelected to attend International Scout(Conferences held ⑶

in λ压alaysia in December, 1964。

(b) Members o￡ the Division also served in the planning unit 钾

which is preparing prehn1inary plans for next year’

s fundˉ

ra1s1ng campa1gn。

(c) A number of special taskg allocated to the Planning Dh讷

ion

by the Colony Commissioner were completed and submitted ￡ or his consideration。

PUBLTCITY&PUBLICATIONs DIVIsION Edmond Woo is in。 charge o￡ thig division, assisted by l[loon, Ⅳk。 Lau Ying轧 on, Migs Yeung Kam Chun,WIr。 Lee K缸 。 Mr。 Chan Pakˉ chuen, l、 Cheung Yung缸 nd Mr。 Yeung Wanˉ b狂 r。

/【 r。

kuen,with a group of fifteen auxⅡ iaries to fulfⅡ l their assighment for pubhc relations o￡ the Boy scQuts Association o￡

IΙ

ong]Kong。

Auxdiarieg On12th Ju1y,1964 a group of￡ ifteen auxⅡ iaries was organised to assist in the work o￡ the division。 All scout functions and

in the Colony were giv。 n coverage and detaⅡ 8 were released tρ d缸 ly newspape=s Radio and T91evison。 activ⒒ ies

Publications

six editions of 巾 咿

Marching Pass

“

Bu110tin”

copies of the annual report in(Chinese and Enghsh were di志 loca1lˇ and overseas。

2,000

appeared during the year。

1,000copies of a list o￡

‘ ‘

tributed

lay members”

name

hst were issued。 1,000 copies o￡ Scout Proficiency lBadges lea￡ lets and 1∶ 000copies

of Wolf Cub Proficiency Badges leaflets were

di8tributed to al1groups for display。 1,000copies of8econd edition 兴1吒 ” 争

of“ Scout Ceremonials” were pubhshed,4,069copies o￡

pubhcati° ns

PROJECTs Lepers

weFe distributed to training courses Fun by Areas, E)istricts and Headquarters。

Ⅴ忆⒒oⅡ

fr。 m

WJalay蚯 a, Th缸 lahd, Ⅴ妃tnam, Japan and the

ther nearby countries wore given Chihese translations of various 。 s。 out

Promotion

mo呐 os were loaned to the During the visit of

Eλ striots and Groups for、 pubhcity purposes。

the Co盅 monw∞ lth chief'Scout,a news scratch and photos were

prpared,卩 dp叩 senteo to the H。 Q。 as a souve“ r Translation

Deaf ￡ ormed。 club under the Socia1 Welfare Department, has been n 27th February 1960?

The inauguration ceremony took place ° ∴ Other gro讧 ps pursu⒒ 巾eir n。 rmal acthities。 CriDpled

Cub Tes吒

Genoral or A gathering ￡

aud H0w to Pass Them” and“ How to use a Scout stave” 。

a⒒ uo⒒ s

of this Branch was held on 4th

1965in Morse House Ha11伍 e Cdony Commissionor, K。 Lo and Digtrict Commksoners hon-ured us by their

February∶

Looking F0rward It is hoped to translate 血ore hterature on Scout crafts and i。

de a steady progress。

Occ灬 onal诫 sits to L汪 Ch Kok Hos∮ td were made by小 e combined stafE o￡ Handia Au姑 lhoes&shamshuⅡ o Dist⒒ ct。 ∷

of the occa8ion。

dations were prepared for publishing of“ Wdf Tra白 旺

The Hγ Ling Chau Group m焱

A new group, the75th Hong Kong, Old Tsan Yuk Deaf

pub⒈ catio⒒ s。

Colour sldes,tapes and16m,m。

/

。 hniques from English to Chnese for reference purposes。

HANDICAPPED BRANCH

“

Story’ P。 B。 。 A包 eries of black&white slides of Chinese0ommentary was produoed by this branch and y called“ The s。 iie。 i亠 c。 l。 ur with an English commentaⅠ They are如 nten汛 d to bene犰 stOEy” 、 behg prepared。

