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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1993

OPPORTUNITY FOR OTHER NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES

IN ADDITION, THE EXERCISE PROVIDES AN

AND EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS CO-ORDINATE THEIR PROCEDURES.

SERVICES OF

ΤΟ

LONG-RANGE SEARCH PLUS

THE EXERCISE COMPRISES A SHORT-RANGE AND A OPERATION INVOLVING FIXED-WING AIRCRAFT, HELICOPTERS AND VESSELS A SERIES OF GROUND-BASED SUPPORTING SERVICES.

(WEDNESDAY)

AFTERNOON

THE SHORT-RANGE EXERCISE WAS HELD THIS IN TSO WO HANG, SAI KUNG SIMULATING A DISTRESS AIRCRAFT DITCHING WITH A DEMONSTRATION OF WINCHING "SURVIVORS" FROM THE SEA ONTO HELICOPTERS.

THIS

BE

EVENING,

OF

ΤΟ

THE LONG-RANGE EXERCISE WILL BE ACTIVATED SIMULATING AN AIRCRAFT IN DISTRESS ABOUT 100 KILOMETERS SOUTH-WEST

SHIPS HONG KONG. AIRCRAFT, HELICOPTERS

WILL SEARCH AND LOCATE THE TARGETS IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA.

DESPATCHED

TAKING PART IN THIS YEAR'S EXERCISE ARE THE CIVIL AVIATION

SERVICE,

NAVY,

UNITED JAPANESE

DEPARTMENT, MARINE DEPARTMENT. GOVERNMENT FLYING STATES AIR FORCE, UNITED STATES COAST GUARD AND MARITIME SAFETY AGENCY, ROYAL NAVY, MARINE POLICE, CIVIL AID SERVICES, FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

DOCTORS HELP IMPROVE DRUG ABUSE REPORTING SYSTEM

* * * * *

APPEALED

THE COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS, MR ALASDAIR SINCLAIR, TO MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS TO REPORT DRUG ABUSE CASES THEY ENCOUNTERED.

OF NARCOTICS

IT WILL HELP THE CENTRAL REGISTRY OF DRUG ABUSE DIVISION ACHIEVE ITS GOALS TO THE MAXIMUM POSSIBLE EXTENT, HE SAID.

SPEAKING AT A SEMINAR FOR 40 MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS CONFERENCE HALL OF

AFTERNOON, THIS THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT SINCLAIR SAID: "THE MONITORING OF THE LOCAL DRUG SCENE IS NOT COMPLETE WITHOUT INPUT FROM DOCTORS IN PRIVATE PRACTICE."

AT

THE

MR

"INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM DOCTORS WILL HELP OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF DRUG ABUSERS WHO MAY NOT BE OTHERWISE TO US.

KNOWN

TO LIGHT "THIS TYPE OF INFORMATION IS USEFUL SINCE IT BRINGS

A PARTICULAR ANY INADEQUACY OF TREATMENT PROGRAMMES IN CATERING FOR GROUP AND IT ALSO HELPS US OBTAIN A FULLER PICTURE OF THE LOCAL SCENE, HE ADDED.

"

DRUG

JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS AND FIRST OF ITS THE HONG KONG MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, THE SEMINAR WAS THE KIND TO SEEK SUPPORT FROM MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS IN THE FIGHT DRUG ABUSE.

AGAINST

/OTHER SPEAKERS