SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1987
BRIGADE CONTINUES TO PLAY VITAL ROLE
THE ST JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE HAD SERVED THE PEOPLE OF KONG WITH GREAT DEDICATION, AND WOULD CONTINUE TO PLAY A VITAL IN CONTRIBUTING TO THE WELL-BEING OF OUR COMMUNITY, THE GOVERNOR, DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
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SPEAKING AT THE ANNUAL INSPECTION OF THE BRIGADE AT THE SOUTH CHINA ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION STADIUM, SIR DAVID SAID IT WAS ENCOURAGING TO KNOW THAT THE BRIGADE WAS PLANNING AN EXPANSION IN THE CADET PROGRAMME AND THEIR SHA TIN DIVISIONAL HEADQUARTERS.
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THE BRIGADE WAS FOUNDED IN HONG KONG 71 YEARS AGO TO FREE FIRST AID AND RELATED SERVICES TO THE PUBLIC, AND IT ALSO HAS 24-HOUR ON CALL AMBULANCE SERVICE IN THE TERRITORY.
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"MEMBERS OF THE BRIGADE PLAY A VITAL PART IN MANY PUBLIC ACTIVITIES: THEY ARE ON DUTY AT BEACHES AND SWIMMING POOLS DURING THE LONG HOT SUMMER; AND THEY PROVIDE MEDICAL SERVICES AT SPORTS-MEETINGS, WALKATHONS AND MANY OTHER EVENTS, | SIR DAVID NOTED.
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THERE ARE NOW 3,400 MEMBERS OF THE BRIGADE. LAST YEAR, THEY SPENT NEARLY 140,000 HOURS PROVIDING SERVICES, VOLUNTARILY, FOR THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG IN ADDITION TO THE TIME SPENT ON PARADES AND TRAINING.
"HONG KONG IS FORTUNATE TO HAVE SO WILLING TO DEVOTE 30 MUCH OF THEIR FREE COMMUNITY, HE SAID.
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POINTING OUT THAT HONG KONG WAS DEVELOPING AND CHANGING RAPIDLY, SIR DAVID STRESSED THAT WHATEVER THE CHANGES, THERE WOULD ALWAYS BE WORK FOR ST JOHN AND OTHER VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS.
LESSONS MAY BE DRAWN FROM HK'S LOW BIRTH RATE
LESSONS MIGHT BE DRAWN FROM HONG KONG'S EXPERIENCE IN BEING ABLE TO KEEP THE ANNUAL BIRTH RATE DOWN WITHOUT STRICT POPULATION POLICIES, LADY WILSON SAID AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE ELEVENTH ASIAN AND OCEANIC CONGRESS OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY TODAY (SUNDAY).
SHE POINTED OUT THAT THE ANNUAL BIRTH RATE OF HONG KONG WAS KEPT DOWN TO 13 IN EVERY 1,000, WHILE PARTICIPANTS OF THE CONGRESS MIGHT HAVE COME FROM COUNTRIES WITH EXTREMELY HIGH POPULATION WHERE THE NEED FOR POPULATION CONTROL WAS THE GREATEST.
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