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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1975

AMS TO CELEBRATE 25TH ANNIVERSARY

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THE AUXILIARY MEDICAL SERVICE, A LARGE GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS WORKING ALONGSIDE THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT, IS A QUARTER OF A CENTURY OLD TODAY.

AND TO MARK THE MEMORABLE OCCASION, A SERIES OF ACTIVITIES HAVE BEEN ORGANISED DURING THE NEXT FOUR WEEKS INVOLVING THOUSANDS OF AMS STAFF AND MEMBERS.

THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS BEGIN WITH A COCKTAIL

THE ACTING RECEPTION AT THE HONG KONG CLUB TOMORROW EVENING. GOVERNOR, SIR DENYS ROBERTS, AND THE DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, DR. GERALD CHOA, WHO IS ALSO CONTROLLER OF AMS, WILL ATTEND.

A CELEBRATION DINNER FOR UP TO 1,000 MEMBERS WILL BE HELD AT THE OCEANIA RESTAURANT, KOWLOON, ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13.

OTHER ACTIVITIES INCLUDE TWO +FAMILY DAYS+, ONE TO BE HELD AT KOWLOON HOSPITAL ON SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7, AND THE OTHER AT INDIAN RECREATION CLUB ON SUNDAY, DECEMBER 21.

A COMMEMORATIVE MAGAZINE WILL BE PUBLISHED TO MARK THE OCCASION.

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OVER THE YEARS, THE AUXILIARY MEDICAL SERVICE HAS GROWN FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH, WITH ITS MEMBERSHIP NOW REACHING 6,000. SERVICE WAS FORMED IN 1950 TO RENDER SUPPORTING SERVICES TO THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT, PARTICULARLY IN TIMES OF EMERGENCIES.

AMS MEMBERS HAVE PLAYED A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN THE HISTORY OF

THEY HAVE TAKEN PART IN HONG KONG'S MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES. NUMEROUS RESCUE OPERATIONS DURING DISASTERS CAUSED BY TYPHOONS, RAIN-STORMS, AND AIR CRASHES. THEY HAVE ALSO CONTRIBUTED GREATLY TO HELPING THE SICK AND WOUNDED IN TIMES OF EPIDEMICS AND CIVIL DISTURBANCES.

THERE IS ONE AMS SUB-UNIT IN ALMOST EVERY DISTRICT OF HONG KONG, KOWLOON, AND THE NEW TERRITORIES, INCLUDING MANY OFF-SHORE ISLANDS.

HAVING

MEMBERS WHO ARE RECRUITED TO THE SERVICE ARE GIVEN A 40-HOUR COURSE OF BASIC FIRST AID TRAINING INITIALLY. COMPLETED THIS COURSE, THEY WILL BE OFFERED OPPORTUNITIES TO ATTEND BY OPTION OTHER TYPES OF TRAINING, SUCH AS CASUALTY HANDLING, LIGHT RESCUE, ADMINISTRATION, LEADERSHIP, SQUAD AND STRETCHER DRILLS, AMBULANCE DUTY AND LIFE-SAVING.

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