SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1985
AMBULANCE BRIGADE RESPONDING TO CHALLENGES
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SIR DAVID
THE ST. JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE IS RESPONDING TO PRESENT DAY CHALLENGES BY REDEFINING THE ROLE OF ITS 3 000 MEMBERS SO THAT IT CONTINUED TO MAKE A VALUABLE CONTRIBUTION TO THE COMMUNITY AND MAINTAIN THE HIGH STANDARD OF TRAINING THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
THE BRIGADE HAD DEVELOPED ITS ACTIVITIES FROM UNDERTAK ING SIMPLE FIRST AID DUTIES AT PUBLIC BEACHES, ASSISTING IN VACCINATION CAMPAIGNS IN RURAL VILLAGES TO THE PROVISION OF FIRST AID SQUADS IN LARGE SCALE TERRITORY-WIDE PUBLIC EVENTS AND THE TRAINING OF CADETS IN THE NEW TOWNS.
SPEAKING AT THE ANNUAL PARADE OF THE BRIGADE AT THE SOUTH CHINA ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION STADIUM THIS MORNING, SIR DAVID SAID THAT IT WAS THROUGH THE WORK OF THE AMBULANCE ER IGADE THAT THE ORDER OF ST. JOHN WAS BEST KNOWN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
+THE UNIFORMED MEMBERS OF THE BRIGADE ARE SEEN REGULARLY AT RECREATIONAL AND SPORTING EVENTS READY TO GIVE FIRST AID TO THOSE IN NEED, HE SAID.
THE BRIGADE ALSO PROVIDED AN ON-CALL 24-HOUR AMBULANCE SERVICE DAILY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
BEHIND THESE VISIBLE AND VALUABLE SERVICES LAY THE LESS PUBLICISED BUT IMPORTANT WORK OF PROVIDING INSTRUCTION TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN FIRST AID, HOME NURSING, HYGIENE AND OTHER RELATED SUBJECTS, HE SAID.
+MORE THAN 4 000 CANDIDATES SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED
THE IR TRAINING LAST YEAR, HE ADDED.
SIR DAVID ALSO NOTED THAT THE FAR EAST REGIONAL SEMINAR OF THE ST. JOHN AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION HELD IN HONG KONG EARLIER THIS YEAR WAS SUCCESSFUL AND WELL-ATTENDED BY VARIOUS NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES.
+THE GOVERNMENT IS VERY CONSCIOUS OF THE CONTRIBUTION MADE BY ST. JOHN TO HONG KONG AND ASSISTS WITH SOME FINANCIAL SUPPORT, BUT I WOULD LIKE TODAY TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE HEAVY BURDEN OF FUND-RAISING BY ST. JOHN, HE SAID.
SIR DAVID EXPRESSED HIS APPRECIATION OF THEIR WORK AND
THE PUBLIC WHO HAD GIVEN THEM THE SUPPORT.
HE CONGRATULATED THE COMMISSIONER AND MEMBERS OF THE AMBULANCE BRIGADE WHO HAD PARTICIPATED IN THE PARADE TODAY. COMMENTING THAT THE HIGH STANDARD DISPLAYED IS A CREDIT TO YOU ALL+.
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