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THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1981
A TRADING STANDARDS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, ALTHOUGH IN EXISTENCE
- FOR ONLY A MONTH, IS MAKING GOOD PROGRESS ON THE FIRST ON GOLD OR GOLD ALLOY ARTICLES - OF A NUMBER OF MARKING ORDERS TO RECOMMEND TO THE GOVERNMENT.
+ THE MARKING ORDERS TO BE MADE BY THE GOVERNOR-IN-COUNCIL REQUIRE THAT GOODS ARE MARKED OR ACCOMPANIED BY PRESCRIBED INFORMATION - TRADE DESCRIPTIONS OR OTHERWISE - AS AN ASSURANCE OF THE IR STANDARD OR STANDING, HE SAID.
CIVILIANS COMMENDED FOR BRAVERY
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FOUR CIVILIANS WHO HELPED RESCUE TWO WOMEN FROM A BURNING FLAT IN MONG KOK EARLY THIS YEAR WERE TODAY (THURSDAY) PRESENTED WITH DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES' COMMENDATION AND CASH AWARDS AT A CEREMONY HELD AT MONG KOK FIRE STATION,
THE PRESENTATION WAS MADE BY KOWLOON FIRE COMMAND'S CHIEF FIRE OFFICER ANTHONY CONWAY TO TSE HUNG-CHAU, HUT SAT-MING, LAW KAM-SHING AND TAM SIK.
TWO PEOPLE, A 46-YEAR-OLD WOMAN AND HER 17-YEAR-OLD SON WERE KILLED IN A FIRE WHICH OCCURRED IN THE EARLY HOURS OF APRIL 19, 1981, ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF 26 ME! ON STREET, KOWLOON.
THE FOUR PEOPLE, WHO WERE LIVING IN THE ADJOINING FLAT, WERE AWAKENED ABOUT 6.30 AM THAT MORNING AND TACKLED THE FIRE WITH EXTINGUISHERS. WHILE FIGHTING THE BLAZE, TSE, HU, LAW AND TAM SAW TWO WOMEN TRAPPED IN THE COCKLOFT OF THE BURNING BUILDING, AND HELPED TO CARRY THEM TO SAFETY.
+THESE FOUR GENTLEMEN SHOWED INITIATIVE AND DETERMINATION IN TACKLING THE FIRE WHICH RESULTED IN THE RESCUES BEING SUCCESSFULLY CARRIED OUT, SAID MR CONWAY.
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