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The continual heavy rainfall and unstable ground made the rescue and fire- fighting operation complicated and difficult.
The recipients of the Director's Commendation are a Deputy Chief Fire Officer, Mr Pik Ying-keung, and Station Officers Mr Chu Kam-hung and Mr Yik Kwok-hung.
The recipients of the Chief Fire Officer's Commendation are an Assistant Divisional Officer, Mr Tam Tai-keung and Firemen Mr Chan Lung-hau, Mr Luk Man- leung and Mr Lai Yiu-shun.
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First Nepali takes command of Gurkha Infantry Battalion
History will be made tomorrow (Wednesday) when, for the first time in 180 years, a Nepali officer takes command of a Gurkha infantry battalion.
The handover of command will take place at 9 am tomorrow outside the guardroom at the 1st Battalion the Royal Gurkha Rifles (1RGR) in Malaya Lines in Sek Kong.
With effect from tomorrow, Lieutenant Colonel Bijaykumar Rawat takes over as commanding officer of the IRGR from Lieutenant Colonel Nick Hinton.
Lt Col Rawat enlisted in the Brigade of Gurkhas in October 1972 and served in the 1st Battalion 2nd King Edward's Own Gurkha Rifles from 1973 to 1980.
He was commissioned in 1981 from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst where he was awarded the Sword of Honour.
From August 1994 to September 1995, Lt Col Rawat assumed the appointment of Second in Command of 1 RGR and now returns to the Territory as commanding officer of the battalion.
Lt Col Hinton returns to the United Kingdom on promotion as full Colonel to take up a post with the Ministry of Defence.
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