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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1994
"CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW CENTRE WOULD COMMENCE IN EARLY 1995 AND WOULD BE COMPLETED BEFORE 1998.
AT THE NEW CENTRE WILL BE PHASE I IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END
"OPERATION OF INTRODUCED BY PHASES. OF 1996," HE SAID.
THE FACILITIES
THE
FACILITIES INCLUDE A SHELTERED WORKSHOP, TWO HOSTELS FOR MODERATELY MENTALLY HANDICAPPED PERSONS, THREE CARE AND ATTENTION FIVE HOMES FOR SEVERELY DISABLED PERSONS, FIVE DAY ACTIVITY CENTRES, HOSTELS FOR SEVERELY MENTALLY HANDICAPPED PERSONS, TWO HOMES FOR AGED BLIND AND SIX CARE AND ATTENTION HOMES FOR THE AGED BLIND.
THE
TO FACILITATE THE REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME, EXISTING SERVICES OF THE THE CENTRE WILL BE REPROVISIONED TO STANLEY FORT UNTIL PHASE I OF NEW CENTRE IS READY.
"THE
NEW CENTRE WILL HAVE A TOTAL AREA OF ABOUT 30,000 SQUARE METRES WITH 24 UNITS, PROVIDING 1,410 PLACES TO CATER FOR THE NEEDS OF PERSONS WITH VARIOUS KINDS OF DISABILITIES, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
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HONG KONG AIRCREW WIN TOP AIR-SEA RESCUE AWARD
THE FOUR-MAN CREW OF A HONG KONG-BASED ROYAL AIR FORCE (RAF) WESSEX HELICOPTER IS TO RECEIVE BRITAIN'S TOP AIR-SEA RESCUE AWARD.
RECOGNISES
CREWMEN THEIR HEROISM IN RESCUING 13 CHINESE IT
FROM A SINKING JUNK, PLUS ONE DOWNED RAF AIRMAN, DURING TYPHOON BECKY ON SEPTEMBER 17, 1993.
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THE EDWARD AND MAISIE LEWIS AWARD, GIVEN ANNUALLY BY BRITAIN'S SHIPWRECKED MARINERS SOCIETY, WILL BE PRESENTED AT A SPECIAL CEREMONY IN LONDON NEXT WEEK.
SQUADRON LEADER STEVEN WAUDBY WAS CAPTAIN OF A NO.28 (AC) SQUADRON AIRCRAFT, CALLSIGN "RESCUE TWO ZERO", WHICH DESPITE NOT BEING FULLY SERVICEABLE WAS THE THIRD AIRCRAFT TO BE SCRAMBLED BY THE
AT SQUADRON
THE HEIGHT OF TYPHOON BECKY. THE FIRST WESSEX TO BE SCRAMBLED HAD ALREADY BEEN FORCED TO DITCH THROUGH ENGINE FAILURE CAUSED BY THE EXTREME CONDITIONS.
DESPITE WINDS OF OVER 100 MILES AN HOUR, VIOLENT AIR TURBULENCE, AND 40-FOOT WAVES, SQUADRON LEADER WAUDBY AND HIS CREW FIRST FLEW TO THE SITE OF THE DITCHED HELICOPTER WHERE THE SECOND WESSEX WAS ALREADY WINCHING IN THREE MEMBERS OF ITS CREW. THEY LOCATED THE FOURTH CREW MEMBER AND RESCUED HIM FROM HIS SINGLE-SEAT DINGHY.
RESCUE TWO ZERO WAS THEN SENT TO INVESTIGATE A FURTHER REPORT OF A JUNK IN DIFFICULTY. IT WAS FOUND BEING BATTERED BY HEAVY SEAS AND DRIVEN TOWARDS ROCKS ONLY 500 METRES AWAY. THE DECK OF THE BOAT WAS STREWN WITH NETS AND DEBRIS AND AS IT PITCHED AND CORKSCREWED IN STORM, THE TALL MASTS AT THE STERN MADE WINCHING PERILOUSLY DIFFICULT.
THE
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