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CAS HOLDING BIG KOWLOON EXERCISE
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OVER 700 MEMBERS OF THE CIVIL AID SERVICES KOWLOON REGION WILL HOLD A LARGE SCALE EXERCISE FROM 4 PM TO MIDNIGHT ON SATURDAY (JUNE 30) TO TEST ITS EFFICIENCY DURING A NATURAL DISASTER.
THE EXERCISE WILL BE A SIMULATION OF THE EFFECT OF A SEVERE TYPHOON CAUSING DESTRUCTION TO LIVES AND PROPERTY.
THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE EXERCISE WILL BE FROM 9 PM TO 10 PM AT 'INCIDENT AREAS' ON DEVIL'S PEAK, AND NEAR KOWLOON PARK, WHERE CAS VOLUNTEERS WILL BE ENGAGED IN EXTRICATING TRAPPED PERSONS' AND CASUALTY HANDLING AND EVACUATION, A CAS SPOKESMAN SAID.
PUBLIC HELP.URGED FOR CLEAN HK DRIVE
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MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WERE URGED TODAY TO CONTINUE THE IR GOOD WORK TO HELP MAKE THE CLEAN HONG KONG DRIVE A SUCCESS.
THE APPEAL WAS MADE BY THE URBAN SERVICES OFFICER OF TAI PO, MR PONG KIN-HONG, AT A CEREMONY MARKING THE ANNUAL TAI PO DISTRICT TREE PLANTING DAY.
THE EVENT, ORGANISED BY THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT, WAS HELD AT THE TIN HAU TEMPLE FUNG SHUI SQUARE IN TAI PO.
WITH THE HELP OF 100 CHILDREN FROM FOUR LOCAL SCHOOLS, SOME 300 YOUNG EVERGREEN TREES WERE PLANTED AT THE SQUARE.
MR PONG SAID THE NTSD HAD PLANTED MORE THAN 80 000 PLANTS INCLUDING 1 200 TREES AND OTHER FLOWERING SHRUBS IN TAI PO LAST YEAR, AND WOULD BE PLANTING MORE IN THE COMING YEAR.
ACCOMPANIED BY THE TAI PO DISTRICT OFFICER, MR CHAN CHUN- YUEN, AND THE PROJECT MANAGER (TAI PO AND FANLING), MR ROBERT HANNA, MR PONG LATER HELPED PLANT A YOUNG TREE TO HIGHLIGHT THE EVENT.
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