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SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 1978
PRESENTATION OF COLONIAL FIRE BRIGADES LONG SERVICE MEDALS
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THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES, MR. M.K. LANE, TODAY (SATURDAY) PRESENTED COLONIAL FIRE BRIGADES LONG SERVICE MEDALS AND CLASPS TO MORE THAN 80 FIRE OFFICERS, AT HARBOUR ROAD FIRE STATION.
ADDRESSING THE RECIPIENTS, SOME OF WHOM HAVE ALREADY RETIRED, MR. LANE SAID: IN A FIRE SERVICE SUCH AS OURS, THESE AWARDS ARE NOT EARNED LIGHTLY, INDEED THE VERY OPPOSITE APPLIES.+
HE SAID THAT IN THE PAST, A MEMBER OF THE FIRE SERVICES DID MOST OF HIS WORK IN THE PUBLIC VIEW AND GAINED IMMEDIATE PUBLIC RECOGNITION AND PLAUDITS.
+NOW THAT HIS WORK IS MORE DANGEROUS AND DIFFICULT, IT IS LARGELY DONE OUT OF THE GAZE OF THE PUBLIC WHO SEE ONLY THE APPLIANCES AND THE IR IMMEDIATE OPERATORS WITH HOSES DISAPPEAR ING INSIDE A HIGH-RISE BUILDING, TO WHERE OR WHAT THEY KNOW NOT,+ MR. LANE SAID.
+NEVERTHELESS,+ HE ADDED, +YOU KNOW AND I KNOW WHAT WE DO AND HOW WE DO IT AND OVER THE PERIOD OF YOUR SERVICE, THERE ARE MANY THOUSANDS WHO HAVE CAUSE TO BE THANKFUL FOR THEIR DELIVERANCE BY YOU AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THIS SERVICE FROM THE IMMEDIATE THREAT TO THEIR LIVES, HEALTH AND TO THEIR PROPERTY.+
AT TODAY'S PRESENTATION, 37 FIRE OFFICERS RECEIVED THE LONG SERVICE MEDALS IN RECOGNITION OF 18 YEARS OF SERVICE, 29 RECEIVED FIRST CLASPS TO THEIR MEDALS FOR 25 YEARS OF SERVICE AND 18 HAVING SERVED FOR OVER 30 YEARS WERE AWARDED THE SECOND CLASPS.
TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS IN CENTRAL AND TSIM SHA TSUI
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THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT HAS ANNOUNCED THAT THE MAXICAB STANDS IN EDINBURGH PLACE EAST, WILL BE SUSPENDED BETWEEN 5 P.M. AND 9 P.M. ON MONDAY (JANUARY 23) FOR THE GALA OPENING OF THE ARTS FESTIVAL.
DURING THE CLOSURE PERIOD, A TEMPORARY ALTERNATIVE STAND WILL
BE SET UP IN FRONT OF THE STAR FERRY PIER.
THE DEPARTMENT ALSO ANNOUNCED THAT FROM 10 A.M. ON TUESDAY (JANUARY 24) THE NEW EASTBOUND CARRIAGEWAY OF SALISBURY ROAD EXTENSION CONNECTING MIDDLE ROAD AND HONG CHONG ROAD/CHEONG WAN ROAD WILL BE OPENED TO TRAFFIC.
MOTORISTS MAY TAKE THIS NEW ROUTE THROUGH CHEONG WAN ROAD OR HONG CHONG ROAD TO YAU MA TEI, OR TO HUNG HOM THROUGH HONG CHEONG ROAD.
APPROPRIATE TRAFFIC SIGNS WILL BE SET UP IN THE AREAS TO QUIDE MOTOR ISTS.