MONDAY, MAY 16, 1983
BRAVERY AWARD FOR BOY
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, HAS APPROVED THE AWARD OF THE BELILIOS STAR TO 16-YEAR-OLD LAM YING-CHUN FOR HIS COURAGEOUS ACTION DURING A FIRE IN WAN CHAI LAST MARCH,
LAM WILL ALSO BE GIVEN A CASH AWARD IN A PRESENTATION CEREMONY TO BE HELD LATER THIS MONTH,
THE BELILIOS STAR IS AWARDED FOR +ACTS OF CONSPICUOUS VALOUR OR SELF-DENIAL WITHIN HONG KONG+.
THE FIRE BROKE OUT IN A FLAT ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF A BUILDING IN WAN CHAI AT ABOUT 5.20 PM ON MARCH 16.
LAM, A RESIDENT IN THE BUILDING TRIED TO STOP THE SPREAD OF THE FIRE WHILE THE OTHER RESIDENTS HAD ALREADY LEFT FOR SAFETY, LEAVING AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD BOY BEHIND.
AS THE FIRE SPREAD QUICKLY, LAM TOOK THE YOUNG BOY INTO THE TOILET.
AT THIS MOMENT A NEIGHBOUR LIVING IN THE OPPOSITE BUILDING RUSHED TO THE ROOF AND THREW A NYLON LINE TO LAM.
LAM USED THE NYLON LINE AND LOWERED THE YOUNG BOY TO SAFETY FROM A WINDOW EVEN THOUGH HE HAD AN INJURED HAND AND FACED DANGER FROM DENSE SMOKE.
LAM LATER LOWERED HIMSELF TO SAFETY.
THE NEIGHBOUR, MR YU CHIN-WAH, WILL BE PRESENTED WITH A PERSONNAL COMMENDATION FROM THE DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES, MR F.M. WATSON.
CHEQUE FOR SOCIETY FOR DISABLED CHILDREN
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THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR DENIS BRAY, TODAY PRESENTED A CHEQUE FOR $8 770 TO MR BRIAN TISDALL, CHAIRMAN OF THE THE SOCIETY FOR THE RELIEF OF DISABLED CHILDREN, WHICH RUNS THE DUCHESS OF KENT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AT SANDY BAY. THE PRESENTATION WAS MADE ON BEHALF OF THE HONG KONG MEMBERS OF THE ASIAN-PACIFIC WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF BRUSSELS,
MR BRAY SAID THE MONEY WAS RAISED AT A CHARITY GALA AND BAZAAR ORGANISED BY THE ASSOCIATION IN NOVEMBER LAST YEAR IN BRUSSELS WHICH WAS ATTENDED BY QUEEN FABIOLA OF BELGIUM.
MRS KAY
THE GALA AND BAZAAR WERE ORGANISED BY WIVES OF DIPLOMATS OF ASIAN-PACIFIC COUNTRIES REPRESENTED IN BRUSSELS. JONES, WIFE OF HONG KONG'S MINISTER IN BRUSSELS, WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HONG KONG PARTICIPATION IN THE FUNCTION.
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