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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1988
VISIT BY CHINESE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OFFICIALS
A GROUP OF SIX CHINESE OFFICIALS FROM THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, LED BY MR CHEN SHIQIU, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL, ORGANISATIONS AND CONFERENCES, WILL ARRIVE IN HONG
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KONG ON OCTOBER 3 AT THE INVITATION OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT FOR A 10-DAY PROGRAMME OF VISITS AND BRIEFINGS.
AWARD FOR BRAVE CITIZEN
PRAISES AND APPRECIATION WERE BESTOWED ON HONG KONG'S LATEST GOOD CITIZEN OF THE YEAR, MR TAM WAI-MING, FOR HIS BRAVERY AND
OUTSTANDING INITIATIVE IN THE FIGHT AGAINST CRIME.
MR TAM, A 32-YEAR-OLD CONSTRUCTION FOREMAN, WAS HONOURED WITH THE COVETED GOOD CITIZEN OF THE YEAR AWARD TODAY (MONDAY) AT A PRESENTATION CEREMONY OFFICIATED BY THE FIRST VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE HONG KONG GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, DR HELMUT SOHMEN.
MR TAM WAS AWARDED A CERTIFICATE AND A CASH AWARD WHICH WAS THE MAXIMUM IN THE SCHEME, PLUS A FIVE-DAY
OF $10,000 TRIP TO SEOUL.
COMMENDING MR TAM'S EXCEPTIONAL BRAVERY AND INITIATIVE IN A BURGLARY CASE, DR SOHMEN SAID HIS ACTION HAD HELPED THE POLICE TO ARREST A MURDERER AND HAD SET A FINE EXAMPLE TO OTHER CITIZENS.
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"WITH CIVIC-MINDED PEOPLE LIKE YOU IN OUR SOCIETY BONG KONG WILL DEFINITELY BE A BETTER AND SAFER PLACE TO LIVE IN, DR SOHMEN SAID.
RECALLING THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE, MR TAM WAI-MING SAID HUMBLY THAT HE WAS JUST PERFORMING THE OBLIGATION OF A CITIZEN AND HAD NEVER THOUGHT OF BEING REWARDED.
ON NOVEMBER 29 LAST YEAR, MR TAM AND HIS WIFE RETURNED то THEIR HOME ON LAMMA ISLAND AND UPON ENTERING, THEY FOUND A BURGLAR INSIDE. WITHOUT HESITATION, MR TAM CONFRONTED THE BURGLAR AND A FIERCE STRUGGLE ENSUED.
IN THE STRUGGLE, MR TAM SUSTAINED AN INJURY ΤΟ HIS LEFT ARM AND, DESPITE THIS, HE EVENTUALLY SUBDUED THE BURGLAR AND MADE REPORT TO THE POLICE.
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