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TUESDAY, MAY 31, 1977

RADIO TELEPHONE LINK FOR REMOTE N.T. ISLETS

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TWO REMOTE PICNIC SPOTS IN PORT SHELTER - HITHERTO UNCONNECTED WITH THE REST OF SAI KUNG EXCEPT BY A 40-MINUTE BOAT TRIP - ARE NOW LINKED BY RADIO TELEPHONES WITH A POLICE POST IN HIGH ISLAND.

THE RADIO TELEPHONE LINK PROVIDES A MUCH-NEEDED COMMUNICATION FACILITY TO SUMMON HELP IN THE EVENT OF A MISHAP ON THE TWO ISLETS

KAU SAI CHAU AND YIM TIN TSAI.

THE PLACES HAVE BEEN A POPULAR SPOT FOR WEEKEND TRIPPERS AND HOLIDAY-MAKERS WHO FLOCK THERE FOR HIKING, PICNICKING AND SWIMMING.

AT THE REQUEST OF THE VILLAGERS, THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT OFFICE HAS ARRANGED FOR TWO RADIO TELEPHONE' SETS FROM THE POST OFFICE TO BE INSTALLED, ONE EACH ON KAU SAI CHAU AND YIM TIN TSAI.

+ IN THE PAST, IF THERE WERE MISHAPS ON THE ISLETS, THE ONLY WAY TO GET HELP WAS TO TAKE A 40-MINUTE BOAT TRIP TO SAI KUNG AND MAKE A PHONE CALL FROM THERE,+ SAID MR. LEO KWAN, ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, SA KUNG,

+THIS IS MOST INCONVENIENT AND TIME-CONSUMING, HE SAID.

WITH THE RADIO TELEPHONE LINK, HE SAID, THE PROBLEM NO LONGER EXISTS- AN $.0.S. MESSAGE CAN BE SENT OFF WITHIN SECONDS TO THE HIGH ISLAND POLICE POST.

ON KAU SAI CHAU, THE RADIO TELEPHONE IS AT THE KAU SAI PUBLIC SCHOOL MANNED BY THE VILLAGE REPRESENTATIVE, MR. MA WING-TOR. ON YIM TIN TSAI, IT IS IN A CHURCH AND IS OPERATED BY THE VILLAGE REPRESENTATIVE, MR. CHAN KWAI-SAN.

MR. KWAN SAID SINCE THEY WERE INSTALLED THREE WEEKS AGO, THE RADIO TELEPHONES HAD NOT YET BEEN USED.

+LET'S HOPE THEY WILL NEVER BE USED, HE ADDED.

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