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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1976.

CERTIFICATE OF COMMENDATION FOR A HERO

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A 28-YEAR-OLD FACTORY WORKER, MR. LO KAM-FOOK, WHO TWO MONTHS AGO TRIED TO RESCUE AN ELDERLY WOMAN FROM A BURNING FLAT IN KOWLOON, WAS TODAY COMMENDED FOR HIS BRAVERY AND PUBLIC SPIRIT.

AT A BRIEF CEREMONY HELD AT THE MONG KOK FIRE STATION THIS MORNING, THE CHIEF FIRE OFFICER (KOWLOON), MR. FRED JACKSON, PRESENTED THE DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES' CERTIFICATE OF COMMENDATION AND A MONETARY AWARD OF $100 TO MR. LO.

ALSO PRESENT AT THE PRESENTATION WERE FIRE SERVICES OFFICERS, THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICER (SHAM SHUI PO), MR. CHAN SUI-JEUNG, AND KAIFONG REPRESENTATIVES.

THE RECIPIENT WAS COMMENDED FOR HIS INITIATIVE AND RESOURCEFULNESS IN ATTEMPTING TO PUT OUT A FIRE WHICH BROKE OUT ON THE SEVENTH FLOOR OF NO. 248, APLIU STREET ON SEPTEMBER 16 AND TO RESCUE AN ELDERLY WOMAN FROM THE BLAZE.

MR. LO AND ONE OF HIS COLLEAGUES WERE IN THE PREMISES WHEN THE FIRE BROKE OUT NEAR THE MAIN DOOR. AFTER TRYING UNSUCCESSFULLY TO EXTINGUISH THE BLAZE HE LEFT THE FLAT ONLY TO FIND THAT AN OLD WOMAN WAS STILL INSIDE. ARMED WITH A FIRE EXTINGUISHER, HE

IMMEDIATELY DASHED BACK AND AT THE SAME TIME SHOUTED LOUDLY IN ORDER TO ALERT THE WOMAN.

DESPITE INTENSE HEAT AND SMOKE, MR. LO PERSISTED IN HIS EFFORTS UNTIL HE WAS CUT OFF BY THE FIRE.

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