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THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1975.
FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT BIDS FAREWELL TO MR. WOOD
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THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT TODAY SAID FAREWELL TO ITS RETIRING DIRECTOR, MR. HARRY WOOD, AT A BRIEF CEREMONY AT TSIM SHA TSUI FIRE STATION.
MR. WOOD HAS SERVED THE DEPARTMENT FOR MORE THAN 21 YEARS, THE LAST FIVE AS DIRECTOR. HE WILL LEAVE HONG KONG ON SEPTEMBER 4 AND RETIRE TO THE UNITED KINGDOM.
IN A FAREWELL SPEECH, HE SAID THAT SINCE JOINING THE FIRE SERVICES IN 1954, HE HAD SEEN THE NUMBER OF FIRE STATIONS GROW FROM FOUR TO 36 AND THE NUMBER OF MEN FROM 400 TO NEARLY 4,000.
+ I LOOK FORWARD TO COMING BACK TO HONG KONG SOME TIME IN THE FUTURE TO SEE HOW MUCH FURTHER YOU HAVE PROGRESSED, HE SAID.
ALSO PRESENT AT THE CEREMONY WERE MR. WOOD'S SUCCESSOR MR. FRED WATSON, THE NEW DEPUTY DIRECTOR, MR. MAURICE LANE, AND OFFICERS AND STAFF FROM HONG KONG ISLAND, KOULOUN AND NEW TERRITORIES FIRE COMMANDS.