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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1986
THEY WERE HOP FAT INDUSTRIAL CO., SAMWOOD CHEMICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL LABORATORY LTD, SUN WAH ELECTRICAL MANUFACTORY, WAH FUNG INDUSTRIAL CO., WINDSMOOR (HK) LTD AND WING TAT GARMENT FACTORY LTD.
+ON THE BASIS OF THE NUMBER OF DISABLED PERSONS EMPLOYED THEY MAY NOT RANK AMONG THE TOP 10 EMPLOYERS, YET THEIR EFFORTS ARE NO LESS COMMENDABLE,+ MR HAMMOND SAID.
RECRUIT FIREMEN REMINDED OF RIGOURS OF JOB
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EIGHTY-TWO RECRUIT FIREMEN WERE REMINDED THAT THEIR WORK CAN ENTAIL DANGER AND HARDSHIP WHEN THEY TOOK PART IN A PASSING OUT PARADE HELD AT THE FIRE SERVICES TRAINING SCHOOL AT PAT HEUNG TODAY (FRIDAY).
THE CHIEF AMBULANCE OFFICER OF THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT, MR HARRY KENYON, WHO TOOK THE SALUTE AT THE PARADE, SAID THAT THOUGH SOME PEOPLE MIGHT CONSIDER A FIREMAN'S JOB TO BE GLAMOROUS AND EXCITING, THERE WAS ANOTHER SIDE TO THE COIN.
+WHEN THE FLAMES AND EXCITEMENT HAVE DIED DOWN AND THE ONLOOKERS HAVE GONE HOME TO THE IR BEDS YOU WILL OFTEN HAVE TO REMAIN ALL NIGHT LONG IN THE DARK AND WET CONFINES OF A GUTTED BUILDING, SOAKED TO THE SKIN, OFTEN HUNGRY UNTIL SUCH TIME THAT YOU ARE RELIEVED OR YOUR JOB IS COMPLETED, HE SAID.
MR KENYON ALSO SAID THAT WHILE A FIREMAN'S LIFE COULD INDEED BE EXCITING AND SOMETIMES DANGEROUS, THERE WERE ALSO SOME OTHER ELEMENTS THEY WOULD HAVE TO COPE WITH.
FOR EXAMPLE, FIREMEN COULD SOMETIMES BE CRITICISED, OFTEN UNFAIRLY, BY THOSE WHO DID NOT APPRECIATE THAT THEIR BEST EFFORTS COULD NOT ALWAYS BE SUCCESSFUL.
AS FIREMEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO WORK LONG HOURS, OFTEN WHEN OTHER PEOPLE WERE ENJOYING HOLIDAY PERIODS, AND SOMETIMES ALSO HAVE TO DEAL WITH TRAGIC SITUATIONS.
IN SPITE OF THESE FACTORS, MR KENYON SAID, YOU WILL SOON COME TO REALISE, WITH I HOPE A SENSE OF PRIDE, THAT NO ONE ELSE IS EQUIPPED, OR COMPETENT, TO DO YOUR JOB.+
DAY,
+THE PUBLIC WILL CALL UPON YOUR SERVICES AT ALL HOURS OF THE IN ALL KINDS OF ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS, IN THE FULL
KNOWLEDGE THAT IT IS ONLY YOU THEY CAN TURN TO WHEN HELP IS NEEDED.+
AFTER REVIEWING THE PARADE, MR KENYON PRESENTED THE AWARD FOR THE BEST RECRUIT TO MR CHEUNG WAI-SUN.
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