WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1986
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CHIEF FIRE OFFICER RETIRING *****
CHIEF FIRE OFFICER MONTAGUE KINGDOM, WHO HAS SERVED THE GOVERNMENT FOR 25 YEARS, IS RETIRING SHORTLY.
BORN IN 1930 IN DEVON, ENGLAND, MR KINGDOM, PRESENTLY HEAD OF THE KOWLOON FIRE COMMAND, JOINED THE HONG KONG FIRE SERVICES AS A STATION OFFICER IN 1960 AFTER BEING A FIREMAN AT DEVON FIRE BRIGADE.
HE WAS PROMOTED TO ASSISTANT DIVISIONAL OFFICER IN 1962 SENIOR FIRE OFFICER CLASS II IN 1965, ASSISTANT CHIEF FIRE OFFICER IN 1977, DEPUTY CHIEF FIRE OFFICER IN 1979, AND TO HIS PRESENT RANK IN 1981.
MR KINGDOM WAS AWARDED THE COLONIAL POLICE MEDAL IN 1972 AND THE QUEEN'S FIRE SERVICES MEDAL FOR MERITORIOUS SERVICE IN 1983.
TO MARK HIS RETIREMENT, A CEREMONY WAS HELD AT THE FIRE SERVICES SENIOR OFFICERS' MESS TODAY (WEDNESDAY) AT WHICH A MEMENTO WAS PRESENTED TO HIM BY THE DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES, MR ROBERT HOLMES.
CAMP ORGANISED FOR MARRIED COUPLES
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ROMANCE, GAMES AND SERIOUS DISCUSSION FORM PART OF A SPECIAL CAMP FOR MARRIED COUPLES LIVING OR WORKING IN CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT.
AIMED AT ENHANCING AFFECTION AND BETTER UNDERSTANDING AMONG MARRIED COUPLES A +HARMONIOUS CAMP FOR COUPLES+ HAS BEEN JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT OFFICE, THE WESTERN DISTRICT COMMUNITY CENTRE AND THE HONG KONG FAMILY WELFARE ASSOCIATION.
IT WILL BE HELD AT THE Y.M.C.A. CAMP SITE IN WU KAI SHA ON THE WEEKEND OF MARCH 1 AND 2.
ACTIVITIES ARRANGED INCLUDE A CANDLE-LIGHT PARTY, GAMES, SINGING, A BARBECUE, A MORNING STROLL, AS WELL AS TALKS AND GROUP DISCUSSIONS.
TICKETS, AT $160 PER COUPLE, MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE WESTERN DISTRICT COMMUNITY CENTRE, WESTERN STREET, SAI YING PUN.
FURTHER ENQUIRIES MAY BE MADE ON 5-495106,
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