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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1987
GOVERNOR WATCHES CAS CADETS IN TRAINING * * * * *
THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, AND LADY WILSON TODAY (SATURDAY) HAD A CLOSE LOOK AT THE WIDE RANGE OF FACILITIES FROVIDED IN THE TRAINING OF CADETS OF THE CIVIL AID SERVICES DURING A VISIT TO THE CAS YUEN TUN CAMP IN TSUEN WAN .
ACCOMPANIED BY THE CAS COMMISSIONER, SIR ROGER LOBO, THEY FLEW ΤΟ THE CAMP BY HELICOPTER AND WERE MET BY THE TWO DEPUTY COMMISSIONERS, MR JOHN FORTUNE AND MR VICTOR so.
SIR DAVID AND LADY WILSON WERE BRIEFED ON THE GENERAL LAYOUT OF THE CAMP AS WELL AS PLANS FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT WHICH FOLLOWED A $1.5 MILLION DONATION TO THE CAS FROM THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.
THEY THEN TOURED THE CAMP AND WATCHED OFFICERS AND CADETS UNDERGOING VARIOUS TRAINING EXERCISES IN LIGHT RESCUE AND CASUALTY HANDLING.
THE PARTY ALSO SAW OTHER ACTIVITIES AT THE CAMP INCLUDING ROPE INITIATIVE COURSE, BICYCLE SOCCER, ARCHERY AND PIONEERING COURSE IN CAMP-CRAFT.
THE GOVERNOR AND LADY WILSON LATER VISITED THE OLD YUEN TUN VILLAGE MUSEUM.
AFTER TOURING THE CAMP, THE GOVERNOR TOLD REPORTERS THAT HE WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE WORK DONE BY CAS VOLUNTEERS,
THE CAS WAS ANOTHER EXAMPLE IN HONG KONG OF VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS WHICH DID SO MUCH FOR THE COMMUNITY, HE SAID.
DURING THE LAST WEEKEND FOR INSTANCE, SIR DAVID POINTED OUT THAT THERE WERE CAS MEMBERS OUT FIRE FIGHTING AND OTHERS ON DUTY AT VARIOUS PLACES AND FUNCTIONS INCLUDING THE COUNTRY PARKS, THE KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN CAMPAIGN, A CAREERS EXHIBITION IN SHA TIN AND COMMUNITY CHEST ACTIVITIES.
HE ADDED THAT THE CAS WAS ONE OF THE MANY HELPED "TO HEEP HONG KONG AS AN EFFECTIVE AND A IS".
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