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MONDAY, JUNE 15, 1992

**THE CAS HAS GIVEN ME OPPORTUNITIES TO DEVELOP WHAT I'M GOOD

WITH MY QUALIFICATIONS, I KNOW I WOULD NEVER HAVE A CHANCE

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THIS, HE ADDED.

THE CAS IS CELEBRATING ITS 40TH

ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR.

TODAY, THE CAS HAS GROWN INTO A 7,000-STRONG VOLUNTEER EMERGENCY ORGANISATION, INCLUDING THE CADET CORPS.

ITS ROLE HAS CHANGED FROM A CIVIL DEFENSE UNIT TO A BROAD- BASED VOLUNTEER BODY, FOCUSING ON COUNTER-DISASTER AND RESCUE WORK IN TIMES OF DISASTER.

ITS DIVERSIFIED DUTIES ALSO COVER CROWD CONTROL AT CIVIC FUNCTIONS, MANAGEMENT OF VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS' CENTRES AND ANTI-OIL POLLUTION WORK ON SEAS.

DURING THE PAST FOUR DECADES, THE CAS HAD ACTIVELY INVOLVED MANY DISASTER RELIEF INCIDENTS.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

IN

TWO PHOTOGRAPHS, ONE OF MR LAM AND THE OTHER ON MOUNTAIN RESCUE TRAINING, ARE AVAILABLE FOR COLLECTION AT GIS NEWSROOM.

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NEW POST OFFICE IN CAUSEWAY BAY

THE POSTMASTER GENERAL, MR M.

PAGLIARI, ANNOUNCED (MONDAY) THAT A NEW CAUSEWAY BAY POST OFFICE LOCATED AT SHOP THE GROUND FLOOR COMMERCIAL PODIUM OF ELIZABETH HOUSE, GLOUCESTER ROAD, WILL BE OPENED AT 9.30 AM ON MONDAY, JUNE 22,

TODAY

012 ON 250-254 1992.

THIS OFFICE WILL REPLACE THE EXISTING CAUSEWAY BAY POST OFFICE AT 57 PATERSON STREET WHICH WILL BE CLOSED FOR BUSINESS AT 1 PM ON SATURDAY, JUNE 20.

FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF RESIDENTS A POSTING BOX WILL BE PROVIDED AT THE LOCATION OF THE EXISTING POST OFFICE.

THE TELEPHONE NUMBER OF THE NEW OFFICE IS 836 0599 AND THE HOURS OF BUSINESS WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED.

THE LARGER SIZE OF THE NEW OFFICE WILL ENABLE THE NUMBER OF P.0. BOXES ΤΟ BE INCREASED FROM 900 TO 1,200 AND WILL ALLOW THE AN ADDITIONAL COUNTER FOR STAMP SALES AND A SEPARATE COUNTER FOR ACCEPTANCE OF SPEEDPOST.

PROVISION OF

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