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TUESDAY, JULY 30, 1991
TWO CITIZENS AWARDED FOR BRAVERY
*
THE BRAVE AND
PUBLIC-SPIRITED
ACTION OF TWO CITIZENS IN (TUESDAY) WHEN THEY EACH RESCUING A WOMAN IN A FIRE PAID OFF TODAY
CASH AWARD OF RECEIVED THE CHIEF FIRE OFFICER'S COMMENDATION AND A $500.
PRAISED BRAVERY, OF THEIR
HELD AT POKFULAM FIRE SPEAKING AT THE PRESENTATION CEREMONY STATION, CHIEF FIRE OFFICER (HONG KONG), MR RAYMOND JOHNSTON,
KAM-PANG FOR CHUNG
THEIR WONG KAM-KAU AND MR
RESCUE UNSELFISHNESS AND GOOD CITIZENSHIP WHICH LED TO THE NEIGHBOUR IN A NO. 1 ALARM FIRE IN MAY THIS YEAR.
MR
MAY 21
WHEN MISS TANG FLAT AT YUEN FAIR COURT,
THE FIRE BROKE OUT ABOUT 11.36 AM ON PO-SHAN WAS ASLEEP IN THE BEDROOM OF HER ABERDEEN.
AIR-CONDITIONER
SHE WAS AWAKENED BY AN EXPLOSION CAUSED BY THE IN HER ROOM AND A FIRE ENSUED. THE BURNING PLASTIC COVER FELL OFF AND SET FIRE TO ARTICLES ON THE BOOKSHELF UNDER THE AIR-CONDITIONER.
WHILE SHE WAS DIALLING 999 TO REPORT THE FIRE, MISS TANG
THE FRONT DOOR AND SHE OPENED RINGING. HER DOOR BELL NEIGHBOURS, MR WONG AND MR CHUNG.
SAW
HEARD TWO
METAL GATE WAS LOCKED INSIDE THE BEDROOM WHICH
AT THIS TIME, SHE DISCOVERED THAT THE FROM INSIDE. THE KEY OF THE GATE WAS LEFT WAS ON FIRE.
BAR REALISING THE DANGER, MR WONG AND MR CHUNG FETCHED AN IRON
TANG TOGETHER AND A HAMMER AND FORCED OPEN THE GATE AND RESCUED MISS WITH TWO DOGS BEFORE THE FIREMEN ARRIVED.
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AT THE SCENE
To
MR JOHNSTON SAID: *ALTHOUGH THE FIREMEN ARRIVED SOON AFTER, IT IS BELIEVED THAT THEY MIGHT WELL HAVE BEEN TOO LATE SAVE MISS TANG.
"THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT SHE OWES HER LIFE THESE TWO MEN, HE SAID.
"
AT THE PRESENTATION CEREMONY, PLATE TO EACH OF HER RESCUERS, MR WONG AND HER GRATEFULNESS TO THEM.
PRESENTED
ΤΟ THE ACTIONS OF
MISS TANG PRESENTED A SILVER MR CHUNG, IN EXPRESSING
A BANNER
THE ΤΟ
FIRE
SERVICES
MISS TANG ALSO DIVISIONAL COMMANDER (WESTERN), MR LIU TIN-CHEE.
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