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Thursday, November 30, 1972

CIVIL AID SERVICES ANNUAL FIELD DAY

The people of Hong Kong will have an opportunity of seeing the

Civil Aid Services in action during their Annual Field Day at the Government

Stadium on Sunday (December 3).

The day's programme will start at 9 a.m. with a review by the

Governor, Sir Murray MacLehose, of some 3,000 officers, members and cadets

drawn from various units of the Civil Aid Services.

Sir Murray, accompanied by Mr. P.C. Woo, Commissioner, C.A.S.,

and Mr. R.H. Lobo, Deputy Commissioner, will inspect the parade from a

Landrover.

This will be followed by a demonstration of various rescue

techniques. The highlight of the demonstration will come when four members

of the C.A.S, mountain rescue team will descend from a rope from a Royal

Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force helicopter hovering 100 feet above the stadium.

Martial and light music will be played by the band of the Royal

Hong Kong Police, under the direction of Mr. C.C. Wood.

Admission will be free and all members of the public will be welcome,

The C.A.S. was formed in 1952 and its aim is to train and maintain

a general purpose force of disciplined and skilled personnel to support

the professional services and to give practical aid to the general public

in any type of emergency or disaster.

Under the present Commissioner, the C.A.S. bas expanded its scope

considerably. It now has an active strength of over 5,500 volunteer officers,

members and cadets.

It has ....