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Ambulance Transfer Service The main task of the ambulance service in the Auxiliary Medical Service is to provide a FREE non-emergency ambulance transfer service to the public of the HKSAR. Our working days are from Monday to Saturday (except Sunday & Public Holidays) and our hours of providing service are from 0800 to 1800 hrs. The ambulance service covers Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, New Territories and Lantau Island. The administrative office of the AMS ambulance section is at 12/F Eastern Law Courts Building, 29 Tai On Street, Sai Wan Ho, Hong Kong. Our ambulance control phone numbers are 2567 0705, 2567 3083 and the fax no is 2886 5397. Our main target clients are those who need the medical care & attention are referred by the clinics of the Department of Health and private hospitals. An applicant should complete an Application Form (AMS 52) which should be endorsed by the authorized Medical professions of such medical institutions. All applications should reach the non-emergency ambulance transfer service office at least one full working day in advance preferably by fax (2886 5397) and then confirmed by phone. Please dial to our hot-line enquiry service at 2567 0705 for further details. Youth Ambassador Scheme (YAS) Since July, 1997, the Youth Ambassador Scheme (YAS) has been implemented with sponsorship of the Beat Drugs Fund Association and the Committee on the Promotion of Civil Education. Its objective is to encourage youths to have a healthy lifestyle and promote a sense of civic duties. The target group is the youths aged 10 - 15. At present, there are 750 youngsters to join the scheme. To achieve the well-defined objective, participants have been arranged for taking part in a wide range of education-oriented activities including life skill training, familization visit, health and first aid talk, community-care service, etc. The YAS centre is located at Tsuen Wan Government Offices (24/F, No. 38 Sai Lau Kok Road, Tsuen Wan, New Territories). From Monday to Friday, except for Saturdays, Sundays & public holidays, its daily opening hours are from 0930 hrs. to 1630 hrs. with a break between 1300 hrs. and 1400 hrs. Application forms for joining the scheme are now available at the YAS centre or can be downloaded from AMS Homepage. For more information regarding the YAS, you are welcome to call at 2417 6400. |