SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1988
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HOWEVER, HE HAD BEEN ADVISED BY THE
TRANSPORT BRANCH OF THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT THAT THE TRIAL PERIOD HAD TO LAST FOR TWO YEARS TO ENSURE THAT THE BITUMINOUS MATERIALS USED IN THE EXPERIMENT WOULD NOT GIVE RISE TO NEW UNKNOWN PROBLEMS AND WOULD PROVE то BE COST EFFECTIVE IN THE LONG RUN.
THE PARTY ALSO TOURED THE ALDRICH BAY TYPHOON SHELTER AND WAS MET BY AREA COMMITTEE MEMBERS ON BOARD A FISH PACKING BOAT IN THE SHELTER.
MR LAN ALSO HAD A PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE HENG FA CHUEN DEVELOPMENT, PAMELA YOUDE HOSPITAL PROJECT AND SIU SAI WAN DEVELOPMENT IN CHAI WAN FROM A VANTAGE POINT AT LEI YUE MUN PARK BEFORE HIS TOUR CONCLUDED.
COMMISSIONER OF AMS RETIRING
MORE THAN 1,000 AUXILIARY MEDICAL SERVICES (AMS) MEMBERS THIS (SATURDAY) EVENING HELD A FAREWELL DINNER IN HONOUR OF THEIR RETIRING COMMISSIONER, DR K.L. THONG.
DR THONG HAS BEEN COMMISSIONER OF THE SERVICE MEMBERSHIP OF OVER 6,000
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IN HIS FAREWELL ADDRESS, DR THONG SAID THAT DURING HIS TERM OF OFFICE, HE HAD NOT ONLY SHARED THE CULTURE AND GOOD TRADITION OF THE AMS BUT HAD ALSO WITNESSED THE DEDICATION OF MANY MEMBERS WHO HAD THEIR CALL TO DUTY BEFORE PERSONAL COMMITMENTS.
HE HOPED THAT THE MEMBERS WOULD GIVE CONTINUOUS SUPPORT TO SUCCESSOR AND MAINTAIN THE VERY HIGH STANDARD OF EFFICIENCY DEDICATION IN THEIR SERVICES.
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HE TOLD MEMBERS THAT FOUNDATION WORK ON A MUCH NEEDED TRAINING CENTRE WITH PURPOSE-BUILT ACCOMMODATION AND CENTRALISED TRAINING FACILITIES WILL BEGIN WITHIN THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
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MEANWHILE, THE AMBULANCE FLEET, WHICH STARTED WITH IMPROVISED AMBULANCE, HAS GROWN TO A FLEET OF 14 VEHICLES, EIGHT FULLY-EQUIPPED AMBULANCES AND SIX MODERN MOTOR-CYCLES.
DURING THE CEREMONY, THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, DR ALSO THANKED DR THONG ON BEHALF OF THE SERVICE FOR HIS
LEADERSHIP.
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