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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 1977

GOVERNOR PRESENTS NEW STANDARD TO 28 SQUADRON, RAF

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NO. 28 SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE, HAS BEEN A GREATLY VALUED AND RESPECTED PART OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE GARRISON SINCE MAY 1948 WHEN IT WAS STATIONED IN HONG KONG, THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE SAID THIS EVENING WHEN HE PRESENTED A NEW STANDARD TO THE SQUADRON AT RAF KAI TAK.

+ IN YOUR WORK FOR THE COMMUNITY THE 615 RESCUE CALLS WHICH YOU HAVE ANSWERED SINCE 1968 SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES, AND YOU HAVE HELPED IN MANY OTHER WAYS FROM LIFTING HEAVY CIVIL ENGINEERING EQUIPMENT TO RUNNING PARAPLEGIC SPORTS, HE TOLD THE SQUADRON.

SIR MURRAY SAID A GREAT DEAL HAD CHANGED SINCE THE SQUADRON'S ASSOCIATION WITH HONG KONG BEGAN, FOR THE ROYAL AIR FORCE, THE SQUADRON, AND HONG KONG.

+ IT HAS BEEN A PERIOD OF VERY RAPID CHANGE DURING WHICH THE ARMED FORCES HAVE HAD A DIFFICULT ROLE TO PLAY, IN THE FACE OF INCREASING NEED FOR ECONOMIES, WHEREVER THEY HAVE SERVED.

+NEVERTHELESS THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PART WHICH THEY HAVE PLAYED HERE, AND VALUE OF THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE COMMUNITY, HAVE NOT DIMINISHED, HE SAID.

THE GOVERNOR NOTED THAT A SQUADRON IS PRESENTED WITH A STANDARD BY HAVING EARNED THE SOVEREIGN'S APPRECIATION FOR ESPECIALLY OUTSTANDING OPERATIONS OR BY HAVING COMPLETED 25 YEARS' SERVICE WITH THE ROYAL AIR FORCE.

+TODAY, 28 SQUADRON HAS THE RARE DISTINCTION OF HAVING EARNED A SECOND STANDARD, + HE SAID.

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

+THIS IS A PROUD DAY FOR 28 SQUADRON, FOR A SQUADRON IS PRESENTED WITH A STANDARD BY HAVING EARNED THE SOVERE IGN'S APPRECIATION FOR ESPECIALLY OUTSTANDING OPERATIONS OR BY HAVING COMPLETED 25 YEARS' SERVICE WITH THE ROYAL AIR FORCE. TODAY, 28 SQUADRON HAS THE RARE DISTINCTION OF HAVING EARNED A SECOND STANDARD.

+ IT IS NEARLY 30 YEARS SINCE 28 SQUADRON'S ASSOCIATION WITH HONG KONG BEGAN AND A GREAT DEAL HAS CHANGED IN THAT TIME FOR THE ROYAL AIR FORCE, THE SQUADRON, AND HONG KONG.

+ IT HAS BEEN A PERIOD OF VERY RAPID CHANGE DURING WHICH THE ARMED FORCES HAVE HAD A DIFFICULT ROLE TO PLAY, IN THE FACE OF INCREASING NEED FOR ECONOMIES, WHEREVER THEY HAVE SERVED. NEVER- THELESS THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PART WHICH THEY HAVE PLAYED HERE, AND VALUE OF THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE COMMUNITY, HAVE NOT DIMINISHED.

/+SINCE

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