Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The Hong Kong Air Cadet Corps (Chinese: 香港航空青年團) is a voluntary uniformed group (although people working at headquarters get paid) subsidised by the Home Affairs Bureau of the Hong Kong government and is registered under the Societies Ordinance as a non-profit making charitable organisation. Created in 1971 with ties to the British Armed Forces' Combined Cadet Force. It is an aviation-orientated, disciplined youth organisation, which aims to provide its members with initial aviation education, to develop their leadership capabilities and to promote their social awareness through community service. It is also an organization supported by Cathay Pacific Airways and Dragon Air for aviation training.Apart from training in aviation knowledge, the HKACC also organises outdoor activities such as parachuting, rifle drill, familiarization visits, hiking, night journeys, field training camp, and even flag days. In the summer, canoe courses and other aquatic activities are organised. In addition members of the Corps are obliged to take part in community service.They are divided into 7 wings, Hong Kong Island, New Territories East, New Territories West, Kowloon East, Kowloon West, No 6 and Operations Support Wings. Those wings are further divided into squadrons; each squadron consists of a minimum of 35 cadets. Most of the squadrons are based at secondary schools for recruitment and training purposes.. }
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- Hong_Kong_Air_Cadet_Corps abstract "The Hong Kong Air Cadet Corps (Chinese: 香港航空青年團) is a voluntary uniformed group (although people working at headquarters get paid) subsidised by the Home Affairs Bureau of the Hong Kong government and is registered under the Societies Ordinance as a non-profit making charitable organisation. Created in 1971 with ties to the British Armed Forces' Combined Cadet Force. It is an aviation-orientated, disciplined youth organisation, which aims to provide its members with initial aviation education, to develop their leadership capabilities and to promote their social awareness through community service. It is also an organization supported by Cathay Pacific Airways and Dragon Air for aviation training.Apart from training in aviation knowledge, the HKACC also organises outdoor activities such as parachuting, rifle drill, familiarization visits, hiking, night journeys, field training camp, and even flag days. In the summer, canoe courses and other aquatic activities are organised. In addition members of the Corps are obliged to take part in community service.They are divided into 7 wings, Hong Kong Island, New Territories East, New Territories West, Kowloon East, Kowloon West, No 6 and Operations Support Wings. Those wings are further divided into squadrons; each squadron consists of a minimum of 35 cadets. Most of the squadrons are based at secondary schools for recruitment and training purposes.".