SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1974
COMMODORE IN CHARGE HONG KONG TAKES SALUTE
AT FIREMEN PASSING OUT PARADE **RED DE
THE COMMODORE-IN-CHARGE HONG KONG, J.A.G. EVANS, TÓDAY TOLD A PASSING OUT PARADE OF FIRENEN THAT THE IR PROFESSION WAS AN HONOURABLE ONE REQUIRING COURAGE, KNOWLEDGE AND DETERMINATION.
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ADDRESSING THE SEVEN SQUADS TOTALLING 160 MEN, THE COMMODORE SAID: +THE DUTIES WHICH FIREMEN ARE CALLED UPON TO PERFORM ARE MANY AND VARIED AND, IN MANY CASES, A SERIOUS RISK TO ONE'S OWN LIFE EXISTS.+
IT REQUIRED CONSTANT PRACTICE NOT ONLY TO REMAIN PROFICIENT, BUT ALSO TO ENGENDER THE ALL IMPORTANT TEAM SPIRIT SO THAT, WHEN THE CALL CAME THEY WERE READY FOR ANY EVENTUALITY.
FIREMEN HAD A HISTORY OF RISING TO ANY OCCASION, COMMODORE EVANS
COMMODO SAID, RISKING THEIR OWN LIVES SO THAT PROPERTY, POSSESSIONS AND OTHER LIVES MAY BE SAVED.
THE COMMODORE SAID EVERY MAN IN THE ROYAL NAVY HAD TO KNOW A LOT ABOUT FIRE AND FIRE FIGHTING, ADDING: +THUS, IN MANY RESPECTS,
I KNOW JUST WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN THROUGH THESE LAST SIX MONTHS OF INTENSIVE TRAINING.+
COMMODORE EVANS SAID THE MEN'S INSTRUCTORS HAD PUT A LOT OF EFFORT INTO TRAINING THEM TO PROPERLY PERFORM ALL THE DUTIES THEY WOULD UNDOUBTEDLY BE CALLED UPON TO DO.
+THE GREATEST TRIBUTE OR COMPLIMENT YOU CAN PAY YOUR INSTRUCTORS IS ALWAYS TO WORK HARD, REMEMBER YOUR TRAINING HERE AND BE A CREDIT TO THE FIRE SERVICE IN WHICH YOU NOW FIND YOURSELVES AS MEMBERS,+ COMMODORE EVANS DECLARED.
+THROUGH THE TRAINING GIVEN, YOU ARE NOW IN THE RESPONSIBLE POSITION WHERE OTHERS WILL ALWAYS BE EXPECTING YOU TO DO THE CORRECT THINGS IN TIME OF STRESS: IN OTHER WORDS, YOU ARE NOW PROFESSIONALS - BE PROUD OF IT AND WORTHY OF YOUR PREDECESSORS.+
THE PARADE WAS THE LARGEST HELD FOR FIREMEN SINCE THE TRAINING SCHOOL OPENED IN 1967. IT WAS COMMANDED BY MR. J.F. GODDEN, ASSISTANT DIVISIONAL OFFICER, AND THE BAND OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MR. C.C. WOOD, PROVIDED MUSIC.
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