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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1978

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BUSY YEAR FOR C.A.S.

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THE CIVIL AID SERVICES HAD A VERY BUSY TIME IN FISCAL 1977 m THE IR MEMBERS WERE CALLED OUT 309 TIMES FOR VARIOUS CIVIC AND EMERGENCY DUTIES.

SEVEN OF THESE WERE FOR MOUNTAIN RESCUE, 14 FOR CARE OF FIRE VICTIMS, 69 FOR FIGHTING HILL FIRES, SIX FOR ANTI-OIL POLLUTION OPERATION AND 72 FOR CROWD CONTROL.

CROWD CONTROL DUTIES INCLUDED THOSE PERFORMED AT THE COMMUNITY CHEST'S WALKS FOR MILLION, QUEEN'S SILVER JUBILEE PROCESSION AND PAGEANT, AND AT VARIOUS CHARITY, RECREATION AND FESTIVAL FUNCTIONS.

THE CIVIL AID SERVICES ALSO PERFORMED NUMEROUS STAND ING OPERATIONAL DUTIES DURING THE YEAR. THESE INCLUDED COUNTRYSIDE FIRE PREVENTION AND RURAL AREA PATROL ON SATURDAYS, SUNDAYS, AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS FROM OCTOBER 1, 1977 TO APRIL 30, 1978, AND MOUNTAIN RESCUE STANDBY DUTY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR ON SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS.

COMMENTING ON THIS, A C.A.S. SPOKESMAN SAID, THE CONTINUED IMPROVEMENT IN OUR OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY HAS ENABLED US TO PERFORM OUR MANY EMERGENCY AND CIVIC DUTIES SUCCESSFULLY.

+THE WIDE VARIETY OF DUTIES PERFORMED BY THE C.A.S. AND THE CONFIDENCE SHOWN IN THE SERVICE BY THE GOVERNMENT AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC HELPS CONSIDERABLY TO MAINTAIN MEMBERS' INTEREST AND THE IR MORALE, HE SAID.

THE SPOKESMAN ALSO FORECAST THAT IN THE YEARS AHEAD, THERE WILL BE EVEN WIDER DIVERSIFICATION OF DUTIES FOR THE CIVIL AID SERVICES.

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