XN000022-1982-10-09 — Page 3

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1980

HE STRESSED THAT THE ROLE PLAYED BY THE SOCIAL WORKER IN THESE ASPECTS WAS OF VITAL IMPORTANCE.

HE IS AN INFLUENTIAL FACTOR AND MOVING FORCE IN SHAPING THE MOOD AND IN STIMULATING DEVELOPMENT BASED ON A CORE OF SOCIAL WORK VALUES AND ETHICS, HE ADDED.

HE NOTED THAT THE EXHIBITION AIMED TO DEMONSTRATE THE SCOPE AND RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WELFARE SERVICES, THE PEOPLE WHO DELIVERED THE SERVICES AND THOSE WHO USED THEM, SO AS TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE AVERAGE MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL WORKERS.

+THESE GOALS ARE REALISTIC AND MUCH NEEDED AT THIS TIME WHEN OUR VARIED SERVICES ARE DEVELOPING WITH A MULTITUDE OF APPROACHES AND METHODS TO MEET DIVERGENT NEEDS, HE SAID.

CAS PRAISED FOR RESCUE WORK DURING RAIN STORMS

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THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR LEWIS DAVIES THIS (SATURDAY) EVENING COMMENDED THE CIVIL AID SERVICES FOR THE ROLE THEY PLAYED DURING THE HEAVY RAIN STORMS IN MAY, JUNE AND AUGUST THIS YEAR.

ADDRESSING SOME 240 CAS RECRUITS AND CADETS DURING THEIR PASSING-OUT PARADE AT THE ROYAL HONG KONG AUXILIARY POLICE FORCE HEADQUARTERS IN HARBOUR ROAD MR DAVIES RECALLED: +WHILST YOU HAVE BEEN UNDER TRAINING YOU WILL HAVE SEEN AND BEEN PROUD OF THE WAY IN WHICH THE CAS ASSEMBLED SO QUICKLY DURING THE PARTICULARLY HEAVY RAIN STORMS IN MAY AND JUNE AND LATER IN AUGUST.+

+THEY WERE LITERALLY EVERYWHERE EVACUATING PEOPLE FROM DANGEROUS AREAS, LOOKING AFTER HOMELESS PEOPLE IN TEMPORARY SHELTERS, CARRYING OUT HEAVY RESCUE DUTIES AND DIGGING DAY AND NIGHT TO RECOVER TRAPPED PERSONS, HE SAID.

DESCRIBING THE CAS AS A FIRST CLASS EMERGENCY SERVICE, MR DAVIES SAID IT WAS WELL DISCIPLINED, PROPERLY TRAINED AND CAPABLE OF HELPING THE REGULAR EMERGENCY SERVICES IN TIMES OF DISTRESS.

HE NOTED THAT THE CAS HAD BEEN REORGANISED TO MAKE A TACTICAL FORCE OF 450 VOLUNTEERS AVAILABLE TO RESPOND TO EMERGENCY WITHIN ONE HOUR OF CALL OUT AND COMMENTED THAT THIS WAS A GOOD

INSURANCE AND WOULD GIVE CONFIDENCE TO EVERYONE.