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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1991
NOTE TO EDITORS :
ENQUIRIES ON SPECIFIC CASE CAN BE ADDRESSED TO THE FOLLOWING PRINCIPAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OFFICERS :
APCO NCO
DASO
MR FRANKLIN CHUNG MR STEVEN HO MR PATRICK LEI
TEL NO. 810 2907
TEL NO. 810 2886 TEL NO. 782 7280
HOWEVER,
ON ENQUIRIES
GENERAL
ISSUES SHOULD
CONTINUE
BE
DIRECTED TO THE EPD'S PUBLIC RELATIONS SECTION.
15 FIREMEN COMMENDED FOR BRAVE OPERATION
(NEW
THE CHIEF FIRE OFFICER
HO JAMES TERRITORIES), MR
SERVICE KWOK-CHUEN, TODAY (MONDAY) PRESENTED COMMENDATIONS TO 15 FIRE
PROFESSIONALISM IN A OFFICERS FOR THEIR COURAGE, INITIATIVENESS AND FIRE-FIGHTING OPERATION ON BOARD AN OIL TANKER LAST MONTH.
SENIOR THEY WERE A
STATION OFFICER, A STATION
OFFICER,
A
PROBATIONARY STATION OFFICER, TWO SENIOR FIREMEN AND 10 FIREMEN,
SIX OF
THEM
WERE AWARDED THE CHIEF FIRE OFFICER'S (CFO) FAVOURABLE ENTRIES IN COMMENDATIONS WHILE THE OTHER NINE WERE GIVEN THEIR PERSONAL RECORDS.
AMONG THE SIX OFFICERS WHO WERE AWARDED CFO'S COMMENDATIONS, SENIOR STATION OFFICER TSAI PUI-WING WAS COMMENDED FOR HIS LEADERSHIP, RESOURCEFULNESS AND DEVOTION TO DUTY.
FIRE THE OTHER
OFFICERS
-
FIREMAN - SENIOR
WONG SIU-FAI AND
FOUR
CHUI FIREMEN TSANG CHI-MAN, LI KWONG-LUNG,
CHI-SHUN AND SHAO CHI-CHONG WERE COMMENDED CFO'S COMMENDATION FOR THEIR INITIATIVE, PROFESSIONAL SKILL AND DEVOTION TO DUTY,
STATION OFFICER YUNG CHUN-HING, PROBATIONARY STATION OFFICER
OTHER AND LAI KWOK-HUNG, SENIOR FIREMAN CHAN
GOT A FAVOURABLE
TAT-SING
SIX FIREMEN
WERE
AND EACH ALSO COMMENDED
IN ENTRY
THEIR PERSONAL RECORDS IN RECOGNITION OF THEIR GOOD WORK IN THE INCIDENT.
++ TANKER THE FIRE BROKE OUT ON BOARD OIL
EURO
AT
THE NORTH BERTH OF YIU LIAN DOCKYARDS FOR REPAIRING OCTOBER 10 PM.
LEADER"
MOORED
AT 2 PM ON
SCENE AND THE MAIN IT WAS
ON RECEIPT OF THE REPORT, THE OFFICERS RACED TO THE
METRES BELOW LOCATED THE FIRE AT A BALLAST TANK ABOUT 22 DECK AND THE AREA OF THE TANK WAS ABOUT 20-METRE BY 30-METRE. REPORTED THAT SIX WORKERS WERE TRAPPED INSIDE.
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