SATURDAY, MAY 14, 1977
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PASSING OUT PARADE OF FIRE OFFICERS
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THE CAPTAIN-IN-CHARGE, ROYAL NAVY HONG KONG, CAPTAIN R.L. GARNONS-WILLIAMS, TOLD THE FIREMEN TAKING PART IN A PASSING OUT PARADE TODAY (SATURDAY) THAT THE TRAINING THEY RECEIVED, WAS DESIGNED TO BRING OUT IN THEM COURAGE, FITNESS, TEAMWORK AND PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE.
HE WAS ADDRESSING 21 OFFICERS AND 105 FIREMEN WHO HAVE JUST COMPLETED A 26-WEEK BASIC COURSE AT THE FIRE SERVICES TRAINING SCHOOL IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
HE SAID THAT, AS A NAVAL OFFICER, HE WAS VERY AWARE OF THE HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH A FIRE IN A MODERN WARSHIP, THE SPEED AT WHICH IT COULD SPREAD, THE HAVOC IT COULD GENERATE AND THE DIFFICULTIES IT COULD CAUSE TO THE FIRE FIGHTERS.
+YOUR PROBLEMS ARE VERY SIMILAR TO OURS, DEMANDING THE SAME HIGH DISCIPLINE, EXCELLENT TRAINING AND DEDICATION IN YOUR OWN CORPS,+ CAPTAIN GARNONS-WILLIAMS NOTED.
+YOUR TRAINING HERE HAS GIVEN YOU THE KNOWLEDGE, CONFIDENCE AND FITNESS, BUT ONLY YOU CAN ADD THE COURAGE AND DETERMINATION THAT YOU WILL SURELY NEED, HE ADDED.
ALSO ON PARADE TODAY WERE ONE SQUAD OF OFFICERS AND TWO
SQUADS OF FIREMEN STILL UNDER TRAINING.
AFTER THE PARADE, THE 25TH TO BE HELD AT THE SCHOOL CAPTAIN GARNONS-WILLIAMS WATCHED A FIRE FIGHTING DEMONSTRATION GIVEN BY THE NEWLY QUALIFIED FIREMEN,