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(b)
(c)
(d)
link
To provide a permanent
with the Secretary for Security through which urgent decisions on policy matters, or clarification and guidance on content or implementation of directions,
be readily obtained by
can
executive.
the
the
To act as an information co-ordination centre for the Government by:
i)
ii)
iii)
To
the
Government
Receiving from and disseminating to Departments, the Security Forces and the essential public utility and service companies, any information on the emergency which might assist them to properly plan and co-ordinate their
individual or joint
responses.
Consolidating
information on
the emergency and providing verbal briefings or written situation reports and
statistical returns to
senior policy makers and
secretariat officers in
order to assist them in
formulating policy
directives.
Maintaining a continuous log of important civil
developments on the
emergency.
or
provide liaison between Government Departments, the Security Forces and essential public utility and service companies and to assist them to co-ordinate the acquisition mobilisation of civil resources, to the extent that could not be achieved effectively by using normal branch or inter-departmental procedures.
(e) To act as a
or
permanent link through which urgent public messages announcements could be passed to GIS for publication or broadcast.
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