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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1982
GRADUATING FIREMEN URGED TO BE TOLERANT
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THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES, MR ROBERT HOLMES TODAY (FRIDAY) URGED GRADUATING FIREMEN TO BE TOLERANT WHILE PERFORMING THEIR DUTIES AND NOT TO EXPECT ANY GRATITUDE FOR DOING THEIR JOB.
+YOU WILL RECEIVE LITTLE THANKS OR GRATITUDE FOR THE SERVICES YOU PERFORM AND POSSIBLY YOU WILL BE CRITICISED BECAUSE YOU FAILED TO SAVE SOMEONE'S HUT OR BELONGINGS, HE SAID.
MR HOLMES WAS SPEAKING AT A PASSING-OUT PARADE OF FOUR SQUADS OF FIREMEN WHO HAD JUST COMPLETED THEIR 13-WEEK INITIAL TRAINING AT THE FIRE SERVICES TRAINING SCHOOL AT PAT HEUNG, NEW TERRITORIES.
HE TOLD THEM TO TAKE HEED OF THE WORD INITIAL+.
+UNTIL THE DAY YOU RETIRE OR LEAVE THE SERVICE, YOU WILL BE LEARNING - ON STATIONS, TAKE HEED OF YOUR SENIOR OR PRINCIPAL FIREMEN - WATCH HOW THEY BEHAVE AT EMERGENCIES AND DO NOT BE SHY OF SEEKING ADVICE, HE ADDED.
MR HOLMES LATER PRESENTED THE BEST RECRUIT AWARD TO FIREMAN CHAN CHI-FAL AND WITH OTHER GUESTS, WATCHED A FIRE DRILL STAGED BY THE NEW FIREMEN.
FIRE PREVENTION IN SHAM SHUI PO THAS STEPPED UP
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EIGHT +FIRE WATCH+ TEAMS HAVE BEEN FORMED RECENTLY IN FIVE TEMPORARY HOUSING AREAS IN SHAM SHUI PO TO STEP UP FIRE PREVENTION WORK.
EACH TEAM COMPRISES ABOUT 20 THA RESIDENTS WHO WILL BE PROVIDED WITH FIRE-FIGHTING EQUIPMENT FUNDED BY THE SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT BOARD.
THEY WILL UNDERGO TRAINING BY STAFF OF THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING TALKS AND FILM SHOWS ON FIRE PREVENTION, HANDLING OF EQUIPMENT, AND HOW TO HELP RESIDENTS TO EVACUATE DURING A FIRE.
A DISTRICT BOARD SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT TWO MAJOR FIRES BROKE OUT IN TAI WOH PING AND PAK TIN THAS LAST YEAR RESULTING IN HEAVY LOSSES.
+WE FEEL THAT MORE ATTENTION SHOULD BE PAID TO FIRE PREVENTION WORK IN THESE AREAS BEFORE THE START OF THE DRY SEASON,+ HE SAID.
THE FIVE THAS ARE IN PAK TIN, CORNWALL STREET, FORTUNE STREET, TAI WOH PING AND LAI CHI KOK ROAD WITH A COMBINED POPULATION OF MORE THAN 10 000.
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