Fire Service teams did particularly well in the Hong Kong Chinese Civil Servant's Sports Association Inter-Departmental Meet, winning 11 out of the 13 main events. The Service teams also participated in Athletic Competitions conducted by the Urban Services, the Police, Hong Kong Lions, Royal Air Force and Hong Kong Post-Secondary Colleges.
Walkathon
71. 11 members of the Service entered this event, 5 of whom completed the course within the specified time limit and were awarded certificates. Fireman 2033 TANG Chu-ho finished in 3rd place and two other firemen finished in the first ten.
Table Tennis
72. The Table Tennis team won the Governor's Cup of the Hong Kong Chinese Civil Servants' Sports Association Inter-Departmental Competition for the third year in succession, thus retaining it perma- nently for the Service.
Discipline
73. Whilst the number of disciplinary offences showed an increase over the previous year, the general standard of discipline was exception- ally good. Last year 2.3% of the Service were charged with disciplinary offences under the provisions of the Fire Service Ordinance, and in the year under review 3.5% were similarly charged. Disciplinary cases may be summarized as follows:
(i) Number of cases
(ii) Personnel involved
(iii) Punishments:
(a) reduction in rank
(b) total fines imposed
41 K
(c) reprimands and severe reprimands...
(d) extra drills
(e) total sum recovered to defray the cost of lost or
damaged equipment
Criminal Offences
68
72
પ
2
34
29
8
$76.30
74. During the year it is pleasing to record that from a force of 2,538 members, none was convicted of a criminal offence, excluding minor traffic infringements.
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