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FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 1979
LONG SERVICE MEDAL PRESENTATION
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FOUR OFFICERS AND 29 FIREMEN ATTACHED TO THE FIRE SERVICES HEADQUARTERS WILL BE PRESENTED WITH COLONIAL FIRE BRIGADE LONG SERVICE MEDALS AND CLASPS TOMORROW (SATURDAY).
MR. R. HOLMES, CHIEF FIRE OFFICER (HEADQUARTERS), WILL PRESENT THE AWARDS.
ASSISTANT DIVISIONAL OFFICER, MR. YIP LUN-CHEONG- STATION OFFICER TANG CHI-MING AND 22 FIREMEN WHO HAVE EACH SERVED THE SERVICES FOR 18 YEARS WILL BE PRESENTED WITH LONG SERVICE MEDALS.
ASSISTANT DIVISIONAL OFFICER, MR. CHAN FONG- STATION OFFICER MAK KAM-YIU AND SIX FIREMEN WILL BE AWARDED FIRST CLASP TO THE LONG SERVICE MEDALS FOR THEIR 25 YEARS OF SERVICE EACH.
FIREMAN CHEUNG YIU-CHUNG WHO HAS COMPLETED 30 YEARS OF SERVICE WILL RECEIVE THE SECOND CLASP TO HIS MEDAL.
FOUR RETIRED MEMBERS OF THE SERVICES WILL ALSO BE PRESENTED WITH FIRST AND SECOND CLASPS TO THEIR MEDALS.
NOTE TO EDITORS
YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE PRESENTATION OF LONG SERVICE MEDALS WHICH WILL BE HELD TOMORROW (SATURDAY) AT 10 A.M. ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE CENTRAL FIRE STATION.
11 RESERVOIRS OVERFLOWING
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ELEVEN OF THE 18 RESERVOIRS THROUGHOUT HONG KONG ARE OVERFLOWING AS A RESULT OF HEAVY RAINFALL DURING THE PAST FEW DAYS.
THEY INCLUDE SHEK PIK RESERVOIR, JUBILEE RESERVOIR AND THE TYTAM GROUP OF RESERVOIRS.
THE TOTAL WATER STORAGE AT 9 A.M. TODAY (FRIDAY) WAS 422.558 MILLION CUBIC METRES OR 73.1 PER CENT OF THE MAXIMUM CAPACITY.
AT THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR, THERE WERE ONLY 339.074 MILLION CUBIC METRES OR 58.7 PER CENT OF THE FULL CAPACITY,