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FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1980

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SIR MURRAY: CAS MAGNIFICENT TO THE CHALLENGE

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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, SAID THIS EVENING THAT THE CIVIL AID SERVICES HAD RESPONDED MAGNIFICENTLY TO THE CHALLENGE OUTSIDE ITS NORMAL DUTIES IN HANDLING THE VIETNAMESE REFUGEE CRISIS.

AT THE CAS COMBINED OFFICERS AND MEMBERS DINNER, SIR MURRAY SAID ITS MEMBERS ASSISTED IN THE REFUGEE PROBLEM BY HELPING TO SET UP AND MANAGE A LARGE CAMP, DELIVERING FOOD TO REFUGEE BOATS AT ANCHORAGES, AND BY ARRANGING SPECIAL OPERATIONS TO MOVE PEOPLE AND STORES.

+AT THE SAME TIME YOU CONTINUED TO TRAIN AND ACT IN YOUR TRADITIONAL ROLES IN NATURAL DISASTERS, RESCUE, MAINTAIN HILL FIRE-FIGHTING, CROWD CONTROL YOU NAME IT, YOU DID IT,+ SAID SIR MURRAY.

HE NOTED THE CAS EXPANSION IN THE NEW TERRITORIES AND ITS PLANS FOR THE NEW TOWNS AS WELL AS THE PROGRESS MADE BY THE CADET CORPS.

SIR MURRAY SAID HONG KONG OWED MUCH TO ITS VOLUNTEER DISCIPLINED SERVICES.

+THEY ARE LARGER, BETTER TRAINED, HAVE MORE ENTHUSIASM, AND ARE DEPLOYED MORE REGULARLY THAN IN ANY OF THE COUNTRIES I HAVE SERVED IN.

+AMONGST THIS NOBLE COMPANY OF BROTHER AND SISTER ORGANISATIONS, THE CIVIL AID SERVICES CAN HOLD ITS HEAD HIGH TO THE GREAT CREDIT OF THE COMMISSIONER, THE CHIEF STAFF OFFICER AND ALL RANKS OF THE SERVICE,

SAID SIR MURRAY.

FURTHER WORK ON WEST KOWLOON CORRIDOR ******

WORK WILL BEGIN LATER THIS YEAR ON ANOTHER SECTION OF THE WEST KOWLOON CORRIDOR - A FAST HIGH-CAPACITY ELEVATED ROAD LINKING YAU MA TEI AND LAI CHI KOK.

TENDERS FOR THE WORK, WHICH FORMS PART OF THE SECOND STAGE OF THE MAJOR ROAD PROJECT, WERE INVITED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TODAY.

MR YEUNG KIM-CHOY, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE CONSULTANTS MANAGEMENT DIVISION OF THE PWD'S HIGHWAYS OFFICE SAID THE CONTRACT WOULD INVOLVE THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN ELEVATED ROADWAY FROM TAI KOK TSU! TO SHAM SHUI PO AND THE ASSOCIATED GROUND LEVEL ROADS,

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