SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1988
CS PRAISES SPIRIT OF DISABLED ATHLETES
OFFICIATED SPORTSMEN WHO WILL
THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID FORD, TODAY (SUNDAY)
KONG AT THE FLAG PRESENTATION CEREMONY FOR HONG TAKE PART IN THE 1988 SEOUL PARALYMPIC.
PEOPLE IN SPORT SIR DAVID SAID THE PARTICIPATION OF DISABLED
EPITOMISED THE GENERALLY, AND IN INTERNATIONAL SPORT IN PARTICULAR,
THE SPIRIT IN THE MOTTO OF
HONG KONG SPORTS ASSOCIATION FOR THE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED: "IT'S ABILITY, NOT DISABILITY, THAT COUNTS."
HONG KONG TEAM AND
THEIR
THE "THE HARD WORK OF RESULTS IN WINNING 17 MEDALS IN THE 1984 PARALYMPIC ARE FINE OF THAT SPIRIT IN ACTION, SIR DAVID NOTED.
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EXCELLENT EXAMPLES
HONG KONG'S
THEIR EFFORTS IN HE ALSO PAID TRIBUTE TO THE ASSOCIATION FOR
OF ALL THE ARRANGING TRAINING PROGRAMMES FOR THE SPORTSMEN AND THAT SPONSORS FOR
SPORTS IN INTERNATIONAL
EVENTS.
PARTICIPATION
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FAREWELL PARADE FOR AMS COMMISSIONER
* * * *
MORE THAN 2,500 OFFICERS OF THE AUXILIARY (AMS) THIS (SUNDAY) MORNING ATTENDED THE COMMISSIONER PARADE
BID
ΤΟ FAREWELL VICTORIA PARK AND TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO THONG, THEIR OUT-GOING COMMISSIONER.
MEDICAL SERVICES HELD AT
DR
K.L.
THE AMS HAS BEEN UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF DR THONG SINCE WHO IS RETIRING AFTER 12 YEARS IN OFFICE.
1977
MEMBERSHIP OF
FORMED IN 1950, THE AMS HAS GROWN FROM A MEAGRE 2,000 INTO A VERY LARGE FORCE WITH OVER 6,000 MEMBERS.
THE
DR THONG RECALLED THAT AT IN HIS ADDRESS AT THE PARADE, BEGINNING THE AMS COULD JUST PROVIDE FIRST AID SERVICES TO THE PUBLIC, SERVICES ARE GREATLY EXTENDED COVERING THE METHADONE TREATMENT PROGRAMME, LIFE SAVING SERVICE AND AMBULANCE SERVICE IN COUNTRY PARKS.
BUT
TODAY
THE
BOAT
FOR
CENTRES
"IN SUPPORT OF THE GOVERNMENT'S POLICY FOR THE VIETNAMESE PEOPLE, OUR MEMBERS ARE ALSO DEPLOYED TO WORK IN DETENTION AND RECEPTION CENTRES TO PROVIDE ROUND-THE-CLOCK MEDICAL COVERAGE THE BOAT PEOPLE, HE SAID.
/THE COMMISSIONER