NOTE TO EDITORS.
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ON
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1980
FIRST ASIAN AND PACIFIC CONFERENCE
OF CORRECTIONAL ADMINISTRATORS
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THE COMMISSIONER OF PRISONS, MR T.G. GARNER WILL ANNOUNCE DETAILS OF THE FIRST EVER ASIAN AND PACIFIC CONFERENCE OF CORRECTIONAL ADMINISTRATORS TO BE HELD IN HONG KONG LATER THIS MONTH AT A PRESS CONFERENCE ON THURSDAY (FEBRUARY 14).
YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE PRESS CONFERENCE WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM OF THE PRISONS DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS ON THE 10TH FLOOR OF GUARDIAN HOUSE, 32 01 KWAN ROAD, WAN CHAI AT 11.30 AM.
TELEVISION CREWS ARE ADVISED TO ARRIVE EARLY SO THAT THEY WILL HAVE AMPLE TIME TO SET UP THEIR EQUIPMENT.
RECORD NUMBER OF CALLS FOR AMBULANCE SERVICE
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THE AMBULANCE COMMAND OF THE FIRE SERVICES YESTERDAY (MONDAY) EXPERIENCED ITS BUSIEST DAY ON RECORD
OF ONE CALL EVERY 1.9 MINUTES.
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ANSWER ING AN AVERAGE
IN THE 24-HOUR PERIOD ENDED AT MIDNIGHT LAST NIGHT THE COMMAND ANSWERED A TOTAL OF 752 CALLS FOR VARIOUS SERVICES.
OF THESE CALLS, 599 WERE EMERGENCY AND 153 NON-EMERGENCY.
THE PREVIOUS RECORD SET IN JULY 1979 WAS 702 CALLS AN AVERAGE OF ONE IN EVERY TWO MINUTES.
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COMMENTING ON THE RECORD NUMBER OF CALLS DEALT WITH ON A SINGLE DAY, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE FIRE SERVICES SAID: THE DEMAND FOR AMBULANCE SERVICES IS ON THE INCREASE EVERY YEAR.
+ IN 1979, THE AMBULANCE COMMAND ANSWERED A TOTAL OF 199 152 CALLS AND ITS AMBULANCES CARRIED 264 614 PATIENTS, HE SAID.
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