THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1978
CHIEF SECRETARY VISITS UNITS OF CIVIL AID SERVICES
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THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DENYS ROBERTS, THIS (THURSDAY) AFTERNOON VISITED VARIOUS UNITS OF THE CIVIL AID SERVICES ON HONG KONG ISLAND AND IN KOWLOON.
ACCOMPANIED BY THE CHIEF STAFF OFFICER OF CIVIL AID SERVICES, MR. JOHN FORTUNE, SIR DENYS FIRST WENT TO THE CAS HONG KONG REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS IN THE BASEMENT OF THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES TO INSPECT THE FACILITIES THERE.
SIR DENYS THEN CROSSED THE HARBOUR TO VISIT THE CAS KOWLOON, NEW TERRITORIES REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS IN ARGYLE STREET, HERE HE SAW CAS MEMBERS UNDERGOING TRAINING IN RESCUING PEOPLE FROM A SIMULATED HOUSE COLLAPSE, FROM HEIGHTS AND IN CONFINED SPICES.
HE ALSO WATCHED CAS CADET INSTRUCTORS MAKING FIBRE-GLASS CANOES WHILE OTHERS WERE LEARNING LORRY DRIVING TECHNIQUES.
SIR DENYS LATER RETURNED TO HONG KONG ISLAND TO SEE CAS MEMBERS RECEIVING TRAINING IN CASUALTY EVACUATION AND IN MECHANICAL WORKSHOP INSTRUCTOR'S COURSE AT THE CAS HEADQUARTERS IN CAROLINE HILL ROAD. HE ALSO SAW CAS OFFICERS ATTENDING A MANAGEMENT SEMINAR AND MET STAFF REPRESENTATIVES.
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