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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1992
GURKHA WINS AWARD FOR CYCLONE RELIEF WORK
A GURKHA SOLDIER SERVING IN HONG KONG HAS BEEN AWARDED THE BRITISH EMPIRE MEDAL IN THE NEW YEAR'S HONOURS LIST PUBLISHED TODAY FOR HIS WORK WHILE DEPLOYED ON OPERATION FURTHERANCE, A DISASTER-RELIEF OPERATION IN WESTERN SAMOA FOLLOWING A CYCLONE.
LANCE CORPORAL SHIBARAM GURUNG, 31, WAS A MEMBER OF A TROOP FROM THE QUEEN'S GURKHA ENGINEERS BASED AT PEROWNE BARRACKS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES WHICH WAS DEPLOYED TO WESTERN SAMOA IN DECEMBER 1991 IN THE WAKE OF CYCLONE VAL WHICH DEVASTATED THE ISLAND.
THE SAPPERS SPENT SEVERAL WEEKS HELPING IN THE RECONSTRUCTION AND RESTORATION OF ESSENTIAL SERVICES.
RECONSTRUCTION OF HOSPITALS,
THEIR WORK CENTRED AROUND THE SCHOOLS, ROADS AND OTHER PUBLIC UTILITIES.
CORPORAL GURUNG HAS BEEN IN THE ARMY FOR 12 YEARS. HE IS MARRIED WITH TWO SONS.
OTHER MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG GARRISON TO RECEIVE AWARDS ARE:
MBE
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BEM
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MAJOR B P (BRIAN) CLESHAM, SERVING WITH 2ND GURKHA RIFLES AT CASSINO LINES, NEW TERRITORIES, AND FORMERLY CHIEF OF STAFF WITH THE BRITISH UN CONTINGENT IN CYPRUS.
CORPORAL MOON-CHUEN TSANG, HONG KONG MILITARY SERVICE CORPS, SERVED AS A SWEEP DOG HANDLER WITH THE DEFENCE ANIMAL SUPPORT UNIT SINCE 1979.
LANCE CORPORAL BHUWANI PARSAD
GURKHA RIFLES.
GURUNG, SERVING WITH 2ND FORMERLY SERVED IN THE BATTALION MEDICAL
SECTION.
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