THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1990
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GOVERNOR PRAISES WORK OF AUXILIARY MEDICAL SERVICES
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THE DEDICATED MEN AND WOMEN WHO SPEND THEIR FREE TIME SERVING WITH THE AUXILIARY MEDICAL SERVICES (AMS) SET AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF THE COMMITMENT THAT SO MANY PEOPLE IN HONG KONG NOW GIVE TO VOLUNTARY WORK FOR THE GOOD OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE FOUNDATION STONE LAYING CEREMONY OF THE AMS
WAS A HEADQUARTERS IN HO MAN TIN, SIR DAVID SAID IT
WHEN TIME
THE GOVERNMENT WAS KEEN TO PROMOTE THE CONCEPT OF CIVIC EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY SERVICE.
SINCE ITS FOUNDATION IN 1950, BEARER IN SPREADING A WIDER MESSAGE SERVICE, HE SAID.
THE AMS HAD BEEN A STANDARD ABOUT THE VALUE OF VOLUNTARY
WITH THE AMS MARKING ITS 40TH ANNIVERSARY, SIR DAVID SAID THE ORGANISATION PLAYED A VITAL ROLE IN SUPPORT OF THE MEDICAL, HEALTH AND AMBULANCE SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE GOVERNMENT.
"THE WORK OF AMS VOLUNTEERS IN MAJOR PUBLIC EVENTS, AT NATURAL DISASTERS AND EMERGENCIES, IS GREATLY VALUED BY THE GOVERNMENT AND
THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG.
"YOU HAVE HAD AN ADDITIONAL AND ONEROUS TASK OVER THE PAST YEAR IN MANNING MEDICAL POSTS IN THE CAMPS FOR VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE, HE ADDED.
SIR DAVID SAID HE WAS VERY CONSCIOUS THAT THE AMS, LIKE OTHER VOLUNTEER ORGANISATIONS, HAD ΤΟ MEET ALL THE DEMANDS UPON ITS RESOURCES FROM A POOL OF VOLUNTEERS WHO ALSO HAD OTHER, FULL-TIME JOBS TO DO.
SIR DAVID PAID TRIBUTE TO ALL THE VOLUNTEERS FOR 'THE STERLING SERVICE THEY PUT IN DAY AFTER DAY IN A RANGE OF OFTEN UNPUBLICISED BUT ALWAYS ESSENTIAL SERVICES.
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HE ALSO PAID TRIBUTE TO THOSE EMPLOYERS WHO CO-OPERATED WITH AMS BY AGREEING TO RELEASE THEIR STAFF FOR THESE IMPORTANT DUTIES.
SIR DAVID SAID THE FOUNDATION STONE WAS A DEMONSTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT'S OWN COMMITMENT TO IMPROVING AND MODERNISING THE FACILITIES THE AMS NEEDED TO PERFORM ITS DUTIES.
THE EIGHT-STOREY BUILDING WHICH WOULD BE BUILT ON THE SITE WOULD PROVIDE THE SERVICES WITH AN EXCELLENT RANGE OF TRAINING, OPERATIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE FACILITIES.
"THIS IS EXACTLY THE PURPOSE-BUILT HEADQUARTERS THAT THE AMS HAVE ALWAYS WANTED.
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