FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1982
GOVERNOR ATTENDS AMS DINNER
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE TODAY PRAISED THE AUXILIARY MEDICAL SERVICE AS AN IMPRESSIVE FORCE CONSISTING OF DEDICATED
EN AND WOMEN WHO HAD CONTRIBUTED MUCH TO THE PUBLIC GOOD.
SPEAKING AT THE AMS OFFICERS' MESS DINNER THIS EVENING, SIR EDWARD SAID IT WAS REASSURING FOR THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW THAT SUCH STRONG SUPPORT WAS AVAILABLE WHEN NEEDED.
+EVERY WEEKEND MEMBERS OF THE AMS HELP TO MAKE OUR RECREATION AREAS SAFE BY OFFERING LIFE GUARD, FIRST AID AND AMBULANCE SERVICES AT OUR BEACHES AND COUNTRY PARKS,+ HE SAID.
IN ADDITION, THE AMS STANDS READY TO AUGMENT MEDICAL SERVICES IN TIMES OF DISASTERS AND EMERGENCIES SO AS TO MINIMISE SUFFERINGS AND FATALITIES THAT MAY ARISE IN SUCH SITUATIONS, + IE ADDED.
THE AMS SUPPORT OF THE REGULAR MEDICAL SERVICES THROUGH TS INVOLVEMENT WITH REFUGEE PROBLEMS AS WELL AS ITS SERVICE AT PETHADONE MAINTENANCE CENTRES WERE ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PUBLIC GOOD, HE SAID.
+I AM SURE THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG COUNT THEMSELVES FORTUNATE TO HAVE SUCH A SERVICE WITH SO MANY MEN AND WOMEN PREPARED TO GIVE FREELY OF THEIR TIME TO SERVE THE PUBLIC, SIR EDWARD SAID.
THE COMMISSIONER OF THE AMS, DR K.L. THONG SAID THAT SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 1950, THE AMS HAD GROWN FROM A COMPARATIVELY SMALL MEMBERSHIP OF JUST OVER 1 000 TO THE PRESENT ESTABLISHMENT OF NEARLY 6 000 VOLUNTEERS.
HE SAID THE BASIC ROLE OF THE AMS WAS TO AUGMENT REGULAR MEDICAL AND AMBULANCE SERVICES IN CASE OF AIRCRAFT CRASHES, FIRES, MAJOR EPIDEMICS AND OTHER EMERGENCIES.
+WE HAVE, OVER THE YEARS, PROVIDED TRAINED, DISCIPLINED AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED PERSONNEL TO FULFILL OUR FUNCTIONS, THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AMS SUB-UNITS IN ALL URBAN AREAS AND MOST RURAL TOWNSHIPS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES AND OUTLYING ISLANDS,+ DR THONG SAID.
+ IN RECENT YEARS, WE HAVE RESPONDED TO DISASTERS SUCH AS LANDSLIPS, FLOODS, TYPHOONS AND THE INFLUX OF REFUGEES, HE ADDED.
THE DEDICATED AND DEVOTED MEMBERS OF THE AMS WERE CALLED UPON REGULARLY TO AUGMENT MEDICAL TREATMENT CENTRES, STAFF MEDICAL POSTS WITHIN REFUGEE CAMPS, OPERATE AMBULANCES, PROVIDE LIFE GUARD SERVICES AND MAN FIRST-AID POSTS AT MAJOR PUBLIC FUNCTIONS.
+ALL THESE ACTIVITIES ARE WILLINGLY AND CHEERFULLY CARRIED OUT IRRESPECTIVE OF HOLIDAYS OR SUNDAYS, NIGHT OR DAY AND THROUGH WEATHER FAIR OR FOUL, DR THONG SAID.
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