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"IN THE COURSE OF DUTY 52 FIREMEN RECEIVED INJURIES WHOM ARE STILL IN HOSPITAL. THIS IS AN INDICATION OF THE BRAVERY AND DEVOTION TO DUTY THAT EXISTS WITHIN YOUR DEPARTMENT, AND AS SUCH EARNS MY BEST REGARDS AND RESPECT.
"I AM CONFIDENT THAT THESE ADMIRABLE ATTITUDES ARE RESPECTED AND ADMIRED BY ALL THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG, SIR WILLIAM SAID.
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SIR WILLIAM ALSO PRAISED THE AMBULANCE SERVICE WHICH HE SAID WAS COMPARABLE TO ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD IN THE RECOVERY OF CASUALTIES AND THE CONVEYANCE OF PATIENTS TO HOSPITALS UNDER PROFESSIONAL CARE.
HE NOTED THAT THE AMBULANCE SERVICE DID NOT HAVE AN EASY TIME IN 1990 DURING WHICH THEY RESPONDED TO 433,000 CALLS, ABOUT 50 PER CENT OF WHICH WERE IN RESPECT OF EMERGENCIES.
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"THIS YEAR THE AMBULANCE SERVICE HAS COMMENCED THE PROVISION CERTAIN PARAMEDICAL SERVICES. AMBULANCEMEN ARE THEREFORE PROGRESSSING ALONG A COURSE WHICH LEADS TOWARDS A MORE SOPHISTICATED AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL SERVICE FOR THE POPULATION OF HONG KONG.
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"IN ADDITION TO THE OPERATION OF THESE VALUABLE SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS ADMIRED FOR ITS PERSISTENCE AND COMPETENCE IN TIMES OF DIFFICULTY, SIR WILLIAM SAID,
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"IN THE FORTHCOMING YEARS WHEN CHANGES MAY BECOME NECESSARY, DETERMINATION AND GREAT SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY WILL BE ESSENTIAL IN MAINTAINING TRUST AND STABILITY,
HE TOLD THE GRADUATING RECRUITS.
SIR WILLIAM LATER PRESENTED BEST RECRUIT AWARDS то STATION OFFICER FUNG CHI-FAI, FIREMAN FONG KWOK-NING AND AMBULANCEMAN LAI TAK-SANG, FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCES DURING TRAINING.
THE BEST RECRUIT STATION OFFICER FUNG CHI-FAI HAD ALSO BEEN AWARDED THE BEST RECRUIT FIREMAN WHEN HE COMPLETED TRAINING AT THE FIRE SERVICES TRAINING SCHOOL IN JULY 1985.
THROUGH HIS HARD WORK, HE WAS POSTED TO THE TSEUNG KWAN O FIRE STATION WHERE A NEW SPECIAL TRAINING SCHEME WAS INTRODUCED TO TRAIN ACADEMICALLY QUALIFIED FIREMEN TO ATTAIN THE STATION OFFICER GRADE.
SO FAR, 14 PARTICIPANTS HAD SUCCEEDED IN JOINING THE OFFICER GRADE.
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