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Tuesday, March 19, 1974
PREVENTIVE SERVICE TESTING INFLATABLE BOAT
A 16-foot inflatable boat is being tested by the Froventive Service
to evaluate its effectiveness for "strike and search" activities to curb
dru: ayling activities in Hong kong waters.
the boat is powered by a 40 horse-power engine and is capable of
carrying 12 people. Overall cost is in the region of $20,000.
If trials prove satisfactory Government approval will be sought
to oquip the Preventive Service with a number of the boats for operational
use.
They would be used for water-borne operations on outlying; iclands,
patrolling inaccessible coastal areas and inshore patrols in challow waters.
The craft is also being tested as a platform for Preventive Service
divers to operate from when carrying out under-water searches for drugs dumped
in remoto areas.
liote to Editors:
You are invited to send a reporter and photographer to cover a trial demonstration of the inflatable boat by Preventive Service divers on Wednesday morning, March 20. Launches to convey the Fress to the scene of the demonstration will be leaving the new Government Pier, East Art, Connaught Road Central, at 9 a.m. sharp. The Pier is adjacent to the Outlying Islands Ferry
terminal.
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