Mr。

C。

presence。

There hag always been diff忆 dty in getting vduntary leaoers

’with

a

to serve in伍 e Movement and⒒ h much m。 re so in the Han&

i0apped Branch. Howeve、 in late FebruaⅡ y1965a scheme haβ

another Scouthg

beeh launched to train some fⅡ ty enthusia,t妃 stud0nt teacher0 fr0m Tr茁 ning Cdleges to serve as vdun托 刂y sco讧 tero in” 0

not only

Branch,the work is,by now,we11underway and it is hoped that 丿 血ore han-icapped th跽 scheme will help to bring scouung t。

units o￡ thig branch but also other units as we1l。

Ⅴ“its s were fewer in number but sti11very enjoyable∶ ∈ ∶ port, UsS Carriers to the Fhh Show,Fke Stationβ ,Kai Tak A订 Hi1ζ

ch⒒ dreΓ

h the Colony。

, added uge￡ ul knowledge to our members, esPecia11y to the handicapped boys。 Two Feels o￡ colour fi11m“ The8th World Fair” were anonyˉ

etc。

mously-onated to this Branch by a generous friend o￡ Scouting。 *17兴

*18x

HONG KONG IsLAND AREA 09nsus Figur9s

Total number of Groupg or Un⒒ Wol￡

s

77

Cub Packs

51

Boy scouts Troops

48 34

senior scout′ rro。 pg

Rover Scout Crewg

9 2

senior Sea Scoutg Sea Scouts

3

Auxiharie8

7

total strength,a11ranks including Area Staff 3,327 Distoct Local Association⒏

V忆 toria Citv Digtrict A well planned consolidation schelme wag put into practice during the year under review,resulting in aⅡ

Groups in the lDistrict

wOrking harder and in more activity than ever。 before since the District was formed。 Tra(ilitional Dhtr忆 t acti1、 ⒎ i11忆 s guch as D;st。 ct ‘ ‘ sixer8’ C}athering, Annual Senior Ba11, and the Nighr’

Game were held and were fully gupported and e刂

Wide

oyed。

cheung Chau Islandg District

A new Scout Group订 as

r。 g忆 tered

for boysliving in Mui Wo on Lant汪

during the year to cater

o Island。

A course for Scout0rg

in the technique o￡ training and testing of t、 end。 r￡ oo△

second

Clas8and First Class Badgos was organised and was well attended。 scouters of this district also attended a number of training couroes

Inspection of (Cub SectiOn

Mr。 Lau Tat Chuen, E冫 istrict Cubmaster was placed on the Role o￡ Honour￡ or saving

organhed by the Colony Training Team。

tWo small boys from drowning at sea in June1964, 泶19关

Hon阿 K。 n阿 Island Eagtem Eλ

shaukiwan District

strict

⒊tuated in ono of the most densely popul乱 ed areas of the c?lony,t|is Dis圩 iCt increaged⒒ s membership by more than10 per cent over the previous census￡ igureg。 The Districrs Road Safety Demonstraton Team won great populaoty by its demonsˉ

Owing to the hard work put up j° intly by Lay Members五 hd Scout members of the E)istric△ a very succes8ful fund raigiη g campaign was launched the result o￡ which placed the Looal Association ih a very sound financial condition。

]District activities

trationg staged at various sites in the Co1ony during a number of

and compe饪 tions were we11supported by Groups and Lay Me血 bers

Road safe圩 Camp茁 gns。

alike。

The Distriot’ g scout N蟪 ht wagthe h瑭 hl蟪 ht

o￡

which induded visits to aircra￡ t carriers,Cinema Nightg,a swhⅡ

ming Gala and a Christmm Party￡ or Wolf Cubs。 b拄 dge

A numoer of

training courses were held for boys of this lDistrict and were

very qwe11attended。

'

