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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1983

SECRETARY FOR SECURITY VISITS CAS

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THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR DAVID JEAFFRESON, VISITED THE CIVIL AID SERVICES THIS (SUNDAY) MORNING AND SAW ITS MEMBERS TAKE PART IN VARIOUS EXERCISES AND TRAINING ACTIVITIES.

ACCOMPANIED BY THE CAS COMMISSIONER, MR R.H. LOBO, MR JEAFFRESON CALLED ON THE SERVICES' HEADQUARTERS AND ON ITS KOWLOON TRAINING CENTRE WHERE HE INSPECTED THE COUNTRYSIDE FIRE PROTECTION CO- ORDINATORS' OFFICE AND THE MOUNTAIN RESCUE UNIT CONTROL CENTRE.

HE THEN PROCEEDED BY HELICOPTER TO CAS YUEN TUN CAMP WHERE HE WATCHED A COUNTRYSIDE FIRE PROTECTION EXERCISE, THE MOBILIZATION OF A MOUNTAIN RESCUE UNIT, AND CAS TRAINING AND CADET ACTIVITIES. WHILE AT THE CAMP MR JEAFFRESON ALSO SERVED AS JUDGE FOR A COOKING COMPETITION AMONG THE CAS WONG TAI SIN TEAMS.

DDCA ATTENDING CHINA TOURISM TALKS

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MR TREVOR THORPE, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF CIVIL AVIATION, LEFT FOR PEKING TODAY (SUNDAY) TO ATTEND THE CHINA INTERNATIONAL TOURISM CONFERENCE, 1983 TO BE HELD FROM TOMORROW (MONDAY) TO FRIDAY.

THE CONFERENCE, SPONSORED BY THE GENERAL ADMINISTRATION FOR TRAVEL AND TOURISM OF CHINA AND THE GENERAL ADMINISTRATION FOR CIVIL AVIATION OF CHINA, WILL BE ATTENDED BY TOP EXECUTIVES IN AVIATION AND TOURISM.

THE PURPOSE OF THE MEETING IS TO PROVIDE A CHANNEL FOR EXCHANGING EXPERIENCE IN THE FIELD OF WORLD TOURISM AND TRAVEL AND EXPLORING THE FUTURE OF THESE INDUSTRIES.

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