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FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 1983
FINE REPUTATION EARNED BY HARD WORK
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THE CHIEF AMBULANCE OFFICER OF THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT, MR H. KENYON TODAY (FRIDAY) URGED GRADUATING FIREMEN TO GUARD THE FINE REPUTATION OF THE DEPARTMENT WHICH HAS BEEN EARNED BY THE HARD WORK AND DEVOTION TO DUTY PERFORMED BY THEIR PREDECESSORS OVER MANY YEARS.
HE TOLD THEM THAT THEY HAD NOT ENTERED AN EASY LIFE,
+YOU WILL AT TIMES BE CRITICISED, OFTEN UNFAIRLY, AND YOU WILL MEET WITH SITUATIONS WHICH CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS SHOCKING AND HORRIFYING.
+IN DEALING WITH SUCH SITUATIONS AND BRINGING RELIEF TO THOSE WHO ARE DISTRESSED AND INJURED, YOU WILL NEED TO HAVE FULL CONTROL OF YOUR OWN EMOTIONS WHEN OTHERS AROUND YOU HAVE PANICKED AND GIVEN UP,+ MR KENYON SAID.
MR KENYON WAS SPEAKING AT A PASSING-OUT PARADE OF ONE SQUAD OF STATION OFFICERS AND TWO SQUADS OF FIREMEN WHO HAD COMPLETED THE IR TRAINING AT THE FIRE SERVICES TRAINING SCHOOL AT PAT HEUNG THE NEW TERRITORIES.
HE REMINDED THEM THAT THE COURSES THEY HAD JUST TAKEN WERE MERELY THE PRIMARY PART OF THEIR EDUCATION AS FIREMEN AND FIRE OFFICERS, AND THERE WAS STILL A LOT FOR THEM TO LEARN BEFORE THEY COULD MASTER THE COMPLEXITIES OF THEIR NEW PROFESSION.
+WITH YOUTH ON YOUR SIDE YOU SHOULD NOW MAKE THE EFFORT TO FURTHER STUDY AND PREPARE YOURSELF FOR THE DEMANDS WHICH WILL BE MADE UPON YOU DURING YOUR CAREER,+ HE ADDED.
MR KENYON LATER PRESENTED THE BEST RECRUIT AWARDS TO STATION OFFICER TSAI PUI-WING AND FIREMAN CHANG SHI-KWAN.
AFTER THE PRESENTATION, MR KENYON AND THE GUESTS WATCHED A FIRE DRILL STAGED BY THE NEW FIREMEN.
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