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WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 1990
A FURTHER 13 PER CENT COULD SWITCH IF SPARK IGNITION TIMING WERE MADE.
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OF THE REMAINING 21 PER CENT, SOME 14 PER CENT COULD UNLEADED PETROL FOR MOST OF THE TIME, ALTHOUGH THEY WOULD NEED AN OCCASIONAL DOSE OF LEADED PETROL TO LUBRICATE VALVE SEATS.
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NOTING THAT THE REMAINING SEVEN PER CENT OF VEHICLES COULD NOT USE UNLEADED PETROL, MR OXLEY SAID LEADED PETROL WOULD CONTINUE TO MADE AVAILABLE FOR THESE VEHICLES.
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CLOSE CO-OPERATION IN TRAINING AMBULANCEMEN
THERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN VERY CLOSE CO-ORDINATION AND CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE HOSPITAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT ΤΟ PROVIDE EFFECTIVE TRAINING PROGRAMMES FOR AMBULANCEMEN, THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON IAN STRACHAN, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY}.
"HENCE, IT IS NOT CONSIDERED NECESSARY TO PLACE THE AMBULANCE SERVICE UNDER THE HOSPITAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT SO AS TO ACHIEVE THESE TRAINING OBJECTIVES, HE SAID IN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM DR THE HON HENRIETTA IP.
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MR STRACHAN SAID IT WAS ALWAYS USEFUL, WHEN EXAMINING THE CURRENT PROVISION OF A PUBLIC SERVICE, TO CONSIDER HISTORICALLY WHY SUCH A SERVICE WAS PROVIDED IN THE WAY IT WAS.
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HE SAID IN 1953, NON-EMERGENCY AMBULANCE SERVICES, PROVIDED THE THEN MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT, AND EMERGENCY AMBULANCE SERVICES, PROVIDED BY THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT, WERE AMALGAMATED AND PLACED UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
MR STRACHAN SAID HE BELIEVED THAT HISTORY HAD PROVEN THIS DECISION TO HAVE BEEN A CORRECT ONE.
"THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT CONTROL CENTRE DEALS WITH ALL EMERGENCY CALLS FOR FIRE AND AMBULANCE SERVICES.
"THE TRANSFER OF THE AMBULANCE SERVICE ΤΟ THE HOSPITAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT WOULD RESULT IN EITHER THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A NEW CONTROL CENTRE, WITH CONSIDERABLE DUPLICATION AND LOSS OF FLEXIBILITY AND EXPERTISE NOW AVAILABLE IN THE EXISTING CONTROL CENTRE, OR IT WOULD RESULT IN PROBLEMS OF COMMAND AND CONTROL IF THE PRESENT COMBINED CONTROL CENTRE WERE RETAINED, BUT UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF TWO DEPARTMENTS.
"THUS, TO ENSURE EFFICIENT MANAGEMENT OF THESE RESOURCES AND, MORE IMPORTANTLY, TO ENABLE A PROMPT RESPONSE IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY, I CONSIDER THAT THE AMBULANCE SERVICE SHOULD REMAIN UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT, HE SAID.
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