THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 1980
RECORD NUMBER OF AMBULANCE CALLS
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THE AMBULANCE COMMAND OF THE FIRE SERVICES EXPERIENCED ITS BUSIEST DAY ON RECORD ANSWERING AN AVERAGE OF ONE CALL EVERY 1.77 MINUTES IN THE 24-HOUR PERIOD ENDED AT MIDNIGHT LAST (WEDNESDAY) NIGHT.
THE COMMAND ANSWERED A TOTAL OF 811 CALLS. OF THESE, 625 WERE FOR EMERGENCY AND 186 FOR NON-EMERGENCY SERVICES.
THE PREVIOUS RECORD SET IN FEBRUARY THIS YEAR WAS 752 CALLS, AN AVERAGE OF ONE IN EVERY 1.9 MINUTES.
COMMENTING ON THIS RECORD NUMBER OF REQUESTS FOR HELP IN A SINGLE DAY, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE FIRE SERVICES SAID THE DEMAND FOR AMBULANCE SERVICE WAS ON THE INCREASE EVERY YEAR.
HE SAID IN 1979 THE AMBULANCE COMMAND ANSWERED A TOTAL OF 199 152 CALLS. THIS WAS AGAIN 25 336 CALLS MORE THAN THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
CANTONESE OPERA SHOW AT YUEN LONG
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YUEN LONG DISTRICT ARTS COMMITTEE WILL STAGE A CANTONESE OPERA ON SATURDAY (JUNE 21) TO CELEBRATE COMPLETION OF ITS THIRD CANTONESE OPERA CLASS.
TAKING PART IN THE OPERA WILL BE 40 MEMBERS OF THE CLASS, LED BY TUTORS. APART FROM PERFORMING, THEY WILL ALSO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR STAGE WORK.
THE MEMBERS, WHO INCLUDE SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS, TEACHERS, CLERKS AND FACTORY WORKERS, HAVE BEEN LEARNING THE ART OF CANTONESE OPERA FOR UP TO THREE YEARS. SUBJECTS TAUGHT IN THE CLASS INCLUDE SINGING, ACTING, MARTIAL ARTS AND WORK ON AND BEHIND THE STAGE. AMONG THE INSTRUCTORS IS WELL-KNOWN CANTONESE OPERA STAR, MISS LEE KUI-ON.
THE CLASS IS SUPPORTED FINANCIALLY BY YUEN LONG DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD, WHICH HAS ALLOCATED $25 000 FOR 1980/81 TO MEET THE COSTS OF EMPLOYING TUTORS AND STAGING PERFORMANCES.
A MEMBER OF THE ARTS COMMITTEE, MR WALLY NG, SAID THE CLASSES HAD BEEN WELL-RECEIVED IN YUEN LONG. ABOUT 70 YOUNG PEOPLE JOINED WHEN THEY WERE FIRST STARTED IN 1977 AND THIS NUMBER HAD GROWN TO OVER 80 LAST YEAR.
SAID.
+BESIDES PROVIDING TRAINING, REGULAR SHOWS ARE STAGED,✦ MR NG
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