FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 1993
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FIRE SERVICES' REPUTATION NOT CONFINED SOLELY TO HK
SPEAK DEPARTMENT REPUTATION.
ON
OF BEHALF
TOOK IN
HONG KONG FIRE SERVICES WAS NOT ONLY ONE OF THE FINEST SERVICES IN ASIA BUT IN THE WORLD.
SPEAKING PARADE AT ITS COMMISSIONER
ITS LONG, PROUD TRADITION
AT THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT'S 100TH PASSING-OUT TRAINING SCHOOL IN PAT HEUNG
THE TODAY (FRIDAY), SAID CUSTOMS AND EXCISE, MR CLIVE OXLEY,
HE COULD OF THE COMMUNITY,
DEEP OF
OF SENSE
THE PRIDE AND THE OUTSTANDING
AND THAT THIS REPUTATION WAS NOT CONFINED SOLELY TO HONG KONG,
"I AM CONFIDENT THAT THIS REPUTATION WILL CONTINUE TO BE SUCCESSFULLY UPHELD BY THESE OFFICERS AND MEN WHO HAVE JUST AN EXTREMELY DEMANDING INITIAL TRAINING COURSE," HE SAID.
MR
MOST COMPLETED
YEARS WHO OXLEY PAID TRIBUTE TO THE PREDECESSORS OVER THE
INSTRUCTION THROUGH THEIR
AND GUIDANCE, BUT ABOVE
BY ALL
THEIR EXAMPLE, HAD HELPED CREATE THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT OF TODAY.
HE TOLD THE GRADUATES THAT THEY HAD CHOSEN A DIFFICULT WITHOUT DOUBT A MOST REWARDING CAREER.
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BUT
PAY. DEMANDED
HE ADDED THAT THEY WOULD FIND FOR REWARDS THAT TRANSCEND ON LEAVING THE SCHOOL, THEY WOULD FIND THAT THEIR PROFESSION UNSELFISHNESS, GREAT PERSONAL SACRIFICE AND HARD WORK.
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"THESE REWARDS INCLUDE THE CLOSE COMRADESHIP OF YOUR SERVICE, A SERVICE THAT IS BOUND BY PROFESSIONALISM, LOYALTY, TRUST AND RESPECT, MR OXLEY SAID.
AND
PROTECTING
"BUT ABOVE ALL, YOUR REWARD IS THE KNOWLEDGE THAT YOU CAN WILL RELIEVE HUMAN SUFFERING, BY SAVING LIVES
BY AND PROPERTY FROM THE RAVAGES OF FIRE, FLOODS, LANDSLIDES AND OTHER CALAMITIES," HE ADDED.
HIM
MR OXLEY SAID TODAY'S CEREMONY WAS PARTICULARLY MEANINGFUL AS
WAS
AT WHICH ONE OF THE LAST OCCASIONS IT
TO STAND AS REVIEWING OFFICER BEFORE RETIRING PRIVILEGED
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HE
SHOULD LATER THIS
BE
YEAR.
HE
SAID DURING HIS 24 YEARS WITH THE CIVIL SERVICE, NONE THAT HAD GIVEN HIM AS MUCH PLEASURE AND CHALLENGE AS WHEN HE APPOINTED COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS AND EXCISE AND WAS THUS ABLE TO WEAR A DISCIPLINED SERVICES UNIFORM.
THERE WAS WAS
POINTED
OUT
A HE
MEANS OF THAT THE UNIFORM WAS NOT SIMPLY IDENTIFICATION, BUT SYMBOLISED THE SERVICE'S PLEDGE TO THE COMMUNITY.
"A PLEDGE TO MAINTAIN THE SECURITY OF HONG KONG WITH UNSTINTING DEDICATION AND UNSELFISHNESS WHENEVER THE PUBLIC REQUIRES OUR SERVICE.
/"A PLEDGE