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MONDAY, APRIL 12, 1993
**WE WERE ALERTED AND THEY WERE SPED TO HOSPITAL. THEIR LIVES WERE SAVED,' MS SIN SAID.
RESCUE WORK
MEANS TEAMWORK. ESPRIT DE CORPS IS THE
KEY, SHE
SAID.
IN A MUDSLIDE IN MA SHAN TSUEN SQUATTER AREA IN SHAU KEI WAN THIRTY YEARS AGO, THE MUSCLE OF TEAMWORK WAS FLEXED TO THE FULLEST.
WHILE THE MALE RESCUERS DUG INTO THE MUD AND DEBRIS FOR SURVIVORS, MS SIN AND OTHERS WERE CHARGED WITH THE DUTY TO ALERT THE WORKERS ON THE VULNERABLE SURROUNDING CONDITIONS. FARTHER AWAY WERE TEARFUL FAMILIES IN A DESPERATE HOPE FOR MIRACLES.
"INSTEAD, DEAD BODIES WERE UNCOVERED. THIS MADE ME VERY SAD AND UNCOMFORTABLE, SHE RECALLED.
YET, THERE WERE HAPPY SCENARIOS.
"I WAS GLAD TO SEE VIETNAMESE REFUGEES, SOME OF THEM I HELP TO MANAGE, LEAVE HONG KONG TO TURN OVER A NEW LEAF OVERSEAS, MS SIN
SAID.
SHE ALSO MET HER HUSBAND, MR HO MOON-LAM IN CAS.
"
"WE TRAINED AND SERVED IN THE SAME DISTRICT TOGETHER."
THEY TIED THE LOVE KNOTS IN 1954 IN THE HISTORY OF CAS.
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THE FIRST IN-SERVICE COUPLE
THEY HAD TWO SONS
—
KWOK-WAI AND KWOK-SHING AND A DAUGHTER, OI-LING. ALL HAVE ONCE JOINED CAS.
"MY ELDER SON HAS EMIGRATED. MY SECOND SON CHOSE NOT TO JOIN THE ADULT UNIT AFTER FOUR YEARS IN THE CADET CORPS."
HER DAUGHTER IS STILL SERVING IN CAS.
LOOKING BACK,
THE 59-YEAR-OLD VOLUNTEER SAID SHE HAD NEVER THOUGHT OF QUITTING THE SERVICE THAT HAD GROWN UP WITH HER.
LOOKING AHEAD, SHE HOPES THAT CAS WOULD CONTINUE TO PROVIDE EXCELLENT SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.
AN
"I'M SURE IT WILL HAVE A BRIGHT FUTURE, SHE SAID.
"
DEFENCE
LONG
MS SIN WAS RECENTLY AWARDED A 15-YEAR CIVIL SERVICE MEDAL AND FIRST CLASP FOR ANOTHER 12 YEARS OF SERVICE.
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