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MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1976
LONG SERVICE MEDALS AND CLASPS FOR FIREMEN
NOTE TO EDITORS:
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THE ACTING GOVERNOR, SIR DENYS ROBERTS, WILL PRESENT COLONIAL FIRE BRIGADE LONG SERVICE MEDALS AND CLASPS TO OVER 70 SERVING AND RETIRED MEMBERS OF THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT ON WEDNESDAY (DECEMBER 15).
FORTY-SIX OF THEM WHO HAVE 18 YEARS' SERVICE, WILL BE AWARDED LONG SERVICE MEDALS. 17 OTHERS WITH 25 YEARS' SERVICE WILL RECEIVE FIRST CLASPS TO THEIR MEDALS WHILE THE REMAINING 10 WHO HAVE OVER 30 YEARS' SERVICE, WILL RECEIVE SECOND CLASP TO THEIR MEDALS.
AMONG THE RECIPIENTS IS THE DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES, MR. F.M. WATSON, WHO IS AWARDED FIRST CLASP TO HIS MEDAL.
YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND A REPORTER AND/OR PHOTOGRAPHER TO COVER THE PRESENTATION CEREMONY WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE AT 9 A.M. ON WEDNESDAY AT HARBOUR ROAD FIRE STATION.
MEMBERS OF REGIMENT TO BE DECORATED
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THE COMMANDER BRITISH FORCES, LT. GEN. SIR JOHN ARCHER, WILL PRESENT EFFICIENCY DECORATIONS, MEDALS AND CLASPS TO 31 MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG REGIMENT ON THURSDAY (DECEMBER 16). THE PRESENTATION CEREMONY WILL BE HELD AT THE REGIMENT'S HEADQUARTERS AT SPORTS ROAD, HAPPY VALLEY AT 7 P.M.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO HAVE THE EVENT COVERED. CAPTAIN C.F.T. EDWARD-COLLINS, ADJUTANT OF THE REGIMENT, WILL BE PRESENT TO ASSIST THE PRESS.
COPIES OF A LIST OF THE OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS TO BE DECORATED WILL BE PLACED IN THE PRESS BOXES FOR COLLECTION ON THURSDAY EVENING.
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