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MONDAY, MARCH 31, 1980

AT PRESENT THE SERVICE HAS 2 850 ADULT MEMBERS WHO WERE RECRUITED MAINLY IN THEIR LATE TEENS AND UP TO THEIR MID-TWENTIES. WITH FURTHER EXPANSION INTO THE NEW TERRITORIES, THE CAS HOPES TO RAISE THIS CEILING PROGRESSIVELY TO 3 500 BY THE END OF 1981. THE CADET CORPS, NOW IN ITS 12TH YEAR, HAS SOME 1 780 MEMBERS.

WHILE THERE ARE FEW REQUIREMENTS NEEDED FOR CADET APPLICANTS, ADULT VOLUNTEERS ARE PREFERRED IF THEY POSSESS SPECIAL SKILLS WHICH WILL HELP IN LEADERSHIP, RESCUE, FIRST AID AND YOUTH WORK.

HOWEVER IF A RECRUIT DOES NOT POSSESS ANY OF THESE SKILLS THE CAS UNDERTAKE TO GIVE THE VOLUNTEER SUFFICIENT INSTRUCTION TO BECOME A COMPETENT AND EFFICIENT CIVIL AID MEMBER.

+WHATEVER BACKGROUND THEY COME FROM,+ MR CHAN SAID, THEY JOIN THE SERVICE WITH ONLY ONE AIM TO PREPARE THEMSELVES IN ORDER TO CONTRIBUTE THEIR SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY IN ANY TIME OF NEED OR ADVERSITY,

LAST YEAR WAS ONE OF THE BUSIEST CAS HAD ON RECORD, TAK ING ON OVER 300 OPERATIONAL TASKS, INCLUDING 100 BY ITS CADETS. THESE INCLUDED TIME-CONSUMING AND DEDICATED WORK HELPING WITH VIETNAMESE REFUGEES, AND ONEROUS DUTIES PROTECTING OUR COUNTRYSIDE AGAINST THE RAVAGES OF FOREST FIRE.

BESIDES EMERGENCY DUTIES, THE SERVICE ALSO PROVIDED ASSISTANCE IN CROWD CONTROL AT LARGE PUBLIC FUNCTIONS AND DURING COMMUNITY CHARITY DRIVES, LECTURES ON OUTDOOR SAFETY TO SCHOOLS, AND ENTERTAINS THE PUBLIC WITH ITS MOTORCYCLE AND BICYCLE DEMONSTRATION TEAMS AND HIGHLY PROFICIENT BAND. TRAINING IS ALWAYS GEARED TO HONG KONG'S OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS, HE CONCLUDED.

TV FILMS TO PROMOTE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY

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THE FACTORY INSPECTORATE OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES, HAS PRODUCED FOUR SHORT TELEVISION FILMS TO PROMOTE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY,

EACH CLIP, IN BOTH CHINESE AND ENGLISH, DEALS WITH A SPECIFIC ASPECT OF INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND FEATURES THE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY GIRL.

THE FIRST COMMERCIAL ON SAFE USE OF ELECTRICITY IS NOW BEING SHOWN ON LOCAL TELEVISION STATIONS, THE OTHER THREE WILL BE RELEASED NEXT MONTH.

THE SECOND CLIP DEALS WITH CONFINED SPACE SAFETY, EMPHASISING THE NEED FOR WORKERS TO USE SAFETY GEAR, SUCH AS BREATHING APPARATUS, SAFETY HARNESS AND HELMET, BEFORE ENTERING A CONFINED SPACE.

ANOTHER CLIP FOCUSES THE EFFECT OF INDUSTRIAL NOISE ON PEOPLE, WHILE THE FOURTH FEATURES THE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY GIRL+ GIVING GENERAL HINTS ON SAFETY.

/A OKESMA