FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1980
WHEREVER AND WHENEVER HELP AND ASSISTANCE WAS NEEDED TO SUPPORT THE REGULAR MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES THEY WERE TO BE FOUND -- AT OUR BEACHES, IN OUR HOSPITALS, ON AMBULANCES AND NOWADAYS MOST IMPORTANTLY AND VERY REGULARLY IN THE METHADONE TREATMENT CENTRES THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY, HE SAID.
+ IT IS A SOURCE OF IMMENSE REASSURANCE THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN RELY SO COMPLETELY ON YOU ALL, SAID SIR JACK.
THE UNIT CONTROLLER OF AMS, DR K.L. THONG, ALSO SPOKE DURING THE DINNER ON THE INCREASING ROLE OF PUBLIC SERVICES RENDERED BY THE SERVICE WHICH HAD GROWN FROM 1 000 MEMBERS TO NEARLY 6 000.
HE SAID THE BASIC ROLE OF THE AMS WAS TO AUGMENT THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS, BUT IN FACT IN TIMES OF PEACE AMS PERSONNEL WERE ACTIVE, REGULARLY AND CONSTANTLY IN MANY SPHERES OF ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY MANNING SWIMMING BEACHES AS LIFEGUARDS, DRIVING AMBULANCES ON MERCY MISSIONS AND MANNING FIRST-AID POSTS AT PUBLIC FUNCTIONS.
IN RECENT YEARS, HE SAID THEIR ACTIVITIES HAD EXTENDED TO COVER METHADONE CENTRES AND THE MEDICAL CENTRES IN REFUGEE CAMPS, PROVIDING INOCULATORS FOR IMMUNISATION PROGRAMMES AND ATTENDING TO NEW ARRIVALS IN BOATS.
DR THONG SAID PLANS WERE IN HAND TO FURTHER IMPROVE THE QUALITY AND QUANTITY OF THE SERVICE.
HE SAID THESE INCLUDED THE BUILDING OF A CANOE TRAINING CENTRE AT SAI KUNG AND FOUR SUB-UNIT HEADQUARTERS IN THE RURAL DISTRICTS AS WELL AS OFFSHORE ISLANDS.
SIR JACK VISITS SHAM SHUI PO
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THE ACTING GOVERNOR, SIR JACK CATER THIS (FRIDAY) MORNING TOURED THE SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT TO SEE THE LATEST HAWKER AND PUBLIC HOUSING PROGRAMMES THERE.
ACCOMPANIED BY THE ACTING CITY DISTRICT COMMISSIONER (KOWLOON WEST), MR STEPHEN IP, SIR JACK TOURED THE SHUN NING ROAD HAWKER PERMITTED AREA WHERE A RE-ORDERING EXERCISE IS UNDERWAY TO CONVERT SOME STATIC STALLS INTO FIXED PITCH STALLS, AND HAWKER PERMITTED PLACES ARE BEING ALLOCATED TO GENUINE HAWKERS.
SIR JACK ALSO VISITED THE LOWER SHEK KIP MEI ESTATE WHERE HE WAS BRIEFED BY HOUSING DEPARTMENT OFFICERS ABOUT ITS REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME. HE ALSO TOURED THE NEW COMMERCIAL COMPLEX OF THE ESTATE AND SPOKE WITH ITS MARKET AND SHOP OPERATORS.
AT THE SHAM SHUI PO CITY DISTRICT OFFICE HE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CITY DISTRICT COMMITTEE MEMBERS ON THE GREEN PAPER ON DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE IN THE AREA IN SIX OR SEVEN MONTHS.
SIR JACK ALSO TOLD MEMBERS THAT HONG KONG'S RESIDENTS WOULD NOT BE AFFECTED BY BRITAIN'S PROPOSED NATIONALITY ACT.
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