SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1987
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OFFICERS COMPLETE SEARCH AND RESCUE COURSE
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THIRTY-THREE OFFICERS
FROM FOUR GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND THREE REPRESENTATIVES FROM CHINA WERE THIS (SATURDAY) MORNING PRESENTED WITH CERTIFICATES OF ATTENDANCE AT THE END OF A TWO-WEEK SEARCH AND RESCUE TRAINING COURSE.
THE COURSE, ORGANISED BY THE MARINE DEPARTMENT, WAS THE SECOND SUCH COURSE CONDUCTED IN HONG KONG BY FOUR U.S. COAST GUARD OFFICERS.
SPEAKING AT THE CEREMONY, THE DIRECTOR OF MARINE, MR GERRY HIGGINSON, REFERRED ΤΟ THE MARITIME SEARCH OPERATION MOUNTED YESTERDAY IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA.
HE SAID THIS HIGHLIGHTED THE NEED FOR THE SEARCH AND RESCUE COURSE AND THAT HE LOOKED FORWARD TO A FURTHER COURSE BEING HELD IN TWO YEARS' TIME.
IN RESPONSE, LIEUT-COMMANDER GREG LEBER, LEADER OF THE U.S. COAST GUARD TEAM, PRAISED COURSE MEMBERS FOR THEIR DEDICATION AND HARD WORK.
THE COURSE COULD NOT BE SUCCESSFUL WITHOUT THE ACTIVE SUPPORT OF THE ORGANISATIONS INVOLVED, HE ADDED.
THE 33 OFFICERS WHO UNDERWENT TRAINING CAME FROM THE MARINE DEPARTMENT, MARINE POLICE, THE ROYAL HONG KONG AUXILIARY AIR FORCE AND THE CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENT.
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THE CEREMONY, THE DEPARTMENTS REPRESENTATIVES ALSO EXCHANGED PLAQUES AND OTHER U.S. COAST GUARD OFFICERS.
AND THE
SOUVENIRS
CHINESE WITH THE
POSITIVE ARRANGEMENTS FOR NEEDS OF ELDERLY
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THE GOVERNMENT HAS DRAWN UP A SERIES OF PROJECTS
ΤΟ DEMAND FOR SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY IN NORTH DISTRICT, THE OFFICER, MR MATTHEW CHEUNG, SAID THIS (SATURDAY) MORNING.
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THE DISTRICT
ELDERLY
SPEAKING AT THE OPEN DAY OF THE NINTH FESTIVAL FOR THE OF THE BUDDHIST PO CHING HOME FOR THE AGED, MR CHEUNG SAID THAT TWO SOCIAL CENTRES FOR THE ELDERLY WOULD BE OPENED AT THE CHEUNG WAH AND TIN PING ESTATES IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
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