MONDAY, MAY 9, 1983
7
SENIOR POST FOR LOCAL FIRE SERVICES OFFICER
****
A SECOND LOCAL OFFICER HAS BEEN PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF CHIEF FIRE OFFICER, THE DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES, MR F.M. WATSON, ANNOUNCED TODAY.
HE IS MR CHEUNG SHU-SHING.
MR CHEUNG HAS TAKEN OVER AS HEAD OF THE NEW TERRITORIES FIRE COMMAND FROM MR FRED JACKSON, WHO IS AT PRESENT ON LEAVE PRIOR TO RETIREMENT.
MR CHEUNG IS 51 YEARS OF AGE AND HAS WORKED IN DIFFERENT UNITS DURING KIS LONG CAREER WITH THE FIRE SERVICES.
MR CHEUNG ALSO SERVED AS AIDE-DE-CAMP TO THE GOVERNOR FROM 1966 TO 1976.
HE JOINED THE FIRE SERVICES AS A SUB-OFFICER IN 1954 AND
IN 1965, HE WAS WAS PROMOTED TO STATION OFFICER IN 1961. PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF ASSISTANT DIVISIONAL OFFICER AND IN 1969 TO DIVISIONAL OFFICER.
MR CHEUNG WAS PROMOTED TO DEPUTY CHIEF FIRE OFFICER IN 1981.
ONE OF MR CHEUNG'S MOST UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCES WAS WHILE WORKING AT THE KOTEWALL ROAD LANDSLIDE ON JUNE 19, 1972. MR CHEUNG WAS AWARDED THE QUEEN'S COMMENDATION FOR BRAVË CONDUCT FOR HIS WORK IN THAT LANDSLIDE.
MR WATSON ALSO ANNOUNCED THE PROMOTION OF MR GERRY LAM CHEK-YUEN TO DEPUTY CHIEF FIRE OFFICER.
MR LAM IS ATTACHED TO FIRE SERVICES HEADQUARTERS.
NEW ASSOCIATION FOR WAN CHAI RESIDENTS
****
THE INAUGURATION THIS (MONDAY) EVENING OF THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT ARTS, CULTURAL, RECREATIONAL AND SPORTS ASSOCIATION WAS ANOTHER STEP TOWARDS THE GOAL OF INVOLVING RESIDENTS IN THE AFFAIRS OF THEIR DISTRICT, THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR DAVID ÅKERS-JONES SAID.
SPEAKING AT THE CEREMONY, HE SAID THE NEW ASSOCIATION WOULD +CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS A SENSE OF DISTRICT IDENTITY AND OFFER NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARTICIPATION IN DISTRICT MANAGEMENT, AND PROVIDE FURTHER ENTERTAINMENT AND RECREATION FOR WAN CHAI RESIDENTS+.
THE PEOPLE