Friday, February 22, 1974
Many huts have been swept away in a landslide of mud, earth and
rock. About 100 people are unaccounted for and are either trapped, injured
or lost,
All Warden Zones in Hong Kong and Kowloon have been alerted and
sections of Wardens move to the site to begin rescue work under the Mobile
Tactical Command Unit. The heavy Rescue Units have been deployed in the
New Territories to assist in a similar exercice in Tsuen Wan district,
and are not available for use during Exercise Yellow Stone in the urban
area.
Note to Editora:
You are invited to send a representative to
cover the exercise at the site at Wong Nai Chung
Reservoir. A Civil Aid Services press liaison officer
will meet members of the Press on the site at 10.30 a.n.
on Sunday to brief then on the situation and the rescue
nethods being employed.
For further enquiries, please contact Mr. Chan Chun-ying, Principal Training Officer of the C.A.S. on telephone 5-778241, ext. 73.
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