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taught various disciplines and skills, including foot drill, basic emergency rescue, first aid, rock climbing and expeditions. Cadets aged over 13 are also encouraged to perform crowd management duties at festive or community events, and to patrol country parks.
Government Flying Service
The Government Flying Service (GFS) is a disciplined service department. It provides a wide range of flying services, including round-the-clock search and rescue coverage, casualty and medical evacuation, fire fighting and support for law enforcement agencies and other government departments.
The GFS has an establishment of 166 disciplined and 57 civilian staff, and operates a fleet of three fixed-wing aeroplanes and seven helicopters. In 2009, it flew a total of 4951 hours, assisted in 430 search and rescue operations and transported 1 464 people to hospitals by helicopter. It also flew 8 926 government officers and official visitors in the course of their duties or programmes. In addition, auxiliary flying doctors and nurses flew a total of 379 hours in 524 operations.
Websites
Security Bureau: www.sb.gov.hk (links to Disciplined Services) Independent Commission Against Corruption: www.icac.org.hk Commissioner on Interception of Communications and Surveillance: www.sciocs.gov.hk
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