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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1986

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CAS PRAISED FOR WIDE RANGE OF SERVICES

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THE CIVIL AID SERVICES WAS PRAISED BY THE GOVERNOR SIR EDWARD YOUDE. THIS (WEDNESDAY) EVENING FOR PROVIDING A WIDE RANGE OF SERVICES WHICH WERE MUCH VALUED BY THE COMMUNITY AND THE GOVERNMENT.

UNABLE TO ATTEND HIMSELF, SIR EDWARD'S MESSAGE WAS READ OUT AT THE ANNUAL CAS DINNER. HE POINTED OUT THAT VOLUNTARY SERVICE SUCH AS THAT UNDERTAKEN BY THE CAS HAD MADE AN IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION TO HONG KONG'S WELL-BEING.

+THE EFFICIENCY AND GOOD SPIRITS WITH WHICH YOU ALWAYS MEET YOUR CHALLENGES IS VERY MUCH TO BE COMMENDED,+ SIR EDWARD SAID, ADDING THAT THE PLEDGE TO THE COMMUNITY WHICH THE COMMISSIONER OF CAS HAD RENEWED WOULD BE WARMLY WELCOMED BY ALL THOSE WHO BENEFITTED FROM THEIR SERVICE.

THE CAS COMMISSIONER, SIR ROGER LOBO, DESCRIBED 1985-86 AS AN EVENTFUL YEAR FOR THE CAS. HE SAID THIS APPLIED EQUALLY TO THE TRAINING, CIVIC DUTIES AND OPERATIONAL TASKS BEING UNDERTAKEN BY THE TEAM OF OVER 6 000 VOLUNTEERS.

THE MOST DIFFICULT OPERATIONAL TASK UNDERTAKEN WAS DURING THE LARGE FOREST FIRE AT SHING MUN COUNTRY PARK IN JANUARY THIS YEAR. FOR THREE DAYS THE CAS ASSISTED THE COUNTRY PARK AUTHORITY AND FIRE SERVICES IN COMBATING THE DISASTROUS BLAZE.

LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE SIR ROGER SAID THE CAS NEEDED TO OPEN NEW UNITS IN VIEW OF THE INCREASE IN DEMAND FOR THEIR SERVICE.

KOWLOON CITY BY-ELECTION TOMORROW

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REGISTERED VOTERS IN THE HO MAN TIN SOUTH CONSTITUENCY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TOMORROW (THURSDAY) TO EXERCISE THEIR CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY BY VOTING IN A BY-ELECTION FOR THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT BOARD.

THE BY-ELECTION WILL FILL A SEAT VACATED BY MR LEE WAI-HAU. THERE ARE TWO CANDIDATES: MR CHIANG SAI-CHEONG (30), A TEACHER AND MR SO CHOI-HING (42), AN INTERIOR DECORATOR.

TWO POLLING STATIONS WILL BE OPEN BETWEEN 7.30 AM AND 10.30 PM. THEY ARE AT THE MUSIC HALL OF OI MAN ESTATE AND THE HOLY CARPENTER SOCIAL SERVICES CENTRE AT BLOCK 8, GROUND FLOOR, VALLEY ROAD ESTATE.

/THE KOWLOON