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SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 1978
HE CITED AS AN EXAMPLE A RECENT FIRE IN A MULTI-STOREY FACTORY BUILDING IN SHA TSUI ROAD WHERE 31 FIREMEN WERE TAKEN TO HOSPITAL SUFFERING FROM THE EFFECTS OF TOXIC FUMES.
+MY ADVICE TO YOU ALL IS BE KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT YOUR PRODUCTS AND THEIR PERFORMANCE UNDER HEAT HAVE YOUR FIRE SERVICE EQUIPMENT PROPERLY MAINTAINED, AND INSTANTLY AVAILABLE MAKE SURE YOUR STAFF KNOW HOW TO USE IT AND KNOW THEIR FIRE DRILL, HANDLE YOUR POWER SOURCES CORRECTLY, ESPECIALLY ELECTRICITY AND AVOID OBSTRUCTING MEANS OF ESCAPE,+ HE SAID.
+REMEMBER THE MEANS OF ESCAPE IS USUALLY THE MEANS OF ENTRY FOR FIREMEN, AND ANY DELAY ALWAYS MEANS A BIGGER FIRE A GREATER LOSS TO YOU,+ HE WARNED.
FIRE SERVICES DIRECTOR PRESENTS DUKE OF EDINBURGH SILVER AWARD
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YOUNG PEOPLE TODAY FORM A VERY LARGE AND ESSENTIAL PART OF HONG KONG'S SOCIETY AND ECONOMY, AS THEY WILL IN THE FUTURE.
THE REMARK WAS MADE BY THE DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES, MR. FRED WATSON, AT THE PRESENTATION OF THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH SILVER AWARDS TO 104 YOUNG PEOPLE AT THE KESWICK HALL OF HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC TODAY (SATURDAY).
MR. WATSON SAID THAT LIVING AND WORKING ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD TODAY WAS IN ITSELF A CHALLENGE BUT THERE COULD BE FEWER PLACES WHERE THIS APPLIED MORE THAN HONG KONG.
+AN IMPORTANT FACTOR FOR A REWARDING AND SUCCESSFUL LIFE AND FOR MAKING A VALUABLE AND PARTICIPATING MEMBER OF A VITAL AND DYNAMIC COMMUNITY IS EARLY OPPORTUNITY AND TRAINING TO DEVELOP THE ESSENTIAL QUALITIES WHICH MAKE UP A GOOD CITIZEN,+ HE SAID.
+ONE ESSENTIAL QUALITY IS SELF CONFIDENCE AND THERE IS NO BETTER WAY OF DEVELOPING IT THAN BY SUCCESSFULLY ACHIEVING A GOAL OR TARGET BY PERSONAL DETERMINATION, PERSEVERANCE AND SELF DISCIPLINE.
+PEOPLE WHO BEGIN EARLY TO SET THEMSELVES TARGETS AND REACH THEM ONE BY ONE USUALLY END UP AS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL, RELIABLE AND VALUABLE MEMBERS OF A COMMUNITY, + MR. WATSON ADDED.
COMMENTING ON THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S AWARD SCHEME MR. WATSON SAID IT OFFERED AN OPPORTUNITY AND A CHALLENGE FOR PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENT AND A MEANS OF DEVELOPING MANY OF THE ESSENTIAL QUALITIES, INCLUDING SELF DISCIPLINE, INITIATIVE AND SELF CONFIDENCE.
HE NOTED THAT SINCE THE SCHEME BEGAN OPERATING IN HONG KONG IN 1961, MANY THOUSANDS OF HONG KONG CITIZENS HAD PARTICIPATED AND WERE THE BETTER FOR DOING SO.
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