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Monday, December 10, 1973

1,000 LIFE SAVERS IN TIME TO COME

Sir Kenneth Ping-fan Fung, President of the Hong Kong Branch

of the Royal Life Saving Society, tonight commended the aim of the Auxiliary

Medical Service to train eventually 1,000 life savers, and he had no

doubt this target would be achieved.

He was speaking at a dinner in the Hong Kong Life Guard Club

to celebrate the winning of the Governor's Shield by the A.M.S.

Sir Kenneth, himself a member of the A.M.S., was welcomed by

Dr. G.H. Choa, Director of Medical and Health Services and Controller of

the A.M.S.

Sir Kenneth said in winning the coveted Shield, the A.M.S. had

shown what a sound training it had received from those charged with putting

its membors into shape,

He urged A.M.S. members to push ahead from strength to strength,

"winning fresh laurels through the years, and serving with undiminished

energy the community for which you are well known,"

Dr. Choa told the gathering that as Controller he was "delighted

and very proud that the A.M.S. had won the Governor's Shield this year, and

also obtained second place for the Urban Services Department's shield."

He thanked members for having worked hard and unselfishly in the

interest of the community, and he noted with pleasure that the life-saving

team had now become "a strong unit within the Auxiliary Medical Service."

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