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During the year, the CAS assisted in crowd management in many large-scale events, including the District Council Election and the Election Committee Subsector Elections.
The CAS endeavours to develop leadership potential and cultivate civic and national awareness among young people by recruiting those aged 12 to 17 into the CAS Cadet Corps. Besides participating in recreational activities, CAS cadets are taught various disciplines and skills, including foot drill, basic emergency rescue, crowd management, first aid, rock climbing and expeditions.
Government Flying Service
The Government Flying Service (GFS) is a disciplined service department. It provides a wide range of flying services, including round-the-clock search and rescue coverage, casualty and medical evacuation, fire fighting and support for law enforcement agencies and other government departments.
The GFS has an establishment of 169 disciplined and 58 civilian staff, and operates a fleet of three fixed-wing aeroplanes and seven helicopters. In 2011, it flew a total of 6 199 hours, assisted in 391 search and rescue operations and transported 1 682 people to hospitals by helicopter. It also flew 9 872 government officers and official visitors in the course of their duties or programmes. In addition, auxiliary flying doctors and nurses flew a total of 405 hours in 573 operations.
Websites
Security Bureau: www.sb.gov.hk (links to Disciplined Services) Independent Commission Against Corruption: www.icac.org.hk
Commissioner on Interception of Communications and Surveillance: www.sciocs.gov.hk
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