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MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1989

THE UNPRECEDENTED FLOOD OF VBP DURING THE

YEAR HAD PRESENTED

CHALLENGE,

THE GOVERNMENT AND THE SECURITY FORCES WITH A VERY SERIOUS HE SAID.

T

I AM VERY PROUD OF THE ROLE THAT THE CAS HAVE PLAYED MAJOR OPERATION.

IN THIS

IN

THE

DUTY, WE HAVE, IN FACT. "FAR FROM BEING FINISHED WITH THIS

TIME, APART FROM A PERIOD OF APPROXIMATELY ONE WEEK AT LUNAR NEW YEAR

OF

BOAT MANAGEMENT

VIETNAMESE INVOLVED BEEN CONTINUOUSLY

1,600 VBP HOUSED, PEOPLE AT ARGYLE STREET WHERE PRESENTLY THERE ARE

WHERE WE

VBP APPROXIMATELY HAVE AND AT STONECUTTERS ISLAND HOUSED ON FIVE FERRIES.

"EARLIER IN THE YEAR, THE CAS

2.000

SUPERVISED THE PROCESSING AND BOAT PEOPLE то CENTRE, HE

DEPARTURE OF THE FIRST BATCH OF VOLUNTEER VIETNAMESE RETURN TO VIETNAM. THEY LEFT FROM ARGYLE STREET DETENTION SAID.

то HAD

"

MAKE SACRIFICES IN SIR ROGER NOTED THAT MEMBERS HAD

HAD USING THEIR LEAVE AND TIME-OFF TO PERFORM THIS DUTY AND THAT THIS ALSO BEEN ACHIEVED THROUGH CONSIDERABLE CO-OPERATION FROM EMPLOYERS.

THE CAS HAVE NEVER

"IN SPITE OF THESE VARIOUS DIFFICULTIES. FAILED TO FULLY AND PROPERLY DISCHARGE THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES AND CAS YOUR EFFORTS ARE GREATLY MEMBERS. YOU

RE ASSURED CAN APPRECIATED. HE SAID.

THAT

"THE STRENGTH OF THE SERVICES REMAINS AT AND RECENT ESTABLISHMENT LEVEL VIS-A-VIS THE HAVE PRODUCED VERY PROMISING RESULTS FOR SERVICES.

A VERY SATISFACTORY RECRUITING BOTH THE ADULT

EXERCISES AND CADET

THE OTHER OF THE

"THIS. IN THE FACE OF CONSIDERABLE COMPETITION FROM VOLUNTARY SERVICES AND HAVING REGARD TO THE UNPLEASANT NATURE VBP DUTIES, AND, THE UNSETTLING EVENTS OF SUMMER.

H

HE ADDED. "INDEED THESE RESULTS ARE MOST ENCOURAGING,

NEVERTHELESS, SIR ROGER EXPRESSED CONCERN

THAT

EFFECT PROGRAMME.

THESE

DUTIES

HAD

HAD

ON THE

AT THE DETRIMENTAL CAS

TRAINING PLANNED

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'APPROXIMATELY 10 PER CENT OF OUR

TRAINING PROGRAMME COURSES

HAVE HAD EITHER TO BE CANCELLED OR POSTPONED." HE SAID.

THE

AND

STRENGTHENING REVIEWING THE WORK OF THE CAS STRUCTURE IN THE PAST YEAR. SIR ROGER SAID THE FUTURE OF THE WAS BRIGHT ALTHOUGH THERE WOULD BE DIFFICULT TIMES AHEAD.

"TOGETHER WE CAN MEET THE CHALLENGE.

HE SAID.

ITS OF SERVICES

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