CIVIL AID SERVICE hong kong

          INTRODUCTION

            The idea of Paul Yu joining the Civil Aid Service (CAS) stemmed from the earlier admission
                    of my two Wah Yan Permanent Allies (Chiwi Lai & Fat Keung) to the Auxiliary Medical
                    Service (AMS).  The disciplined life of Chiwi and Fat Keung greatly impressed me.  I
                  was aspiring to serve the society during my leisure time, and I also hoped to receive
                  disciplined training to get tough.
 

          APPLICATION

            I applied in February 2001 and was invited to a phyiscal test, a written test and a final
                    interview.  After passing all these application hurdles, I was finally admitted in August
                    2001.
 

          RECRUIT TRAINING

            All CAS recruits have to take and pass all the four courses during their recruit training,
                    namely, (1) Induction (with map reading & radio transmission), (2) First Aid (AMS
                    syllabus), (3) Light Rescue and (4) Footdrill.

            The phyiscal as well as mental challenges were all very harsh to me, and for several times
                 I was about to quit.  Fortunately, I managed to overcome all obstacles and challenges
                 and I got passed out in March 2002. (for details, please visit News > Passing-out'02 )

          INTERESTING FACTS

             Something worthy of note about the CAS is my performance during recruit training.  As
                    you may have been aware, my academic performance is consistently satisfactory. But
                    the situation is radically different in the CAS physical training.  I first experienced
                    failures in subjects and had for the first time be afraid of being expelled if I failed
                    twice in the same subject.

             Many of my friends, including those Senior Allies, had once predicted that I would quit
                    in the middle of my training.  And it caught them by surprise that I muddled through.

             My performances in the training subjects are as follows:
 

             However, nothing aforesaid bears negative meanings.  The first failure experiences shocked
                    me a lot but this had driven me to understand the great demand on a front line rescuer,
                    and that I realisd the need to work double, if not triple, hard to be more competent to help
                    those in need.
 
 

          IMPLICATIONS

             My admission into the CAS has many positive implications:
                    (1) it equips me with a lot of skills that I can serve the society and those in need;
                    (2) it enables me to appreciate the practical demand on a uniformed serviceman;
                    (3) it builds up my self-confidence, leadership and ability to collaborate in a team;
                    (4) it acts as a solid evidence that I can overcome different difficulties, be it academic,
                           metnal or phyiscal and is strong proof of my endurance;
                    (5) it forces me to have arrangement of my tight schedule and results in better time
                           management.
 

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