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Search and Rescue Team leaves for Sichuan
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A 20-member search and rescue team from the Hong Kong SAR
Government left early this morning (May 15) for the earthquake
disaster area in Sichuan.
The team, led by a Senior Divisional Officer of the Fire Services
Department (FSD), comprises 15 firemen and three ambulancemen
who are members of the FSD Special Rescue Squad, as well as
a medical officer and a registered nurse from the Department
of Health.
The approximately four tonnes of equipment the team is
taking includes life detectors and masonry cutting machines.
The team left for Chengdu on Air China flight number CA428.
They will join local rescue teams to start search and rescue
work on arrival.
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Issued at HKT 02:21
Director of Fire Services, Mr Lo Chun-hung
(second left), seeing the search and rescue team off at
Tung Chung Fire Station.
The Director of the Hong Kong Economic
and Trade Office in Chengdu, Mr Richard F C Luk, and the Deputy
Director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the
Sichuan Provincial People's Government, Mr He Ping, greeted
a 20-member search and rescue team from the Hong Kong SAR
Government at the Chengdu airport early this morning (May
15). The team will join local rescue teams on search and rescue
work for the earthquake disaster area in Sichuan. Photograph
shows Mr Luk (centre) pictured with the search and rescue
team.
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