This two。 year o1d Di8trict has been busding w⒒

h li￡ e

dur1ng

Ied 王 A number of sub。 Committee were￡ oⅠ ェ pects in its adⅡ Ⅱ nistration。 to assist the Local As§ ociation in Inany u。

the year under review。

tr忆 t ser说 ce

Four Adult Leadershio Courseg were oⅡ ganised and a total of160Scouters trained。 A number ofjoint acuv⒒ 忆:were orgunhe“

The Scout between districts and found to be most successful。 ・ Fair’ particularly was enjoyed by those who pa壬 ticipated and by nearby regidents。

1aη Hohg Kong∶ β -Western I》 igtrict

These,augmented by the D“

The badge testing coⅡ 1Inittee reported very sati8factory resultg。

District Events

Crew and other Au:x:ilhry

Crew;wOrking under a team oE ve玎 keen Lay Members and hard working lDigtrict sta￡ ￡enabled the￡ unction8of the District to run

smoo由 ly and guccess￡ dly。

I:ookin阿 JAhead

In the year ul∶ }der review, consohdation has been the 甲Oin d“ ection of administration pol忆 y within the Area。 o￡

the year∶

The roouIts

s work have bcon oon,idered to be very encoˇ raging

eoorded to the Area and刂 District and a vote of thanks should be Ⅱ staff for thcir coooperation and untiring e￡ stⅡ l

forts。

The1way。 head

shows a certain a血 ount o￡ cons。 hdation work to be done to

沌th careful planning prepare the area￡ or￡ uture d0velopment and Ⅵ

Hong-ong Island Northern District This we⒒ estabhshed E)istrict during the year under review sho巾 e-Very steady progFess。 Three new Groups were reg“ tered

∶ D istricts and Local Associatiρ ns peqted in the future。 even better scouting for boyg ig e:冬 【 丿 A few words about the Area Headquarters oremh由 s; unⅡ and conunued support of the

r。

There and a 10oer cent increase in membership was recorded。 was a very well balanced prograⅡ Ⅱne o￡ training and activities。

tunately the site on wh忆 h lⅥ orse Hut h built has been induded

Two Lay O￡ f妃 ers o￡ the L。 A‘ ,⒈ 压亡。Lee shu Yuen,Presdent,and Mr。 Luk Man Lock,Chakman,were awarded CertⅡ icate of FE1∶ 1thful serv妃 e at the St。 George’ g Day Rally in Apr⒒ 1964。 One Senior

hut wi11have to0e demolhhed in the near future。 It is sinc0rely for an olternative suitable gite to buⅡ d a new area headquarters

scout gained theGoldAw臼 rd of Duke ofEdinburgh’ sAward Schem9。

premiseβ

x20兴

ih the ne咖 town planning scheme。

This wi11 mean that Mbrs。

hope0that every memberin the area wi11bear in;mhd that“

”wi11be one of由 em缸 n jobs to be tackled。 兴21兴

Lookng

KOWLoON AREA General

A11Un⒒ g in lK0wloon have had a particularly busy ye8r de羽 the difficulties of shortage o￡

p⒒ e

leaders,fewer rec士 eation areas,and

lack of spare time。

The Area CouncⅡ uη der the Cha“ manship o￡ M下 。 Young Wing Yau dealt w川 h βlarge numb。 r of problems,and the Area is fortunate that the Officers have agreed to serve for yet anoth0r year。

