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FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 1977
TOPLEY PRAISES TEACHER FOR SEA RESCUES
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THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR. KENNETH TOPLEY, THIS EVENING PRAISED MISS LEE SIU-LAN, A GOVERNMENT TEACHER, FOR RESCUING TWO PREGNANT WOMEN AFTER A COLLISION BETWEEN A FERRY AND A HYDROFOIL OFF CHEUNG CHAU IN MARCH.
MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE HAD TO BE RESCUED FROM THE SEA AS A RESULT OF THE FERRY SINKING AND ONE OF THE MOST OUTSTANDING RESCUES WAS PERFORMED BY MISS LEE, A SPORTS MISTRESS AND A TEACHER OF CHINESE LANGUAGE AT THẾ CHEUNG CHAU GOVERNMENT MIDDLE SCHOOL.
MR. TOPLEY PRESENTED A LETTER OF APPRECIATION AND THE HONG KONG LIFE GUARD CLUB'S +HONG KONG RESCUE STAR+ TO MISS LEE AS A TOKEN OF APPRECIATION FOR HER GALLANT ACTION.
SPEAKING AT A CEREMONY PRECEDING A DINNER HELD IN HER HONOUR BY THE CLUB, MR. TOPLEY SAID: +1 CAN ONLY SPEAK WITH THE HIGHEST PRAISE FOR MISS LEE'S SELFLESS ACTION AND SAY HOW PROUD I AM ON BEHALF OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, TO BE ABLE TO PUBLICLY SAY THANK YOU TO HER.+
THE DIRECTOR THANKED THE HONG KONG LIFE GUARD CLUB, WHO WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH OFFICERS FROM THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT,
IN RUNNING ACTIVITIES AIMED AT SAVING THE LIVES OF PEOPLE IN THE WATER.
+THIS KIND OF CO-OPERATION WILL ALWAYS RECEIVE MY FULLEST SUPPORT AND IT PLEASES ME GREATLY TO KNOW THAT SO MANY TEACHERS AND STUDENTS IN SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES OF EDUCATION ARE QUALIFIED LIFE-SAVERS BECAUSE OF THIS CO-OPERATION, MR. TOPLEY SAID.
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