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Couple awarded for saving falling man
An expatriate couple who helped rescuing an elderly man from plunging down a Quarry Bay building a month ago was awarded the Chief Fire Officer's Commendation and $500 cash.
At the presentation ceremony today (Saturday), Chief Fire Officer (Hong Kong), Mr Paul Chan Hoi, praised Mr Joseph Salawood Oddie and Mrs Oddie for their courage and public spirit in the rescue. The incident occurred at 7.10 pm on June 18 when the couple heard a loud bang outside their flat on the 11th floor of a building at 995 King's Road.
They found an elderly man dangling upside down outside their bedroom window with his right ankle caught by the bracket of a metal drying rack.
Fearing that the rack could not support the man's weight and might break sooner or later, Mr Oddie wasted no time to grasp the man's ankle in a bid to stop him from falling down onto the street. At the same time, Mrs Oddie gave full physical support to her husband so that he would not lose balance and fall out of the window.
They kept on holding the man until firemen's arrival within minutes.
End/Saturday, July 22, 1995
Hong Kong Monetary Authority money market operations
Cumulative
Time
change
$ million
(hours)
($ million)
Opening balance in the account
1,721
09:30
+500
Closing balance in the account
1,591
10:00
+500
Change attributable to:
11:00
+500
Money market activity
+500
11:30
+500
LAF today
-630
15:00
LAF rate 4.25% bid/6.25% offer TWI 119.1 *-0.1* 22.7.95
End/Saturday, July 22, 1995