SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1981
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COUNTRYSIDE AMBULANCES
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RESIDENTS AND PICNICKERS TO THE COUNTRYSIDE WILL BENEFIT FROM A MUCH IMPROVED SERVICE PROVIDED BY THE AUXILIARY MEDICAL SERVICE (AMS), THANKS TO A GENEROUS DONATION OF TWO AMBULANCES BY AN URBAN COUNCILLOR, MR AMBROSE K.C. CHOI.
IN A CEREMONY THIS MORNING IN KOWLOON HOSPITAL, THE UNIT CONTROLLER OF AMS, DR K.L. THONG RECEIVED THE KEYS TO THE AMBULANCES FROM MR CHOI, WHO IS ALSO A LONG SERVING AND SENIOR MEMBER OF THE SERVICE.
DR THONG SAID THE TWO AMBULANCES WILL BE DEPLOYED TO SERVE THE COUNTRY PARKS AT BRIDE'S POOL IN PLOVER COVE AND PAK TAM CHUNG IN SAI KUNG.
HE SAID THE AMBULANCES WERE MODIFIED TO ENABLE AMS MEMBERS TO CARRY OUT CASUALTY CONVEYANCE AND LIGHT RESCUE WORK IN HILLY REGIONS.
IN ADDITION TO A COMPLETE SET OF STANDARD AMBULANCE EQUIPMENT AND OXYGEN APPARATUS, THE AMBULANCES ARE ALSO FITTED WITH SEARCH LIGHTS, EXTENSION CABLING FOR LIGHTING, ROPES AND GEAR.
AT PRESENT THE PLOVER COVE COUNTRY PARK IS SERVED BY A STATIC FIRST AID POST MANNED BY AMS PERSONNEL ON SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS. A SIMILAR POST WILL BE SET UP IN PAK TAM CHUNG SHORTLY.
MR CHOI HAS MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO IMPROVING THE STANDARD OF THE SERVICE IN THE MORE REMOTE AREAS. THROUGH HIS EFFORTS, IN 1973 THE ROTARY CLUB OF KOWLOON WEST DONATED AN AMBULANCE TO AMS, WHICH IS STILL IN SERVICE ON LANTAU ISLAND.
$2.5 MILLION HOME FOR THE AGED AT TAI O *****
THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION IS TO GRANT A SITE AT TAI O TO BUILD A $2.5 MILLION HOME FOR THE AGED.
THE 1 000-SQUARE-METRE SITE WILL BE GRANTED BY PRIVATE TREATY TO A NON-PROFIT-MAKING TAOIST ASSOCIATION, HING WAN KWỤ TONG.
THE HOME, TO BE CALLED TAI O HING WAN KWU TONG HOME FOR THE AGED, WILL ACCOMMODATE MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE.
CONSTRUCTION IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY 1983. COSTS WILL BE MET BY THE ASSOCIATION.
THE TAI O RURAL COMMITTEE HAS PLEDGED ITS SUPPORT FOR THE PROJECT AND WILL RAISE FUNDS TO FURNISH THE HOME.
ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICER, MR NICKY LO, DESCRIBED THE PROJECT AS +A MUCH NEEDED FACILITY FOR TÁI 0.+
HE SAID