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FUNERAL FOR BRAVE FIREMAN
SATURDAY, JULY 6, 1991
AN OFFICIAL FUNERAL SERVICE IN FULL HONOUR FOR THE LATE SENIOR
HELD OUTSIDE FIREMAN, CHEUNG LOY, WILL BE
THE LEI MUK SHUE FIRE
STATION AT NOON ON THURSDAY (JULY 11).
THE
OF VARIOUS PAY
AT THE OFFICIAL CEREMONY, THE GOVERNOR'S AIDE-DE-CAMP; DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES, MR JOHN MARCH; REPRESENTATIVES GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND LOCAL DIGNITARIES WILL LAY WREATHS AND THE LAST RESPECT TO THE LATE SENIOR FIREMAN.
SENIOR FIREMAN CHEUNG DIED WHILE FIGHTING A THIRD ALARM FIRE
LEI AT AN INDUSTRIAL BUILDING AT 2-10 TAI YUEN STREET,
MUK SHUE ON
JUNE 28.
THE FIRE BROKE OUT AT 9.48 PM AND WAS UPGRADED TO THIRD ALARM 14 MINUTES LATER. IT WAS PUT OUT AT 5.07 PM THE NEXT DAY.
RELIGIOUS A BUDDHIST
CEREMONY WILL FIRST BE HELD AT THE UNIVERSAL FUNERAL PARLOUR, HUNG HOM, AT 10.30 AM ON THURSDAY.
SERVICE OUTSIDE FOLLOWING THE OFFICIAL FUNERAL
THE LEI MUK WILL THEN SHUE FIRE STATION, WO YI HOP ROAD, KWAI CHUNG, THE CORTEGE
YUEN PROCEED TO THE FIRE SCENE AT TAI
STREET WHERE AN "ON SCENE" CEREMONY WILL BE HELD.
PERMANENT
THE CORTEGE WILL THEN LEAVE FOR THE JUNK BAY CHINESE CEMETERY FOR BURIAL SERVICE. THE DECEASED'S FAMILY, DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES AND STAFF OF THE DEPARTMENT WILL ATTEND THE CEREMONY.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (SATURDAY) THAT THE DEPARTMENT WAS DOING ALL IT COULD
ASSIST THE
FAMILY.
TO
TO "THE DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES HAS EXERCISED HIS DISCRETION PROMOTE MR CHEUNG LOY TO SENIOR FIREMAN WITH EFFECT FROM JUNE 28 AFTER CONSIDERING HIS PERFORMANCE SINCE HIS AUGUST, HE SAID.
FI
ACTING
APPOINTMENT
FROM
LAST
THE DEPARTMENT'S WELFARE SECTION IS ALSO ASSISTING MRS CHEUNG AND TAKING OUT AN EDUCATION
IN APPLYING FOR A PUBLIC HOUSING UNIT FUND INSURANCE POLICY FOR HER SON.
AN ADVANCE PAYMENT OF $79,000 FROM DEATH GRATURITY AND A
THE FROM
FIRE $20,000
SERVICES WELFARE AVAILABLE TO MRS CHEUNG AS AN INTERIM RELIEF.
OF
FUND
HAD BEEN
LOAN MADE
MEANWHILE, AT THE INVITATION OF THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT, FIVE CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGISTS FROM THE HOSPITAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT THIS (SATURDAY) AFTERNOON PROVIDED A STRESS COUNSELLING ABOUT 30 STAFF OF THE LEI MUK SHUE FIRE STATION WHO TOOK PART IN FIGHTING THE BLAZE ON JUNE 28.
SEMINAR FOR
THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THE SEMINAR WAS TO RELIEVE THE OFFICERS' GRIEF OVER THE DEATH OF THEIR COLLEAGUE.
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