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FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 1988
FIRE SERVICES KEEPS ABREAST OF DEVELOPMENTS
RAPID STRIDES IN MODERNISATION HAVE SERVICES DEPARTMENT IN ORDER TO MEET THE EXTRA WORKLOAD CAUSED BY
BEEN MADE BY THE FIRE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW TOWNS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, OFFICER OF THE
SERVICES, MR JOHN (FRIDAY).
CIVIL AID
THE THE CHIEF STAFF FORTUNE, SAID TODAY
HELD AT NEW TERRITORIES, MR KONG HAD REALLY NEVER
ADDRESSING A PASSING-OUT PARADE OF 56 RECRUIT FIREMEN THE FIRE SERVICES TRAINING SCHOOL IN PAT HEUNG, FORTUNE SLACKENED.
SAID
THE BUILDING BOOM
IN HONG
DEVELOPMENT, AND THE MODERNISATION, IN NEW AND IN MANAGEMENT
HE NOTED THAT TO KEEP UP WITH THIS GREATER STRAIN ON SERVICES, RAPID STRIDES IN EQUIPMENT AND TRAINING TECHNIQUES, COMMUNICATIONS HAD BEEN INTRODUCED OVER THE YEARS IN THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
AND
MORE SOPHISTICATED, SKILLED, DISCIPLINED AND AND WHAT WILL BE AN
"AS HONG KONG INDUSTRIES BECOME MORE THERE IS
AN EVER INCREASING NEED FOR DEDICATED FIREMEN AND YOU HAVE CHOSEN A TOUGH OFTEN HAZARDOUS PROFESSION, MR FORTUNE SAID.
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"BY JOINING THE HONG KONG FIRE SERVICES, YOU HAVE ONE OF THE BEST EMERGENCY SERVICES, NOT THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
ENROLLED IN ONLY IN HONG KONG BUT
JOINING, BE COURTEOUS
AND EXECUTING YOUR
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KNOWLEDGE,
"BE PROUD OF THE SERVICE YOU ARE PATIENT AND HELPFUL, AND WHEN PERFORMING OPERATIONAL DUTIES, REMAIN CALM, COOL, BRAVE AND CONFIDENT."
URGING THE GRADUATING FIREMEN NOT TO STOP ACQUIRING HE STRESSED THAT THEY SHOULD ALWAYS PREPARED TO LISTEN AND LEARN.
MAINTAIN
AN OPEN MIND AND BE
AFTER REVIEWING THE PARADE, MR FORTUNE
RECRUIT AWARD TO FIREMAN KWAN SIU-KI.
PRESENTED THE BEST
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