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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1993

BETTER AMBULANCE SERVICE FOR LOCAL RESIDENTS

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THE JUNE.

HONG KONG'S AMBULANCE SERVICE HAS ENTERED INTO A NEW ERA WITH LAUNCHING OF A PILOT SCHEME ON PARAMEDIC AMBULANCE SERVICE IN

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THIS WAS STATED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT BOARD, MR WONG SIK-KONG, TODAY (THURSDAY) WHEN OPENING THE HO MAN AMBULANCE DEPOT AT CARMEL VILLAGE STREET.

WHO

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UNDER THE SCHEME, A GROUP OF SELECTED AMBULANCE PERSONNEL HAVE BEEN QUALIFIED AS EMERGENCY MEDICAL ASSISTANT (EMA) LEVEL II DEPLOYED TO MAN THREE EMA AMBULANCE ON A REGIONAL BASIS, STARTING FROM HONG KONG ISLAND.

"GIVEN THE ADVANCED TECHNIQUES AND SOPHISTICATED EQUIPMENT AND MEDICINES, I AM CONFIDENT THAT THESE EMA II SUPERVISORS WILL PROVIDE A HIGHER STANDARD OF SERVICE TO THE SICK AND INJURED," MR WONG SAID,

HE DESCRIBED THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT AS A WELL-ORGANISED SERVICE WITH MODERN EQUIPMENT AND HIGH STANDARD OF TRAINING.

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HIGH EFFICIENCY HAS BEEN WELL-APPRECIATED BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC, HE ADDED.

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THE DEPOT, WHICH SERVES THE 400,000 RESIDENTS OF KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT, HAS RESPONDED TO 8,500 CALLS AND RENDERED ASSISTANCE TO MORE THAN 9,500 CASUALTIES OR PATIENTS SINCE ITS INCEPTION LAST DECEMBER.

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CS VISITS MARINE DEPARTMENT

THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID FORD, THIS (THURSDAY) AFTERNOON HAD A FIRST-HAND LOOK AT THE PLANS AND ACTIVITIES OF THE MARINE DEPARTMENT.

PYRKE, SIR DAVID

BRIEFED BY THE DIRECTOR OF MARINE, MR ALLAN WAS TOLD THAT THE DEPARTMENT WAS TO SET UP A TRADING FUND BY 1995.

MR PYRKE SAID THE MAIN PURPOSES OF WHICH WERE TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT TO REACT MORE QUICKLY TO AND EXPAND SERVICES TO CATER TO DEMAND OF THE SHIPPING AND PORT SERVICES COMMUNITY WITH REVENUE GENERATED.

GROWING

CALLING

SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE MARINE DEPARTMENT HAVE BEEN STEADILY. THE NUMBER OF OCEAN-GOING AND RIVER TRADE VESSELS AT HONG KONG HAS MORE THAN DOUBLED IN THE LAST 10 YEARS, FROM 69,000 IN 1982 TO 149,000 LAST YEAR.

/THE CHIEF