TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1988
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TO ANNOUNCE DETAILS OF THE SCHEME, THE
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ASSISTANT
DIRECTOR
OF
EDUCATION (CHIEF INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS) MR SO FAI-CHO, AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE TAI PING SHAN LIONS CLUB OF HONG KONG, MR CHONG WING- CHAM, WILL HOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE ON THURSDAY (DECEMBER 8) AT THE MANDARIN HOTEL, CENTRAL.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
WHICH
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND THE PRESS CONFERENCE WILL START AT 2.45 PM IN THE EAST-WEST ROOM OF MANDARIN HOTEL, 23RD FLOOR, CENTRAL, ON THURSDAY (DECEMBER 8).
SEARCH AND RESCUE EXERCISE BEGINS * * *
CIVIL
AND
THE ANNUAL SEARCH AND RESCUE EXERCISE
A INVOLVING AVIATION DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENTS AND EMERGENCY UNITS, FROM THE BE HELD FROM TODAY (TUESDAY) UNTIL THURSDAY.
CO-ORDINATED BY
NUMBER
THE
OF GOVERNMENT ASIA-PACIFIC REGION, WILL
THE MAIN STAFF OF THE
SAID DEPARTMENT A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CIVIL AVIATION OBJECTIVE OF THE EXERCISE WAS TO TRAIN AND FAMILIARISE DEPARTMENT AND OTHER SUPPORTING UNITS IN SEARCH AND RESCUE TECHNIQUES.
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"THE ALERTING AND CO-ORDINATING PROCEDURES FACILITIES WILL ALSO BE TESTED AT THE SAME TIME,
AND COMMUNICATIONS | HE SAID.
"IN ADDITION, IT WILL PROVIDE AN
FROM BOTH GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS REPRESENTATIVES SERVICES FROM NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES TO PARTICIPATE AND TO CO-ORDINATE THEIR PROCEDURES," HE CONTINUED.
OPPORTUNITY
FOR
AND EMERGENCY IN THE EXERCISE
THE OPERATION, SURVIVORS FROM SEA
AND A SHORT-RANGE COMPRISING
A LONG-RANGE EXERCISE WILL CENTRE ON THE SEARCH AND RESCUE OF BY VESSELS AND HELICOPTERS.
:
AFTERNOON, A SIMULATED AIR FULL-SCALE SEARCH AND
IN THE SHORT-RANGE EXERCISE THIS CRASH NEAR THE NINEPINS GROUP WILL ACTIVATE A RESCUE OPERATION.
/UNDER THE