WINNERS OF THE COMPETITION WILL BE STATION ON FRIDAY.
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1979
FIREMEN HOLD PHOTO CONTEST
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FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT'S FIRST PHOTOGRAPHIC PRESENTED WITH PRIZES AT TSIM SHA TSUI FIRE
+THE PURPOSE OF THE COMPETITION IS TO CULTIVATE INTEREST IN HOBBIES AMONG MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT,+ SAID MR. ALAN JONES, CHIEF FIRE OFFICER (NEW TERRITORIES).
MR. JONES WHO SUGGESTED ORGANISING THE COMPETITION SAID THAT IN VIEW OF THE GOOD RESPONSE IT WAS MOST LIKELY THE COMPETITION WOULD BE HELD AGAIN NEXT YEAR.
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THE COMPETITION WAS DIVIDED INTO COLOUR AND BLACK AND WHITE
FIRE SERVICES SECTIONS. UNDER EACH SECTION WERE TWO CATEGORIES INTEREST AND NON-FIRE SERVICES INTEREST.
IT ATTRACTED 104 PHOTOGRAPHS FROM MORE THAN 80 ENTRANTS. PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED TO THE TOP THREE PHOTOGRAPHS IN EACH CATEGORY AND THE 12 WINNING PICTURES WILL BE ON DISPLAY AT THE CANTEEN OF THE FIRE STATION FOR THREE DAYS.
MR. CHAN KWING-HON, AN ABERDEEN FIREMAN WON TOP HONOURS IN THE COLOUR SECTION OF THE FIRE SERVICES INTEREST CATEGORY AND WAS ALSO NOMINATED AS OVERALL CHAMPION.
THE PANEL OF JUDGES COMPRISED MR. CHIN MAN-LI, THE HON. CONSULTANT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG PHOTOGRAPHIC ASSOCIATION= MR. CHEUNG HUNG-CHUEN, CHAIRMAN OF THE HONG KONG PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY AND MR. CHOW CHUNG-LIM, VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE HONG KONG PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY.
MRS. ALAN JONES WILL PRESENT PRIZES TO THE WINNER.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
A PRIZE PRESENTATION CEREMONY OF THE FIRST PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION OF THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT WILL BE HELD AT TSIM SHA TSUI FIRE STATION CANTEEN AT 3 P.M. ON FRIDAY. INVITED TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE CEREMONY.
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