WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1981
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DURING REGULAR OFFICE HOURS, REQUESTS FOR MRU ASSISTANCE ULL BE DIRECTED TO CAS HEADQUARTERS (TEL. 5-763236) OR TO 1. NEAREST POLICE STATION.
THE MRU, WHICH RECEIVED ONLY $40 000 FOR EQUIPMENT AND $90 000 FOR TRAINING AND OPERATIONAL ALLOWANCES FOR THE CURRENT
NANCIAL YEAR, WAS CREDITED WITH RESCUING 35 HIKERS AND CLIMBERS IN DISTRESS IN 1980 AND 58 SO FAR THIS YEAR.
+WE ARE GETTING MORE CALLS FOR HELP NOW BECAUSE MORE GROUPS ARE GOING CAMPING, HILL TREKKING AND MOUNTAINEERING AND ALSO THE POLICE ARE MORE FAMILIAR WITH OUR MOUNTAIN
RESCUE EXPERTISE, SAID MR CHOW, WHO IS ONE OF ONLY TWO FULL-TIME PAID MEMBERS OF MRU.
ALTHOUGH THE POLICE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR CO-ORDINATING RESCUE ATTEMPTS, THE MOUNTAIN RESCUE UNIT ALSO MAINTAINS A CLOSE WORKING LIAISON WITH THE ROYAL HONG KONG AUXILIARY AIR FORCE AND FIRE SERVICES. IT CAN ALSO DRAW SUPPORT FROM THE CIVIL AID SERVICES MOUNTAIN SEARCH TEAMS (MST) IN LARGE SCALE SEARCH OPERATIONS.
MR FORTUNE AND MR CHOW ARE BOTH SADDENED BY THE FACT THAT THE MRU HAS TO BE DEPLOYED SO FREQUENTLY AS IT MEANS INEVITABLY SOMEONE IS IN DISTRESS, INJURED OR EVEN DEAD WHEN BY CAREFUL PLANNING, USE OF COMMON SENSE AND PROPER CLOTHING AND EQUIPMENT, THE ACCIDENT COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED.
SEMINAR ON COMMITTEE WORK ***
A HALF-DAY SEMINAR AIMED AT PROMOTING EFFECTIVENESS IN COMMITTEE WORK WAS OPENED AT 4.30 PM THIS AFTERNOON (WEDNESDAY) BY THE DEPUTY REGIONAL SECRETARY (HONG KONG AND KOWLOON), CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, MR ALBERT LAM.
JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE KWUN TONG AND WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT BOARDS, THE SEMINAR WAS HELD IN THE FUNCTION ROOM OF HARBOUR VIEW HOLIDAY INN.
DURING THE SEMINAR, A SENIOR GOVERNMENT TRAINING OFFICER SPOKE ON 'HOW TO MAKE A COMMITTEE EFFECTIVE', AND GAVE SOME HINTS ON HOW TO CONDUCT MEETINGS.
THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER TALK ON THE ART OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS GIVEN BY MR TSUI TIM-FOOK, WHO STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF GOOD HUMAN RELATIONS IN THE SMOOTH RUNNING OF A COMMITTEE.
ABOUT 70 UNOFFICIAL DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS FROM DIFFERENT WALKS OF LIFE ATTENDED THE SEMINAR, AND EXCHANGED VIEWS IN A GROUP DISCUSSION.
THE SEMINAR ENDED WITH A BRIEF TALK BY THE DEPUTY SECRETARY (ADMINISTRATION), CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, MR HAIDER BARMA.
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