Area Headquarterg Staf￡ changeg included the appointment of Miss Fanny lHo Mo Fun as As￡ ;istant Area ComⅡ 1isE;ioner for Cubs in July, and the resignation of Mes8rs。 M。 H。 Loo ahd Oswald Lim。 No progre8s has been made on the site for the Area Head。 ・

quarters bu11ding,but expansion of offi。

e fac⒒ ities in‘ 1匹 orse IΙ ouse”

has been sought for the ti:ne being。

Awards The Asgociation noted with pleasure the award of the M。 (Hon。 )to Mr。

B。 E。

Cheung Yok△ uen,Pre:ident o￡ Shamshuipo D“ trict,

Dr。 and the appoint1ment as a Justice of the Peace o￡ 】

P。 F。

1Voo,

Hon。 President of the same Distr忆 t Association。

Many memberg of the A涠

sociati° n

received Soout awErds for

long service,proficiency, and service to the Pubhc in vaFious forms.Details of these have been publhhed iη

o曲 er

re。 ortg。

MembershiD At31st December1964there were112scout、 4,950 members of a11 ranks。

The figures for last year were 106

Units with4,837members。 *22兴

Ch忆 f Scout presented Queen’ s Scout c0rtⅡ 忆ates。

Units with over

The Wav Ahead

Activities

Area had much to do with由 e 1964st。 Georgrs Day RallyIthe珏 rg缶 妣tenj枷 ed-y the new GovemoF His Excellency siF G.,M∶ C。 hh抵 capaci圩 a由 C⒒ ef sc° ut・ and 犰 说d Trlen《 北:K。 C。 M∷ 。 Th占

the Asoocia“ on is veF'gr莶 teful particularly to the Groups who

put on the S∞

∶

ut digplays。

1965sees-he50th Annivergary of Cubbing,and many actb。 This means another busy year for ivi住 eg are already planned。 the old Wolveg but they can expect fu11 support from Lay Mem。 。 berg and the Cubs。 Also the preparatory steps have been taken￡ or a(Golony:wide

∶

ormed This appeal wi11invdve Lay and U“ ￡

∷ In Octob0r血e Commonwealth Chef scout,sr Chiarles ted u吡 and扌he Aglsociaton of￡ eFs M缸clenn,BtⅡ H.M。 L。 9JP。 ,v“蛀

fund。r注 sing gcheme。

thank-to a11who worked so hard to make his stay enjoyable∶

give tho汝 讧tmost support for a scheme which will greatly affect

The annual event∷ for the Ama Cubs took the for血

o￡

a Fair

:dhis yea亡 。

It was e夂 tre血 ely we11 su町 ⒑rted,and grateful thanks

aFe due to a11members who gav0the 800Cubs a卩 a￡

ex0ellent

∷

tOrnoon’ s￡ un。

ˉ Tr即 η og 亠

∷∶

’ “Thho fhes hke ah aⅡ 茈访’ 。 another12month period has pas叩 Dη Fing this perod由

e Trainhg Tea血 has m即nt猫 ned a steaα y

a-equa-e training courses w黾 re disoharged and a reasonable number of scouters lwere trahed。

Team Memb。 rsh讠r卜 Teβ m Membero rerp耐 ned unchanged since happ⒒ y with their fu11eot on throughout|he year? In view to strengthen∶ ng their Co∶ 0per垃 吱 eff忆 iqncy an-con￡ demce a few older m由 mbers were仓 ivρ n chances t°

They a11访

o艹 ked

lead training courseg under special supervision,aη d thtse ha、 e

turned out very satifactor⒒

y。

TFaining Course conducted in1C64/65。 A total o￡ six scouteFs Trainih± Cour。 eg were oo⒒ ducted。 328scouters were successfully passed the tests out of the336trained in various(Cour白 *23兴

e8。

I⒒

b3rs with much work,but⒒ is hoped that a11丫 11eIIΙ b钅 rs wⅡ

the￡urtherance o￡ Scouting。

some methodg of promoting closer lia8ion betweeh Distriot Agsociation and the Area have been th°

ught about,and are pla。 ned

Finance Committe0which,without hm妇 hng Dktr妃 t powers,谛 ill deal wi山 quegtions of sub讷 莳ions and fund。 raioin忿 in an Are△

