WEDNESDAY, MAY 31. 1989
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MARINE SEARCH AND RESCUE EXERCISE COMPLETED
AN INTERNATIONAL MARINE SEARCH AND RESCUE
EXERCISE. INVOLVING
HONG KONG, CHINA AND MACAU RESOURCES. WAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED (WEDNESDAY) AFTERNOON.
THIS
BY THE MARITIME RESCUE THE EXERCISE, WHICH WAS CO-ORDINATED
WAS DESIGNED ΤΟ CO-ORDINATION CENTRE (MRCC) OF THE MARINE DEPARTMENT.
AND THE RESOURCES RESCUE AND TEST AND EVALUATE ALL SEARCH
PROCEDURES BETWEEN HONG COMMUNICATION AND LIAISON
KONG GOVERNMENT RESCUE CENTRE DEPARTMENTS, THE GUANGDONG MARINE EMERGENCY SEARCH AND AND THE MACAU MARINE POLICE.
THE HONG
KONG GOVERNMENT
AGENCIES
PARTICIPATING
IN
.
CIVIL
THE
EXERCISE INCLUDED MARINE DEPARTMENT, CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENT. ROYAL AID ROYAL HONG KONG, POLICE, HONG KONG AUXILIARY AIR FORCE.
LOCAL COMMERCIAL FERRY SERVICES AND AUXILIARY MEDICAL SERVICES. TWO COMPANIES ALSO PROVIDED VESSELS FOR THE EXERCISE.
WHICH HONG KONG
IN A
BEGAN AT 9 AM. WAS TO THE SCENERIO OF THE EXERCISE,
WHICH WAS INVOLVED LOCATE AN OUTBOUND FERRY FROM "COLLISION" WITH ANOTHER VESSEL SOMEWHERE IN THE PEARL RIVER ESTUARY.
MRCC ACTIVATED A SEARCH ON RECEIPT OF THE MESSAGE THE "DISTRESS" VESSEL WITH 208 PASSENGERS ON BOARD, ALL OF "EVACUATED" BY MEANS OF AN RHKAAF HELICOPTER, A COMMERCIAL AND THE "NAM HAI NO.1" OF THE GUANGDONG MARINE RESCUE CENTRE.
EMERGENCY
AND LOCATED WHOM WERE HOVERFERRY SEARCH AND
GOVERNMENT GRANTS FOR MATRICULATION STUDENTS
* * * * *
FOR APPLICATIONS
GOVERNMENT
MAINTENANCE
GRANTS
FOR
MATRICULATION COURSES IN 1989-90 ARE NOW BEING INVITED.
ARE THE AWARDS
WHO HAVE
EDUCATION
THEY ARE
MADE ANNUALLY ΤΟ NEEDY STUDENTS IN OBTAINED GOOD RESULTS
THE HONG KONG
OF CERTIFICATE AWARD AS AN EXAMINATION IN THE YEAR OF
THAT INDICATION LIKELY TO BE SUCCESSFUL EITHER IN THE HIGHER LEVEL EXAMINATION OR ADVANCED LEVEL EXAMINATION.
THE
APPLICANTS MUST BE SUPPORTED BY RECOMMENDATIONS FROM
HEADS OF
SCHOOLS.
MAINTENANCE GRANT
BY A DETERMINED
OF FINANCIAL IN THE
THE AMOUNT OF
SHALL BE IN THE LIGHT GOVERNMENT MAINTENANCE GRANTS COMMITTEE NEED AND FUNDS AVAILABLE. GRANTS AWARDED IN 1988-89 HAVE BEEN REGION OF $230 A MONTH.
THE ANNUAL
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