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FRIDAY, JULY 30, 1982
MINI-BUS DRIVER SETS HONEST EXAMPLE
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THE HONESTY OF A TSUEN WAN MINI-BUS DRIVER, 46-YEAR-OLD MR WONG KAM-CHI, HAS JUST WON HIMSELF A GOOD CITIZEN+ AWARD.
IN ORDER TO TRACE THE OWNER OF A WOMAN HANDBAG FOUND IN HIS VAN, MR WONG SPENT TWO DAYS TRYING VARIOUS SOURCES, INCLUDING THE RECORDS OF A DENTIST.
AND AS A RECOGNITION OF HIS HONESTY AND CIVIC-MINDEDNESS, THE ACTING TSUEN WAN TOWN MANAGER, MR LUI HAU-TUEN, PRESENTED HIM A GOOD CITIZEN PLAQUE AT A BRIEF CEREMONY TODAY (FRIDAY).
MR WONG RECALLED THAT HE FOUND THE HANDBAG CONTAINING CASH AND VALUABLES WORTH MORE THAN $600 ABOUT A MONTH AGO.
THERE WAS NO ADDRESS OR TELEPHONE NUMBER IN THE BAG, EXCEPT AN IDENTITY CARD AND A DENTIST CARD.
AFTER SOME FRUITLESS EFFORTS TO LOCATE THE OWNER HE EVENTUALLY CALLED AT THE DENTIST'S OFFICE FOR ASSISTANCE.
AND THE OWNER TURNED OUT TO BE THE WIFE OF A STAFF OF THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICE WHO OFFERED HIM A $100 REWARD.
BUT MR WONG REJECTED THE OFFER, SAYING IT WAS NOTHING MORE THAN JUST PERFORMING HIS DUTY AS A GOOD CITIZEN.
+THE MONETARY LOSS MAY BE SMALL BUT THE INCONVENIENCE SO CAUSED IS CERTAINLY GREAT, HE SAID.
ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS MR WONG HAD FOUND VALUABLES LEFT IN HIS MINI-BUS. BUT HE ALWAYS TRIED TO LOCATE THE OWNERS OR HANDED THE ARTICLES OVER TO THE POLICE.
AT TODAY'S CEREMONY, MR LUI PRAISED MR WONG FOR HIS HONESTY WHICH HAD SET A GOOD EXAMPLE TO OTHER PEOPLE.
+HONESTY IS A VERY IMPORTANT FACTOR IN OUR EVERYDAY LIFE. MR WONG HAS OFTEN GONE THROUGH GREAT TROUBLES TO TRY TO FIND THE PROPERTY OWNERS BUT NEVER THOUGHT OF GETTING ANY REWARD IN RETURN, * SAID MR LUI.
+THIS SPIRIT AND ATTITUDE MUST BE APPLAUDED AND RESPECTED BY US ALL.+
ALSO ATTENDING THE CEREMONY WERE THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICER, MISS ELAINE CHUNG, AND SOME MEMBERS OF THE DISTRICT BOARD.
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