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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1976
NO REST FOR CIVIL AID SERVICES
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THE CIVIL AID SERVICES WERE FULLY ENGAGED IN HELPING OUT OTHER PEOPLE DURING THE FOUR-DAY LUNAR NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS.
THE VOLUNTEERS WERE MOBILISED ON SUNDAY (FEBRUARY 1) NIGHT TO TAKE PART IN THE EMERGENCY OPERATION TO HELP THE ALDRICH BAY FIRE VICTIMS.
THEY ARE STILL THERE TODAY KEEPING ORDER AND GIVING ASSISTANCE TO THE VICTIMS AND OTHER GOVERNMENT STAFF.
IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, THEY WERE POSTED TO VARIOUS HILL FIRE BLACK SPOTS OVER THE WEEKEND TO SUPPORT THE FIRE FIGHTING PATROLS OF THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT,
THE SERVICES' MOUNTAIN RESCUE UNIT WAS CALLED OUT EARLY ON TUESDAY MORNING TO SEARCH FOR ELEVEN HIKERS WHO WERE LOST IN THE HILLS ABOVE TAI PO. THE MISSING PICNICKERS LATER RETURNED HOME SAFELY.
A MORE PLEASANT TASK FOR THE C.A.S. WAS CROWD CONTROL AND USHERING DUTIES DURING THE GALA OPENING OF THE FOURTH ARTS FESTIVAL ON TUESDAY EVENING.