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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 1983

INFORMATION REGARDING THE OPENING OF TEMPORARY SHELTERS DURING STORMS IS AVAILABLE AT THE NEAREST DISTRICT OFFICE OR POLICE STATION. IT WILL ALSO BE BROADCAST ON RADIO AND TELEVISION WHEN THERE IS AN EMERGENCY.

+OWNERS OF SMALL CRAFT SHOULD ENSURE THAT THEIR MOORINGS ARE IN GOOD CONDITION AND THAT THE MOORINGS BITTS AND CLEATS ON THEIR VESSELS ARE STRONG AND SECURELY FIXED TO WITHSTAND TYPHOON CONDITIONS, HE SAID.

SECURITY CHIEF SEES VOLUNTEERS IN TRAINING CAMP *****

THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR DAVID JEAFFRESON, SPENT THE MORNING AND PART OF THE AFTERNOON TODAY (WEDNESDAY) WITH MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG REGIMENT (THE VOLUNTEERS) AT THEIR SPRING CAMP IN LO WU, NEW TERRITORIES.

HE SAW MORE THAN 500 VOLUNTEERS TAKING PART IN A WIDE RANGE OF MILITARY TRAINING ACTIVITIES AND WAS IMPRESSED BY THE ENTHUSIASM AND TEAM SPIRIT THEY DISPLAYED.

THIS WAS THE FIRST VISIT TO THE REGIMENT BY MR JEAFFRESON SINCE HIS APPOINTMENT AS THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY LAST OCTOBER.

ON ARRIVAL BY HELICOPTER AT THE REGIMENT'S CAMP SITE, MR JEAFFRESON WAS MET BY THE COMMANDING OFFICER, LIEUTENANT COLONEL MIKE BARNEBY AND SENIOR OFFICERS, WHO BRIEFED HIM ABOUT THE WEEK-LONG TRAINING CAMP.

NE WAS THEN ESCORTED TO A NEARBY FOOTBALL PITCH WHERE HE SAW A SQUADRON OF VOLUNTEERS UNDERGOING HELICOPTER TRAINING.

THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY A VISIT TO THE LO WU AND CASTLE PEAK FIRING RANGES, WHERE TWO OTHER SQUADRONS WERE BEING TRAINED IN DEFENCE SHOOTING AND FIELD FIRING UNDER BATTLE CONDITIONS.

AFTERWARDS, MR JEAFFRESON SPENT SOME TIME AT A TRAINING GROUND IN TAI LÀM CHUNG, CHATTING WITH THE VOLUNTEERS ENGAGED IN EXERCISES.

THE SPRING CAMP, WHICH COMMENCED LAST SATURDAY, INCLUDES SUCH ACTIVITIES AS FIELD FIRING SESSIONS WITH THE USE OF LIVE AMMUNITION, HELICOPTER AND ASSAULT BOAT TRAINING AND A 48-HOUR BATTLE EXERCISE TO TEST THE EFFICIENCY OF THE REGIMENT AT ALL LEVELS.

/THE REGIMENT