THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1990
INCREASING
H
SIR
EVER "IT IS WHAT THEY NEED IF THEY ARE TO MEET THE DEMANDS UPON THEIR TIME AND TALENTS OF OUR COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, DAVID SAID.
EARLIER, IN HIS WELCOMING SPEECH, THE AMS COMMISSIONER, DR S.H.
AND ADMINISTRATIVE
OPERATIONAL LEE, SAID THE NEED FOR A CENTRALISED BASE WAS FELT AS EARLY AS IN THE 1970s.
MEDICAL THE PRESENT SITE FOR CORPS IN HONG
HE KONG,
"AT THAT TIME, THE LATE MAJOR GEOFFREY DOGGETT, FORMER
то SECURE MANAGED OFFICER, DEFENCE STAFF DEVELOPMENT OF THIS MEDICAL CIVIL DEFENCE
SAID.
DISASTER-ORIENTED
A
IN
"BEING UNIQUE AS A SPECIAL DISCIPLINE IN CIVIL DEFENCE, AMS HAS
ΤΟ A
CONTINGENT DEVELOPED OVER THE YEARS FROM PUBLIC ORGANISATION THAT OFFERS A WIDE RANGE OF ESSENTIAL SERVICES
EMERGENCY BACKUP FOR REGULAR DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND PREVENTION,
IN FIRST AID MEDICAL/AMBULANCE SERVICES, TRAINING OF CIVIL SERVANTS AND CASUALTY HANDLING,"
HE SAID.
SUCH DEVELOPMENTS, DR LEE SAID, HAD RENDERED THE AMS TO AN INDEPENDENT FUNCTIONAL DEPARTMENT IN 1983.
$50 MILLION
HEADQUARTERS
FOR AMS OFFICERS AND MEMBERS FORCE.
BECOME
WOULD NOT ONLY BUT WOULD ALSO
HE ADDED THAT THE PROVIDE A MEETING POINT BOOST THE MORALE OF THE
WILL
HOUSE,
AMONG OPERATIONAL
THINGS, OTHER
CONTROL ROOM
BUILDING THE EIGHT-STOREY SIMULATED NURSING WARDS, LECTURE THEATRES, AND COVERED FOOTDRILL AND PARADE GROUND.
ARTS FESTIVAL WILL BROADEN VISION AND EXPAND LINKS
* * * *
GOVERNOR,
THE HONG KONG ARTS FESTIVAL WILL BROADEN OUR VISION AND EXPAND OUR LINKS WITH THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY OF THE ARTS, THE SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID THIS (THURSDAY) EVENING.
ARTS
FESTIVAL AT ENTERED THE
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CONCERT OF THE 1990 THE HONG KONG CULTURAL CENTRE, SIR DAVID SAID NOW, AS WE 1990'S, THE FESTIVAL WAS INTRODUCING NEW FEATURES INTO ITS PROGRAMMES.
"FOR THE
FIRST
THEME.
TIME,
THE FESTIVAL WILL INCLUDE A
PARTICULAR
I THE
ROMANTICS' RUSSIAN A THEME HAVE AS "THIS YEAR WE CELEBRATE THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF TCHAIKOVSKY'S BIRTH.
/"IN THIS
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