°

matters。 d。

t|aining programme for the Areβ a.s planned。 Our西 m h still pointing to the effi(;i〈 ⒊ ncy of Scouters in a11respects.Above a11,

its teVi8ion in 1964。

Me丫

Here⒒ might be ment忆ned that the Di时 oct soCial acthit始 g to which Area r占 presentatives haVe been iny⒒ ed have been most enjoyable。

Ⅴigits between foends are always happ∷

are ehcouraged to inc1ude visits in their prograⅡ

° 'A number oE the Digtr忆 ts are now ad“

and a11unitg

l:nes。

in忆 tratively too big;

For

others need to be created to cater to new development areas。 exampe∶ ˉ

{ a)2Dk吨 riCts

have about30Groups whereag the avemge

Dk吨 r忆 t should have1⒍ 12Groups。

b) by the end of 1967,t、 sz Wan shan w⒒ l have a population

of about200,000people。

,

i

Discug“ ons have been held with Lay刂 0ffkers and D“ toct

Comm△ 蚯oners and developmet land consolidation)proposalg wi11 shordy be considered。 However,the recurring probleⅡ l of shortage → 呓小争

o￡

hng our duty to the people ul￡ Ⅱ leaders Jmay hinder us￡ rom ￡

o￡ I△ ong】 Kong。

Finding leaders requires sacrifices;perlmitung。 ur

leadeis to work in other Units饣 e。 uireβ

gacri￡ ices;and

additi0nal responsibⅡ ities requires sacrifices。

undertaking

But when one considers

that it is possible to double or treble th0 number of Scouts in Kowloon i￡ suff1cient leaders are forthcoming,the sacri￡ Lces are wo亡 山咖hile。

This next year1w⒒ 1require a lot of ef￡ ort;it may see a chang0 ih the concept of scouting in Hong Kohg∶ It pron1ises to be a most interesting year, and皮 to the progress o￡

s己 ou“ ng

11

mehbers are invit0d to contribute

in Kowloon。

Area service AuxⅡ iarie§ Unit This Unit continued with its regular training meetings;and provided valuable serviCe at camp8ites and on tra1nlng courβ es。

Acknowled建 ement The A§ so。 iation is very grateful for has received from all source8during the

th0wⅡ hng support it year∶

Without this

encouragement scouting Could not develop or even be maintained; and the generosity of al1who a|e approached is a source o￡ strength.

Photo with Awarded members, *25兴

Casde Peak and口 rsuen Wan Districts

NEW tERRIT0R1Es AREA

These two Districts also had an active year。 On the21st

General According to the1atest census the distribution o￡ troops and enrolment in the ˇarious d灬 trⅡ ts were as￡ o11ows∶

Castle Yuen

Tsuen

Pe8k

Wan

N。 T。

(皿

Long

November, 1964the Distr忆 t ∶ Headquarters of Casde Peak was formally opened by lMr。

D。

Akersˉ Jone:, Dhtr忆 t Off忆 er,

Yuen

Long, Activities

The ac旺 vitieg conducted by the Area included the】

Digtrict staf￡

Gatheong on4由 and5th July,1964,the J0nt Dissera Camp on

∵ih占

Ⅱ 烫6豆 ∷ 0 盂3j 压 ∶ ∶ ∶ ∶ :。

t∷

al strength was1,974inclu&ng lz Area Staf￡

默

l饣 ;∶ %f1∶

s‰ 〗:a冫哏砦t∵ 絮〓 1扌

one a-dioiohal Group。

忄h占 v,ri。 us

。Yue卩

aⅡ viti∞

∞nducted

throughout the ye叮

=鞯

in Yue卩

糕 投 r耋∵ :黥 器尸 骡℃ 扯广 丫摞ig絮 △挂衣 挡茗 撼冫 窟】 絮冀⒒ a℃

’

Scoutcraft sooia1Evening,‘ Kin sun shield” and“ Kwan Yee shield’

