FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 1987
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FIREMEN PRAISED FOR DEVOTION TO DUTY
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HONG KONG'S FIRE SERVICES HAS ATTAINED ITS HIGH REPUTATION THROUGH THE UNSELFISH DEVOTION TO DUTY BY LONG SERVING PERSONNEL, THE CHIEF FIRE OFFICER, MR LAM CHEK-YUEN, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE PRESENTATION OF FIRE BRIGADES LONG SERVICE MEDALS TO 14 MEMBERS OF THE HEADQUARTERS COMMAND, MR LAM SAID THE AWARDS REPRESENTED ALMOST THREE CENTURIES OF GOOD CONDUCT AND LOYAL SERVICE OF THE RECIPIENTS.
+EACH OF YOU, THROUGH YOUR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION, HAS CONTRIBUTED IN MANY WAYS YOUR SHARE IN BUILDING UP THIS ELITE BRIGADE.
+ THE LONG SERVICE AWARDS YOU ARE ABOUT TO RECEIVE ARE DUE RECOGNITION OF YOUR MANY YEARS OF LOYAL SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY A WELL DESERVED AWARD TO REMIND YOU CONSTANTLY OF THE APPRECIATION THAT IS DUE TO YOU,+ MR LAM SAID.
THE CEREMONY WAS HELD AT THE NEW FIRE SERVICES HEADQUARTERS IN TSIM SHA TSUI EAST. AMONG THE RECIPIENTS WERE DIVISIONAL OFFICERS MR YEUNG WAN-PUI AND MR LAM CHUN-MAN.
THIS YEAR, A TOTAL OF 64 FIRE AND AMBULANCE OFFICERS AND MEN WHO HAVE SERVED THE DEPARTMENT FOR 18 OR UP TO 30 YEARS HAVE BEEN AWARDED FIRE BRIGADES LONG SERVICE MEDALS.
INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS COSTLY TO ALL PARTIES
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INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS ARE SO COSTLY THAT IT IS IN THE INTEREST OF ALL PARTIES CONCERNED TO WORK TOWARDS IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF SAFETY AT WORK, THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S CHIEF FACTORY INSPECTOR, MR YIP YUK-LUN, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
ADDRESSING A LUNCHEON MEETING OF THE AMERICAN CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE, MR YIP SAID INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS RESULTAD IN HEAVY LOSS ON THE PART OF EMPLOYERS AS WELL AS THE EMPLOYEES.
+ THE LOSS CAN BE DIVIDED INTO DIRECT COSTS AND INDIRECT COSTS,+ HE SAID.
ON THE PART OF THE EMPLOYER, THERE WERE THREE MAIN ELEMENTS CONSTITUTING THE DIRECT COSTS OF AN ACCIDENT. THEY INCLUDED:
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