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FRIDAY, MAY 27, 1983
SIR EDWARD, SIR SKIU-KIN TANG AND THE REGIONAL SECRETARY (NEW TERRITORIES), MR HAIDER BARMA, THEN PERFORMED EYE-DOTTING CEREMONY ON A DRAGON AND TWO LIONS BEFORE THEY BROUGHT TO LIVE AND DEMONSTRATED DANCES TO HIGHLIGHT THE EVENT.
ALSO TAKING PART IN THE CEREMONY WERE THE DIRECTOR OF URBAN SERVICES, MR BRIAN WILSON, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (OPERATIONS) OF NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES, MR BOWEN LEUNG, THE DISTRICT OFFICER OF SAI KUNG, MR CHAN SUI-JEUNG, THE CHAIRMAN OF HEUNG YEE KUK, MR LAU WONG-FAT, THE CHAIRMAN OF SAI KUNG RURAL COMMITTEE, MR CHUNG POON, AND THE CHAIRMAN OF HANG HAU RURAL COMMITTEE, MR YAU KEI.
HONG KONG FIRE SERVICES AMONG BEST
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THE HONG KONG FIRE SERVICES HAS A VERY HIGH REPUTATION AMONG FIRE BRIGADES IN THE WORLD, THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES, MR ROBERT HOLMES SAID TODAY,
THIS WAS BORNE OUT BY REQUESTS FROM SUCH COUNTRIES AS THAILAND, BRUNEI, SINGAPORE, THE UNITED KINGDOM, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND AND MALAYSIA FOR THE HONG KONG FIRE SERVICES TO TRAIN THEIR OFFICERS, HR HOLMES SAID.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR WONG TAI SIN DIVISIONAL FIRE STATION, HR HOLMES SAID MANY VISITING FIRE OFFICERS WERE QUITE ASTOUNDED AT THE DENSITY AND COMPLEXITY OF
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HE SAID SEVERAL NEW FIRE STATIONS INCLUDING SAI WAN HO IN SHAU KEI WAN, KOWLOON BAY, SAI KUNG, TAI O AND THE SECOND FIRE STATIONS FOR SHA TIN WERE BEING PLANNED FOR IN THE NEXT YEAR OR 90.
+VERY FEW PEOPLE FULLY REALISE THAT THE HONG KONG FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS MANAGED AND CONDUCTED IN A SIMILAR FASHION TO A SUCCESSFUL COMMERICAL FIRM - WE HAVE OUR RECOGNISED GROUPS OF PLANNING, MANAGEMENT, LOGISTICS, WORKSHOPS, TRAINING, FIRE PREVENTION AND MOST IMPORTANT. THE JOB FOR WHICH WE ARE INITIALLY TRAINED - THE EXTINGUISHMENT OF FIRES - THAT IS THE OPERATIONAL OFFICERS AND MEN, HE SAID.
IN HIS WELCOMING SPEECH, THE CHIEF FIRE OFFICER OF KOWLOON FIRE COMMAND, MR M, KINGDOM NOTED THAT DURING THE PAST 25 YEARS WONG TAI SIN HAD EMERGED FROM A RURAL ENVIRONMENT TO A LARGE RESIDENTIAL CITY SUBURB INCLUDING CONSIDERABLE INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERICAL BUILDINGS.
+WONG TAI SIN AND THE IMMEDIATE ADJACENT AREAS HAVE IN THE PAST BEEN THE SCENE OF MANY SERIOUS FIRE SITUATIONS AND NATURAL DISASTERS, HE SAID.
+ INVITING MR HOLMES TO OFFICIATE HERE TODAY IS IN A WAY APPROPRIATE, AS DURING HIS 25 YEARS OF SERVICE IN HONG KONG WITH THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT HE HAS BEEN FREQUENTLY ENGAGED AT, AND ON MANY OCCASIONS COMMANDED OPERATIONS, ITHIN THIS DISTRICT, HE SAID.
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MR KINGDOM DESCRIBED THE OPENING OF THE STATION AS A FURTHER ADDITION TO THE FIRE DEFENCE OF KOWLOON.