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CS PAYS TRIBUTE TO DEDICATED SERVICE OF AMS MEMBERS

THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID FORD, TODAY (SUNDAY) TRIBUTE TO THE VOLUNTEERS OF THE AUXILIARY MEDICAL SERVICES (AMS) THEIR DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.

OFFICIATING AT THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY

PAID FOR

PARADE OF THE SERVICES, 1950, THE AMS HAD SIR DAVID SAID SINCE IT WAS ESTABLISHED IN

BERN DEDICATED TO PROVIDING TRAINED STAFF TO AUGMENT THE REGULAR MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES IN TIMES OF NEED.

AND

GIVING PRACTICAL FELLOWSHIP,

SIR

"BY SO DOING ALL THE MEMBERS HAVE BEEN EXPRESSION TO THE VALUES OF DAVID SAID.

GOOD

CITIZENSHIP

FROM

STRENGTH

ΤΟ

5,000 VOLUNTEERS AND COULD ALWAYS BE RELIED UPON,

IT

SINCE ITS INCEPTION, THE AMS HAD GROWN STRENGTH WITH A CURRENT MEMBERSHIP OF OVER WAS NOW AN INVALUABLE RESOURCE WHICH SIR DAVID ADDED.

NOTING THAT THE ROLE OF THE AMS HAD YEARS TO COVER A WIDE VARIETY OF COMMUNITY ITS EMERGENCY ROLE, SIR DAVID SAID:

BEEN EXPANDED IN RECENT SERVICES IN ADDITION ΤΟ

LONG-SERVING

"I WOULD LIKE TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THOSE

AND MANNING DEDICATED AMS VOLUNTEERS WHO HAVE PERFORMED 80 EFFICIENTLY IN

TREATMENT CLINICS FOR VBP AND METHADONE

CENTRES, PROVIDING COUNTRY PARK FIRST-AID COVERAGE AND CARRYING OUT LIFE-SAVING ACTIVITIES.

"I HAVE NO DOUBT YOU WILL KEEP UP YOUR HIGH STANDARD OF CIVIC

HE SAID. SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY OF HONG KONG IN THE YEARS TO COME,

AIRPORT REFURBISHMENT WORK PROGRESSING WELL

WORK IS PROGRESSING SMOOTHLY ON THE REFURBISHMENT OF KAI TAK AIRPORT'S PASSENGER TERMINAL BUILDING.

THE COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAMME, WITH A PRICETAG OF SOME MILLION, NOT ONLY INCLUDES A FACELIFT BUT ALSO ENABLE KAI TAK TO

PASSENGER DEMAND FORECAST AIR

FOR THE REMAINING YEARS OF AIRPORT'S OPERATIONAL LIFE.

$289

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A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENT SAID DUE

PROGRAMME, EXTENSIVE NATURE AND URGENCY OF THE

IT IS NECESSARY CLOSE VARIOUS TERMINAL FACILITIES DURING THE COURSE OF THE WORK.

"HOWEVER, THE PROJECT HAS BEEN SO PLANNED THAT INCONVENIENCES TO THE PUBLIC WILL BE KEPT TO A MINIMUM, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

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THE PROGRAMME WAS CARRIED OUT IN DURATION OF ABOUT FIVE-AND-A-HALF MONTHS.

FIVE STAGES, EACH WITH

/WORK ON