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FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1981
FIREMEN GET MEDALS FOR LONG SERVICE
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MORE THAN 80 OFFICERS AND RANK-AND-FILE MEN OF THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT WERE TODAY (FRIDAY) PRESENTED WITH MEDALS AND CLASPS IN RECOGNITION OF THE IR LONG SERVICE.
THE PRESENTATIONS WERE MADE AT VARIOUS COMMANDS INCLUDING THE AMBULANCE COMMAND, BY CHIEF FIRE/AMBULANCE OFFICERS.
AT THE FIRE SERVICES HEADQUARTERS, THE CHIEF FIRE OFFICER, MR BRIAN FENDER, PRESENTED COLONIAL FIRE BRIGADE LONG SERVICE MEDALS TO TWO DIVISIONAL OFFICERS, EACH OF WHOM HAS COMPLETED 18 YEARS' SERVICE.
MR FENDER ALSO DECORATED FOUR ASSISTANT DIVISIONAL OFFICERS, FIVE PRINCIPAL FIREMEN, SIX SENIOR FIREMEN AND FOUR FIREMEN WITH SIMILAR MEDALS.
TWO PRINCIPAL FIREMEN AND ONE SENIOR FIREMAN, EACH WITH 30 YEARS' SERVICE, RECEIVED FIRST CLASP TO THEIR MEDALS.
ON HONG KONG ISLAND, FOUR OFFICERS AND 22 RANK-AND-FILE MEN WERE PRESENTED WITH MEDALS AND CLASPS BY CHIEF FIRE OFFICER JOHN MARCH.
IN KOWLOON, THE HEAD OF THE COMMAND, MR ANTHONY CONWAY ALSO PRESENTED LONG SERVICE MEDALS TO THREE OFFICERS AND SIX NCO'S AND FIREMEN.
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IN THE NEW TERRITORIES COMMAND, FIVE OFFICERS AND 11 NCO'S AND FIREMEN WERE PRESENTED WITH LONG SERVICE MEDALS BY CHIEF FIRE OFFICER FRED JACKSON.
IN ADDITION, ONE SENIOR FIREMAN RECEIVED A FIRST CLASP TO HIS MEDAL FOR 25 YEARS' SERVICE, WHILE A PRINCIPAL FIREMAN RECEIVED SECOND CLASP FOR 30 YEARS' SERVICE.
AT THE FIRE PROTECTION BUREAU, ONLY ONE STATION OFFICER RECEIVED A LONG SERVICE MEDAL PRESENTED BY THE HEAD OF THE BUREAU, CHIEF FIRE OFFICER ROBERT HOLMES.
IN THE AMBULANCE COMMAND, ONE PRINCIPAL AMBULANCEMAN AND TWO SENIOR AMBULANCEMEN RECEIVED LONG SERVICE MEDALS, WHILE ANOTHER PRINCIPAL AMBULANCEMAN WAS GIVEN A SECOND CLASP TO HIS MEDAL. CHIEF AMBULANCE OFFICER HARRY KENYON MADE THE PRESENTATIONS.