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FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 1977

GOVERNOR PAYS TRIBUTE TO CAS AND ITS COMMISSIONER

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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, THIS EVENING CONGRATULATED THE CIVIL AID SERVICES FOR ITS ACHIEVEMENTS OVER THE LAST 25 YEARS AND THE RETIRING COMMISSIONER, MR. P.C. WOO FOR HIS +MANY NOTEWORTHY DUTIES.+

SPEAKING AT THE C.A.S. 25TH ANNIVERSARY DINNER PARTY IN THE CITY HALL RESTAURANT, SIR MURRAY PRAISED THE C.A.S. IN HELPING TO MAKE HONG KONG A BETTER AND SAFER PLACE TO LIVE IN, AND THANKED MR. WOO, ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY, AND WISHED HIM A

HAPPY AND WELL EARNED RETIREMENT. +

SIR MURRAY ADDED THAT HE LOOKED FORWARD WITH CONFIDENCE TO THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THE FINE SERVICE PROVIDED BY THE C.A.S.

FOLLOWING IS THE FULL TEXT OF THE GOVERNOR'S SPEECH:

+1 AM VERY PLEASED, ONCE AGAIN, TO BE WITH YOU TO ENJOY YOUR TRADITIONAL HOSPITALITY AND ESPECIALLY TO PARTICIPATE IN YOUR 25TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS.

+THIS IS A YEAR OF DISTINGUISHED SILVER JUBILEES AND 1977 MARKS 25 YEARS OF NOTABLE AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY OF HONG KONG BY THE CIVIL AID SERVICES,

→THE PERIOD HAS SEEN THE C.A.S. CHANGE FROM A CIVIL DEFENCE ORGANIZATION TO ONE ABLE TO DEAL WITH CIVIL EMERGENCY SITUATIONS OF MANY TYPES AND TO PROVIDE COMMUNITY SERVICE IN MANY DIFFERENT FIELDS.

+WHEREVER THERE ARE FLOODS, TYPHOONS OR LANDSLIDES OR A DANGER OF FOREST FIRES OR A NEED FOR MOUNTAIN RESCUE THE C.A.S. IS TO BE FOUND. MUCH OF THE CREDIT FOR THE SUCCESSFUL OPERATION OF THE VIETNAMESE REFUGEE CAMPS TWO YEARS AGO ALSO GOES TO THE C.A.S. AND LAST BUT BY NO MEANS LEAST, YOUR CIVIC TASKS INCLUDING CROWD CONTROL, ORGANIZATION OF CHARITY WALKS, SAFETY AND CLEANSING CAMPAIGNS AND THE TRAINING OF YOUNG PEOPLE ARE AN ENORMOUS HELP.

+ IN ALL THESE WAYS THE C.A.S. HELPS TO MAKE HONG KONG A BETTER AND SAFER PLACE TO LIVE, CONGRATULATE YOU ON YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS, AND LOOK FORWARD WITH CONFIDENCE TO THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF OF THIS FINE SERVICE.

*UNHAPPILY, THIS YEAR WILL ALSO SEE THE RETIREMENT FROM ACTIVE SERVICE OF YOUR COMMISSIONER, THE HON. P.C. Woo, WHOSE ASSOCIATION WITH THE SERVICE DATES BACK ALMOST TO ITS

INCEPTION.

+DURING THESE YEARS MR. WOO HAS PERFORMED MANY NOTEWORTHY DUTIES. HE HAS CONTRIBUTED IMPORTANTLY TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SERVICE AND AS COMMISSIONER FOR THE PAST NINE YEARS HAS GUIDED IT THROUGH MANY CHALLENGES TO THE MULTI-FUNCTIONAL ROLE AND HIGHLY RESPECTED POSITION IT ENJOYS TODAY.

/+TO YOU,