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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1985
DURING THEIR LONG SERVICE THEY HAD ATTENDED THOUSANDS OF CALLS BY PEOPLE WHO WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED OR ILL OR SUFFERING OTHER FORMS OF DISTRESS.
+DURING CIRCUMSTANCES OF DISTRESS, PAIN OR ANXIETY PEOPLE WILL OCCASIONALLY CRITICISE THE SERVICE WHICH HAS BEEN CALLED TO ASSIST THEM WITHOUT APPRECIATING THE PROBLEMS WHICH ARE ENCOUNTERED BY AMBULANCE CREWS TRYING TO RESPOND AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.+
MR KENYON SAID DURING AN EXTREMELY TRYING PERIOD THE SERVICE HAS RESPONDED MAGNIFICENTLY TO DEAL WITH ADDITIONAL DEMANDS MADE ON IT. FOR THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THIS FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER, THE AMBULANCE COMMAND HAD DEALT WITH ABOUT 167 000 CALLS.
GOOD PROGRESS IN IMPROVING LABORATORY STANDARDS ******
THE COMMISSIONER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, DR STUART REED, TODAY (WEDNESDAY) PRAISED THE HONG KONG ASSOCIATION OF CERTIFICATION LABORATORIES FOR ITS EFFORTS IN IMPROVING LABORATORY STANDARDS AND THE RELIABILITY OF ANALYSIS.
HE WAS ADDRESSING THE ASSOCIATION'S FIFTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING THIS AFTERNOON.
DR REED, ADVISER TO THE ASSOCIATION, SAID HE HOPED THAT WHEN GOVERNMENT'S POLLUTION CONTROL MEASURES, WHICH WERE UNDER PLANNING CAME INTO EFFECT, THERE WOULD BE A SOUND LABORATORY TESTING INDUSTRY CAPABLE OF HANDLING THE ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES OF LIQUID AND GAS EFFLUENTS CONTAINING POLLUTANTS AND THE VARIOUS TOXIC WASTES THAT NEEDED IDENTIFYING ACCURATELY SO THAT THESE WASTES MIGHT BE DISPOSED OF SAFELY.
HE SAID THAT THROUGH THE ASSOCIATION'S EFFORTS, AND AS A RESULT OF THE RECENT INTRODUCTION OF THE HONG KONG LABORATORY ACCREDITATION SCHEME, REAL PROGRESS HAD BEEN MADE TOWARDS ENSURING THAT THIS ESSENTIAL SERVICE WOULD BE AVAILABLE.
DESPITE MANY DIFFICULTIES, HE WAS HOPEFUL THAT GOVERNMENT WOULD BE ABLE TO REPORT GOOD PROGRESS WITH THE VARIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MEASURES THAT WOULD REQUIRE THIS SORT OF SERVICE.
DR REED SAID THAT THE INTRODUCTION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW REGULATIONS IN THE PIPELINE WOULD GIVE RISE TO THE NEED FOR ACCURATE AND RELIABLE ANALYSIS OF POLLUTING EFFLUENTS SO THAT INDUSTRY AND OTHERS COULD ENSURE THAT THEY KEPT WITHIN THE LIMITS ON POLLUTING COMMISSIONS SET UNDER THESE CONTROLS.
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