MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1988
GOVERNOR VISITS CIVIL AID SERVICES DEPARTMENT
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HONG KONG IS FORTUNATE IN ITS AUXILIARY SERVICES, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY (MONDAY) AFTER PAYING A VISIT ΤΟ THE CIVIL AID SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
"MANY PEOPLE ARE PREPARED ΤΟ DEVOTE LONG PERIOUS OF THEIR LEISURE TIME TO WORKING FOR THE COMMUNITY SIR DAVID SAID.
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"THIS DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT IS GREATLY то THE CREDIT OF HONG KONG AND ITS PEOPLE. IT IS OFTEN OVERLOOKED BY THOSE WHO DESCRIBE OUR SOCIETY AS MATERIALISTIC.
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THE GOVERNOR BEGAN HIS VISIT AT THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE DEPARTMENT AT CAROLINE HILL ROAD.
HE WAS MET BY THE CHIEF STAFF OFFICER, MR JOHN FORTUNE, WHO BRIEFED HIM ON THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN THE DEPARTMENT AND WHAT IS BEING DONE TO ENCOURAGE MORE YOUNG PEOPLE TO JOIN THE CADET CORPS.
THE GOVERNOR WAS TOLD THAT, HAVING FULFILLED ITS TASK OF MANAGING RECEPTION CENTRES FOR VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE, THE CAS COULD NOW DEVOTE MORE TIME TO TRAINING VOLUNTEERS TRAINING THEM FOR ALL KINDS OF CRISES THAT MIGHT TAKE PLACE IN HONG KONG, BE THEY NATURAL OR MAN MADE.
SIR DAVID THEN TOURED THE CAS HEADQUARTERS OFFICES, WHERE HE MET THE TRAINING STAFF AND INSPECTED TRAINING FACILITIES AND WORKSHOPS.
THE GOVERNOR ALSO WATCHED A 10-MINUTE VIDEO ON "CAS TRAINING AND ACTIVITIES".
THE GOVERNOR VISITED THE CAS KOWLOON TRAINING CENTRE AT ARGYLE STREET WHERE HE WAS GIVEN A SHORT BRIEFING ON THE FACILITIES AND PROPOSED REDEVELOPMENT OF THE CENTRE.
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COMMUNICATION EXERCISE TAK ING PLACE, AND WAS SHOWN DEMONSTRATIONS OF "RESCUE AND CASUALTY HANDLING" AND "CASUALTY SIMULATION" AND A DISPLAY ON "HEAVY RESCUE AND "MOUNTAIN EQUIPMENT.
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SIR DAVID ENDED HIS VISIT BY MKETING STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS AT A TEA RECEPTION IN THE OFFICERS MESS.
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HE COMMENDED THE STAFF OF THE DEPARTMENT AND VOLUNTEER FOR THE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION THAT THE CAS HAS MADE TO THE WELL-BEING OF THE COMMUNITY.
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