Tuesday, May 2, 1972
C.A.S. COMBINED SERVICES EXERCISE
To Practise Inter-Service Co-operation, Liaison
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The Civil Aid Services will hold a large-scale exercise on Sunshine
Island on Sunday to practise inter-service co-operation and liaison in the
event of an earthquake and tidal wave hitting Hong Kong.
Exercise "Holocaust" will involve practice in rescue, first
aid and evacuation of casualties by land, sea and air by men of the
C.A.S. Command Units, Warden Service, Rescue Units and Pay and Records Unit.
Other services taking part will include the Army, the Royal
Navy, the Royal Air Force and the Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force,
the Fire Services and the Auxiliary Fire Services, the Marine Department
and the Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Police (Marine)and the Auxiliary Medical
Service.
In addition to supplying manpower, the services will also provide
equipment such as helicopters, landing craft, fast launches and assault
boats,
The exercise is set against a background of simulated incidents:
the Sunshine Island has been severely damaged by a typhoon and a tidal waVO
and a ship, struck by the tidal wave, had capsized and sunk just off the coast
of the Island. More than 300 victims, including local inhabitants and crew
and passengers of wrecked ships and crashed planes, have been killed, injured
or trapped.
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