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MONDAY, APRIL 28, 1975
BRAVERY RECOGNISED BY FIRE SERVICES
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THE BRAVERY OF A 45-YEAR-OLD LAUNDRY WORKER, WONG CHEE, WHO RESCUED TWO PEOPLE FROM A FIRE AT LAM TIN ESTATE IN JANUARY, WAS RECOGNISED TODAY BY THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT,
MR. WONG, WHO IS MARRIED AND HAS THREE CHILDREN, WAS AT HOME ON THE AFTERNOON OF WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, WHEN HE HEARD
A WOMAN'S CRY FOR HELP COMING FROM NEARBY ROOM 573 IN BLOCK 4
OF THE ESTATE. HE RAN FROM HIS ROOM AND SAU SMOKE IN THE CORRIDOR AND ROOM 573 ON FIRE. APPROACHING THE BLAZING ROOM, HE SAW A WOMAN LYING COLLAPSED IN THE DOORWAY AND, DESPITE THE OBVIOUS DANGER, PICKED HER UP AND CARRIED HER TO A NEARBY STAIRCASE. ON LEARNING FROM THE WOMAN THAT HER 10-MONTH-OLD CHILD WAS STILL IN THE ROOM, HE RETURNED, CRAWLED IN THROUGH THE DOORWAY AND LOCATED THE DADY. HE CARRIED IT TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. HE THEN RETURNED TO THE MOTHER AND REMOVED HER TO A STAIRCASE FURTHER AWAY AS THE SMOKE WAS BECOMING UNBEARABLE.
MR. WONG WAS TODAY (MONDAY) PRESENTED WITH A DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES CERTIFICATE OF COMMENDATION AND A MONETARY AWARD OF $100 BY THE CHIEF FIRE OFFICER KOWLOON, MR. BRIAN FENDER, AT YAU TONG FIRE STATION. PRESENT AT THE CEREMONY WERE FIRE SERVICES OFFICERS, THE CDO KWUN TONG, REPRESENTATIVES OF LAM TIN KAI FONG, KWUN TONG POLICE STATION AND THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT.
THE CITATION STATES THAT MR. WONG, BY HIS EFFORTS, WAS ABLE TO BRING BOTH THE WOMAN AND CHILD TO A PLACE OF SAFETY AND IN SO DOING DISPLAYED INITIATIVE, COURAGE AND PUBLIC-SPIRITEDNESS.+
NOTE TO EDITORS: COPIES OF A PHOTOGRAPH ILLUSTRATING THE
PRESENTATION ARE BOXED FOR COLLECTION TODAY.
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