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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1989

ANNUAL SEARCH AND RESCUE EXERCISE STARTS TODAY

AND

RESCUE EXERCISE

THE

THE ANNUAL SEARCH

CO-ORDINATED BY CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENT (CAD) AND INVOLVING A NUMBER OF GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND EMERGENCY UNITS FROM THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION BEGAN TODAY (WEDNESDAY) AND WILL LAST FOR TWO DAYS.

OBJECTIVE A SPOKESMAN FOR CAD SAID THE MAIN

AND WAS TO TRAIN

FAMILIARISE STAFF OF THE DEPARTMENT AND OTHER SUPPORTING UNITS IN SEARCH AND RESCUE TECHNIQUES.

OF THE EXERCISE

"THE ALERTING AND CO-ORDINATING PROCEDURES AND COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES WILL ALSO BE TESTED," HE SAID.

PROVIDE

"IN

ADDITION, IT WILL

AN OPPORTUNITY REPRESENTATIVES FROM GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND EMERGENCY SERVICES

ΤΟ COUNTRIES NEIGHBOURING

PARTICIPATE IN THE EXERCISE AND CO-ORDINATE THEIR PROCEDURES, HE ADDED.

TI

FOR

OF

ΤΟ

THE VESSELS.

A COMPRISING A SHORT-RANGE AND

WILL EXERCISE

INVOLVE FIXED-WING

LONG-RANGE SEARCH OPERATION,

AIRCRAFT,

HELICOPTERS AND

UNITED STATES

IN THE SHORT-RANGE EXERCISE THIS AFTERNOON, THE AIR FORCE PARA-RESCUERS DEMONSTRATED THEIR RESCUE TECHNIQUE NINEPIN GROUP OF ISLANDS AND THE ROYAL HONG KONG AUXILIARY

DEMONSTRATED WINCHING OF AND ROYAL AIR FORCE HELICOPTERS FROM THE SEA.

NEAR THE AIR FORCE SURVIVORS

THE LONG-RANGE

EXERCISE

WILL BE

THIS ACTIVATED

EVENING OF HONG SIMULATING AN AIRCRAFT IN DISTRESS ABOUT 70 MILES SOUTH-WEST

KONG AUXILIARY AIR KONG. THE ROYAL HONG

FORCE, ROYAL AIR FORCE, AND JAPANESE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE, ROYAL NAVY, UNITED STATES NAVY

AND HELICOPTERS

SHIPS MARITIME SAFETY AGENCY WILL DISPATCH AIRCRAFT, TO SEARCH AND LOCATE THE TARGETS IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA.

TAKING PART IN THIS YEAR'S SEARCH AND RESCUE EXERCISE

HONG ROYAL ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE, ROYAL NAVY,

AID

MARINE SERVICES, AIR FORCE, ROYAL AIR FORCE, CIVIL

FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT, THE U.S. AIR FORCE, AND THE JAPANESE MARITIME SAFETY AGENCY.

KONG

ARE THE AUXILIARY DEPARTMENT,

NAVY AND COAST GUARD

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