SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1989
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WAYS OF RETURNING VBP TO VIETNAM BEING EXAMINED
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID KILSON, TODAY ( (SUNDAY) REITERATED GOVERNMENT'S INTENTION TO START A PROGRAMME OF ORDERLY RETURN ΤΟ VIETNAM FOR THOSE BOAT PEOPLE WHO WERE FOUND NOT TO BE REFUGEES.
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"BUT WE HAVE NOT YET GOT THE FINAL ARRANGEMENTS IN PLACE, HE TOLD REPORTERS AFTER INSPECTING THE ST. JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE ANNUAL PARADE.
ASKED TO COMMENT ON A REPORT THAT GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS WERE IN LONDON TO STUDY THE POSSIBILITY OF USING FERRIES FOR RETURNING PEOPLE TO VIETNAM. SIR DAVID SAID, WE ARE LOOKING AT A NUMBER OF ALTERNATIVE METHODS. GIVEN THE LARGF NUMBER OF PEOPLE INVOLVED, YOU HAVE TO THINK OF IT ON A LONG TERM BASIS. SO WE ARE EXAMINING A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT METHODS.
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"BUT AT THIS STAGE 1 DON'T WANT TO COMMENT ON THE OPERATIONAL
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GOVERNOR PAYS TRIBUTE TO ST JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE
HONG KONG IS FORTUNATI IN HAVING SO MANY DEDICATED PEOPLE SO WILLING TO DEVOTE THEIR FREE TIME TO SERVING THE COMMUNITY AS MEMBERS OF THE ST JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE. THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON. SAID TODAY 1SUNDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE ANNUAL INSPECTION OF THE BRIGADE, SIR DAVID SAID THAT LAST YEAR MEMBERS OF THE BRIGADE HAD SPENT SOME 140,000 HOURS PROVIDING FIRST AID AND AMBULANCE SERVICES FOR THE PUBLIC, VOLUNTARILY AND WITHOUT CHARGE.
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THE GOVERNOR SAID 1111 ST JJOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE, HERE IN 1916. HAD FOR MORE THAN 70 YEARS SERVED THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG FAITHFULLY AND WITH GREAT DEDICATION.
ITS MEMBERS WERT ON DUTY AT BEACHES AND SWIMMING POOLS DURING LONG HOT SUMMERS, AND THEY ALSO PROVIDED FIRST AID SERVICES AT SPORTS MEETINGS. FUND RAISING WALKATHONS AND NUMEROUS OTHER COMMUNITY EVENTS.
IN ADDITION, THE BRIGADE'S AMBULANCE SERVICE WAS ON CALL 24 HOURS A DAY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR ON A TERRITORY-WIDE BASIS.
"AS MEMBERS OF THE BRIGADE YOU PLAY AN ESSENTIAL ROLE IN MANY PUBLIC ACTIVITIES.
"THE EXCELLENT FIRST AID COVERAGE YOU PROVIDE MAKES A MAJOR CONTRIBUTION TO THE SUCCESS AND SAFETY OF THESE EVENTS." SIR DAVID
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/THE GOVERNOR