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FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1982
CAS TAI PO UNIT PARADE ON SUNDAY
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SIXTY CIVIL AID SERVICES RECRUITS AND CADETS FROM THE
TAI PO UNIT WILL TAKE PART IN A PASSING-OUT PARADE ON SUNDAY (MARCH 14) AT THE TAI PO PLAYGROUND, HEUNG SZE WUL STREET, TAI PO AT 11 AM.
IT WILL BE THE FIRST TIME SUCH A CEREMONY IS HELD IN THE DISTRICT FOR CIVIL AID SERVICES RECRUITS AND CADETS AND WILL BE PART OF THE 30TH-YEAR CELEBRATIONS OF THE CAS.
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TAI PO RURAL COMMITTEE MR WONG YUEN-CHEUNG + WILL INSPECT AND ADDRESS THE PARADE, AND PRESENT CERTIFICATES TO THE BEST RECRUITS.
THE RECRUITS HAVE RECENTLY COMPLETED A 56-HOUR BASIC TRAINING COURSE WHICH INCLUDED FOOT DRILL, FIRST AID, COUNTRYSIDE MANAGEMENT, FIRE PREVENTION AND FIRE FIGHTING, LIGHT RESCUE, AND TYPHOON AND EMERGENCY DUTIES.
THE CAS TAI PO UNIT IS ONE OF THE FIRST UNITS ESTABLISHED IN THE NEW TERRITORIES AND HAS AN EXCELLENT RECORD OF SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY OVER THE PAST 21 YEARS.
A CAS SPOKESMAN SAID THE TAI PO UNIT HAS SHOWN HIGH MORALE IN OVERCOMING ANY DISASTER OR EMERGENCY IN THE DISTRICT. IT ALSO HAS A GOOD RECORD OF SPORTSMANSHIP AND HAS DONE WELL
IN SWIMMING, ATHLETICS, AND DRAGON BOAT RACES HELD BY THE CAS.
THE SPOKESMAN APPEALED TO LOCAL YOUTHS BETWEEN 12 AND 15 YEARS OF AGE TO JOIN THE CAS CADET CORPS TO LEARN HOW TO MAKE THE BEST USE OF THEIR LEISURE TIME BY PARTICIPATING IN AND ENJOYING VARIOUS ACTIVITIES AND TRAINING PROVIDED BY THE CAS, AND BY PERFORMING NON-HAZARDOUS OPERATIONAL DUTIES.
+THE CORPS IS AIMED AT PRODUCING HEALTHY AND CIVIC-MINDED YOUTHS MOTIVATED TO BE OF USE TO THE COMMUNITY, HE SAID.
THE CAS TAI PO UNIT IS SITUATED AT THE NEW TAI PO GOVERNMENT OFFICES. IT IS NOW TRAINING VOLUNTEERS LIVING IN FANLING AND SHEUNG SHUI WHO WILL BE ABLE TO OFFER HELP WHEN A NEW UNIT OPENS THERE LATER IN THE YEAR.
AT THE PARADE ON SUNDAY, THE CAS CADET BICYCLE TEAM AND CAS MOTORCYCLE DESPATCH RIDING TEAM WILL PUT ON DEMONSTRATIONS AND THE THE CAS BAND WILL PERFORM DURING AND AFTER THE PARADE.
NOTE TO EDITORS
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE PARADE OF CAS RECRUITS AND CADETS WHICH WILL BE HELD AT 11 AM ON SUNDAY (MARCH 14) AT THE TAI PO PLAYGROUND, HEUNG SZE WUI STREET, TAI PO.
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