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FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1978

AUXILIARY MEDICAL SERVICE TO HOLD PARADE ON LANTAU ISLAND

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ABOUT 250 MEMBERS OF THE AUXILIARY MEDICAL SERVICE (AMS) FROM VARIOUS SUB-UNITS ON OUTLYING ISLANDS WILL DEMONSTRATE THEIR FIRST AID AND CASUALTY HANDLING TECHNIQUES IN A GRAND PARADE AT MU! WO, LANTAU ISLAND ON SUNDAY (JANUARY 22).

THE VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE HEUNG YEE KUK, MR. TSANG NIN, WILL INSPECT THE PARADE FORMED BY AMS SUB-UNIT MEMBERS FROM CHEUNG CHAU, PENG CHÂU, TUNG CHUNG, SOUTH LANTAU, TẠI 0 AND MUT WO.

AMS BANDS WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE.

MEMBERS OF AMS SUB-UNITS ARE TAUGHT BASIC SKILLS OF FIRST AID, CASUALTY HANDLING AND EVACUATION. ON SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS THEY ARE DEPLOYED FOR AMBULANCE DUTIES AT CHEUNG SHA FIRE STATION ON LANTAU ISLAND.

IN THE 1973 TRAFFIC ACCIDENT WHEN A BUS PLUNGED INTO A RAVINE ON LANTAU ISLAND, AMS MEMBERS WERE THE FIRST TO ARRIVE AT THE SCENE TO HELP IN THE RESCUE OPERATION.

SINCE THEN, A LANDROVER AMBULANCE, WHICH WAS DONATED TO AMS FOR EMERGENCY PURPOSES, HAS BEEN ON STAND-EY DUTY EVERY SUNDAY AND PUBLIC HOLIDAY AT TUNG CHUNG, LANTAU ISLAND. IT ALSO RESPONDS TO EMERGENCY CALLS FROM RESIDENTS IN THE AREA.

IN ADDITION, THE AMS SUB-UNIT HEADQUARTERS IN TUNG CHUNG, WHICH IS HOUSED IN A TWO-STOREY BUILDING DONATED BY ROTARY CLUB OF KOWLOON WEST, IS MANNED ON SUNDAYS, PUEL IC HOLIDAYS AND DURING TYPHOON PERIODS. THE BUILDING ALSO SERVES AS A CLINIC ON MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS AND FRIDAYS FOR VISITING DOCTORS AND NURSES.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE WELCOME TO SEND A REPORTER/PHOTOGRAPHER TO COVER THE PARADE WHICH WILL BE HELD AT THE PUBLIC PLAYGROUND IN MUI AC, NEAR THE MUT WO RURAL COMMITTEE OFFICE, AT 11 A.M. ON SUNDAY.