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FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1982
FIRE SERVICES PASSING OUT PARADE
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THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT MAINTAINS A CONSTANT VIGIL WITH A HIGHLY TRAINED, DISCIPLINED FORCE OF MEN AND WOMEN TO DEAL WITH ALL MANNER OF EMERGENCIES AND ON WHOM THE COMMUNITY OF HONG KONG CAN CALL IN THEIR TIMES OF NEED. THIS WAS STATED TODAY (FRIDAY) BY THE CHIEF FIRE OFFICER OF HONG KONG FIRE COMMAND, MR M. KINGDOM.
+EVEN SO THOSE WHOM WE ARE PROUD TO SERVE ARE OFTEN CRITICAL OF OUR EFFORTS AND ON THESE OCCASIONS YOU WILL FIND IT NECESSARY TO TEMPER YOUR OWN FRUSTRATIONS WITH COMPASSION FOR THOSE WHO HAVE SUFFERED LOSSES, HE SAID.
SPEAKING AT THE PASSING OUT PARADE OF FOUR SQUADS OF FIREMEN AT THE FIRE SERVICES TRAINING SCHOOL AT PAT HEUNG, NEW TERRITORIES, MR KINGDOM URGED THE NEWLY GRADUATED FIREMEN TO HAVE PRIDE IN THEMSELVES COMBINED WITH THEIR SERVICE, AND THE COMMUNITY THEY SERVE WILL BE PROUD OF THEM.
HE REMINDED THE GRADUATES THAT DURING THEIR CAREER THEY WILL COME ACROSS ALL MANNER AND FORM OF DISTRESS, TRAGEDY AND SUFFERING.
+THE EFFICIENT MANNER IN WHICH YOU PERFORM YOUR DUTIES, THE COMPASSION AND SUCCOUR YOU SHOW AND EXTEND TO THOSE WHO HAVE DIRECTLY SUSTAINED INJURIES, AND THE CONSIDERATION YOU EXTEND TO THE IR KINFOLK AND FRIENDS WILL BRING RELIEF AND REASSURANCES TO THEM IN THEIR HOUR OF NEED, HE ADDED.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
A PHOTOGRAPH SHOWING THE CHIEF FIRE OFFICER OF HONG KONG FIRE COMMAND, MR M. KINGDOM INSPECTING THE NEWLY GRADUATED FIREMEN AT THE PASSING OUT PARADE HELD TODAY AT THE FIRE SERVICES TRAINING SCHOOL AT PAT HEUNG, NEW TERRITORIES WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR COLLECTION AT THE GIS PRESS BOX THIS (FRIDAY) EVENING.