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FRIDAY, MAY 25, 1979
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AUXILIARY MEDICAL SERVICE PRAISED
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THE DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, DR. K.L. THONG, SPOKE OF THE TRYING PERIOD WHICH THE AUXILIARY MEDICAL SERVICE, TOGETHER WITH OTHER ORGANISATIONS AND GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, ARE CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING WITH THE INFLUX OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES INTO HONG KONG.
SPEAKING AT THE AMS MESS DINNER THIS (FRIDAY) EVENING, HE SAID THAT IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS AMS PERSONNEL HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE OPERATIONS DAY AND NIGHT THROUGH FAIR AND FOUL WEATHER.
AT PRESENT. AMS VOLUNTEERS ARE STAFFING A MEDICAL CENTRE FOR REFUGEES AND THE MEDICAL TEAM ATTENDS TO MANY CLINICAL CASES DAILY AT VARIOUS REFUGEE CENTRES.
+THEY HAVE REMAINED IN THE IR STATIONS AND GIVEN THE IR BEST QUIETLY AND WITH EFFICIENCY, DR. THONG SAID.
+SUCH DEDICATION, I AM CONFIDENT, IS BEING APPRECIATED BY ALL CONCERNED AND I SHOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY OF SAYING "WELL DONE' TO THOSE IN THE AMS WHO HAVE RESPONDED SO MAGNIFICENTLY TO THE CHALLENGE, HE ADDED.
DR. THONG, WHO IS ALSO UNIT CONTROLLER OF THE AUXILIARY MEDICAL SERVICE, COMMENDED THE AMS LIFE GUARDS WHO HAVE ACHIEVED REMARKABLE SUCCESS NOT ONLY IN RENDERING LIFE-SAVING SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY BUT ALSO IN IMPROVING AND MAINTAINING THEIR OWN STANDARDS OF LIFE-SAVING PROFICIENCY.
THIS IS THE SIXTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR THAT THE AMS MEN'S LIFE-SAVING TEAM AND THE THIRD YEAR IN SUCCESSION THAT THE LADIES' TEAM HAVE WON THE GOVERNOR'S SHIELD FOR TOP PERFORMANCE AT THE ANNUAL MARCH PAST OF HONG KONG LIFE GUARDS.
DR. THONG SAID THE QUALITY AND STANDARDS OF TRAINING PROGRAMMES ARE SUCH THAT LARGE NUMBERS OF THE YOUNGER MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY ARE COMING FORWARD, EAGER TO BE TRAINED AS SHOWN BY THE LONG WAITING LIST OF PROSPECTIVE CANDIDATES WANTING TO JOIN THE SERVICE.
+ IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN OUR POLICY TO FULLY UTILISE THE SERVICES OF THESE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND TO DIVERSIFY OUR TRAINING AND ACTIVITIES SO THAT WE CAN RENDER SERVICES IN AS MANY AREAS AS POSSIBLE, HE CONCLUDED.
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