⒒ems

￡

DlgtriGt o￡ ice to distri-,ate welfarρ

to villagers and to h0ld

for the l。 ca1Ⅱ ll;ge elders,and in卩 a古击 击∷

ssisting in the District

sportgP

CmLa洫

¤

h湘

曲

b

aAd a w。 Ⅱ Cubs Games Day。 The Ⅴ妃e President of the Dhtr忆 t Ⅱ Mr。 Yu Fook, was awarded a Cert珏 icate o￡ Faith￡ ul service for h`previ0us Work in the capacity o￡

Executivc Comm"兑 ee Ch茁 rman。

*26兴

22nd and24th Aubcust, 1964, the senioF scouts Competition on 22nd and23rd August,196唾 ,the SwiIn“ Ⅱng Gala on26th September9 1964,the Scouters Camp and the4th scouterg Confer0nce at 】 Deep Bay on the 17th19th october, 1964。

・

The swimming Gala in Sek Kong was well attended。 ¨ The H。 n。 D。 W。 Gregg,J,P。 ,DⅡ ector of Edu0ati。 n,gave away tho trophies at the conclusion of the Meet. The highhghts o￡ the year were the vigit of the Chief Scout, Sir{Charles Maclean on 7th Oct。 ber, 1964and the opening of the A、 rea Headquarters by

the Hon,G。

R、

R∶

ogs,J, P。

in sheung shui on 29th NoveⅡ

lbeF,

1964。

TralnIn日

The￡ ollowing cou艹 ses were con-ucted by the N。

T。

Tr茁 ning

Team duェ :ing the yea:¨

⒋5AprⅡ ,1964 Preh血 inary lTrainhg course(Cub) 13th June, 1964 WQod Badge Part I EXscussion Prehminary Training Cours9(ScoutI 25⒓ 7July,1964 3August,1964 Pack lHoliday Courge 1990December,1964 Preliminar∮ Trainhg Course(Cub) The camp“ te at Ha Fa Shan was leaseo by Government and 1。

as】 mall bu⒒ ding

is now under construction。 艹27兴

staf￡

Mr。

Lee Hon Wih窑 was appointed Assistant Area Commissioner

(Relationships)wh⒒ e Wk。 Cheung Che Fan ceased to act as the above post。

Mr。 Chan Po Chi resigned￡ rom the appoint1)⒎ ent o￡

Deputy Area Comm“ soner and rem“ ned as Assistant Area Commissoner(Tr缸 ningl.

LOOKING FORWARD In the report for the previous year it was1mentioned that the

Hong Kong Branch wag undergoing a pbase during which plans

to consolidate and to expand its work were being made or Ⅱnplemented。

The smal1 decrea8e in the /ksgociation’ g overa11

strength for the year was part of the result of certain interim but

A

essential steps whiCh were taken to consohdate the Movement。 urther decrease is not hkely to recur, and, it is expected that ￡ total numberg wⅡ l again rise in the coΠ 1ing year。

Plans￡ or the development ahd expansion of scouting in Hong

κong are n。 w bong formulated,and⒒ ig hoped to plac。 before the Colony Executive Committee in the near￡ uture a document ontided“ The Future o￡ the Hong Kong Branch” 。Th诣 docu1ment w⒒ l contain an oudine o￡ recO1uImendations on the development o￡

scouting over the next five years and, as certain proposals

on pohcy have been included,will be carefully considered by that Committee。 The implementation of some or all o￡ these proposalg wⅡ l require the clo8est coˉ operauon fr。 m a11 sections of tho con卜

mu讧 ity。

Du“ ng the oast twenty years,the A“ ociaton has been

most for1unate in receiving very generous help fron1its in the(Colony。

riends ￡

In tackhng the tasks which lie ahead, scouJng

must once again look to continuing and generous support￡ its many benefactors∶ 兴28兴

rom

Te扯 party