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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1978
C.A.S. OVERSEAS TRAINING PROGRAMME
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THE CIVIL AID SERVICES HAVE MADE THEIR OVERSEAS TRAINING PROGRAMME AS REGULARLY AS POSSIBLE TO KEEP THEIR OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY ON PAR WITH ADVANCED COUNTRIES.
UNDER THIS TRAINING PROGRAMME, PLANS HAVE BEEN DRAWN UP TO SEND TWO CAS MEMBERS TO AUSTRALIA NEXT YEAR FOR INTENSIVE TRAINING ON MODERN TECHNIQUES IN DISASTER DUTIES.
THE TWO OFFICERS WILL LEARN THE MOST ADVANCED TECHNIQUES IN HANDLING EMERGENCIES SUCH AS DISASTER, FLOODING, CYCLONE AND HILL FIRE.
CAS MEMBERS AND THEIR PERMANENT TRAINING STAFF ARE ALSO SENT TO THE UNITED KINGDOM FOR TRAINING AND THE LAST GROUP RETURNED LAST AUGUST AFTER SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETING COURSES ON MOUNTAIN SEARCH AND RESCUE, AND CANOEING.
THE OVERSEAS TRAINING PROGRAMME WAS INTRODUCED 15 YEARS AGO AND THE FIRST CAS OFFICER SENT ABROAD WAS MR. CHAN CHUN-YING WHO IS NOW THE PRINCIPAL TRAINING OFFICER OF THE CIVIL AID SERVICES.
THE OVERSEAS TRAINING WAS FIRST RESTRICTED TO STUDY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. IN 1968, THE PROGRAMME WAS EXTENDED TO COVER AUSTRALIA WHERE OFFICERS HAVE SINCE BEEN SENT FOR CIVIL DEFENCE AND DISASTER TRAINING.
MR. CHAN SAID OFFICERS ON RETURN FROM THEIR OVERSEAS TRAINING WILL IMPART WHAT THEY HAVE LEARNT TO OTHER CAS MEMBERS THROUGH SEMINARS, TRAINING SESSIONS AND BRIEF INGS.
+THROUGH THIS, OUR SERVICES ARE KEPT ABREAST WITH DEVELOPMENTS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND AUSTRALIA,+ MR. CHAN SAID.
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