XN000022-1982-06-15 — Page 7

TUESDAY, JUNE 15, 1982

CAS MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM GOES OVERSEAS FOR TRAINING

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FOUR OFFICERS OF THE CIVIL AID SERVICES MOUNTAIN RESCUE UNIT WILL LEAVE FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM TOMOROW (WEDNESDAY) TO UNDERGO INTENSIVE ADVANCED TRAINING IN MOUNTAIN LEADERSHIP, SEARCH AND RESCUE.

THEY WILL BE SEEN OFF BY THE CAS CHIEF STAFF OFFICER, MR FORTUNE, AND THE COMMANDER OF THE MOUNT IN RESCUE UNIT, MR LEE SHU-WING, AT KAI TAK AIRPORT.

THE FOUR OFFICERS ARE MESSRS CHOW KA-PC, LI YAN-KI, LAW KAM-WING, AND PAU HON-KWAN.

THEY WILL RECEIVE TRAINING FROM THE RAF MOUNTAIN RESCUE UNITS IN WALES AND SCOTLAND, AND FROM THE SCOTTISH SPORTS COUNCIL.

THE TRAINING PROGRAMME WILL LAST ONE AND A HALF MONTHS, AND

THE FOUR WILL BE BACK IN HONG KONG ON AUGUST 6.

SPEAKING ON THE WORK DONE BY THE MOUNTAIN RESCUE UNIT, A CAS SPOKESMAN SAID IT RESCUED MORE THAN 200 PEOPLE WHO WERE IN TROUBLE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES LAST YEAR.

+MANY OF THEM WERE GROUPS OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAD NOT PLANNED THE IR EXPEDITION PROPERLY, AND HAD BECOME HOPELESSLY LOST AS NIGHT FELL OR CLOUDS DESCENDED, THUS MAKING TREKING OVER THE HILLS BOTH DIFFICULT AND HAZARDOUS, + THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

+IN CASE OF EMERGENCY, HE ADDED, ASSISTANCE CAN BE SOUGHT BY CALLING THE PRINCIPAL TRAINING OFFICER OR DUTY OFFICER OF THE CAS DURING OFFICE HOURS ON TELEPHONE 5-763236.

+ON SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS, THE MOUNTAIN RESCUE UNIT IS ON STANDBY DUTY FROM 1 PM TO 9.30 PM AT THE CAS KOWLOON TRAINING CENTRE AND THEIR ASSISTANCE CAN BE SOUGHT BY TELEPHONING 3-7115011 CR 999.+

NOTE TO EDITORS:

THE CAS TEAM WILL ARRIVE AT KAI TAK AIRPORT AT 7 PM, AND LEAVE BY THE BRITISH AIRWAYS FLIGHT BA20 ETD 9 PM TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY).

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE DEPARTURE OF THE TEAM.

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