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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1978

128 FIREMEN AND AMBULANCEMEN GRADUATE

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KOWLOON CHIEF FIRE OFFICER, MR. FRED JACKSON, TODAY (FRIDAY) TOLD 128 GRADUATING FIREMEN AND AMBULANCEMEN THAT THEY HAD JOINED A FINE SERVICE WITH A FIRST CLASS TRADITION AND REPUTATION GOING BACK WELL OVER ONE HUNDRED YEARS.

HE WAS ADDRESSING THE GROUP AT A PASSING OUT PARADE AT THE FIRE SERVICES TRAINING SCHOOL IN PAT HEUNG.

+IT IS GOOD TO KNOW THAT THE HIGH PROFESSIONAL STANDING THE SERVICE NOW ENJOYS NOT ONLY IN THE FAR EAST BUT INTERNATIONALLY WILL BE FURTHER CONSOLIDATED AND IMPROVED IN THE APPLICATION OF THE MODERN AND UP-TO-THE-MINUTE TRAINING YOU HAVE RECEIVED AT THE SCHOOL, + MR. JACKSON SAID.

HE TOLD THE RECRUITS THAT YOU ARE NOW GOING OUT TO THE COMMANDS TO PUT INTO PRACTICE THE KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE THE INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF HERE HAVE IMPARTED TO YOU.

+YOUR DUTIES WILL BE MANY AND VARIED BUT ALWAYS INVOLVED IN SOME WAY IN THE PROTECTION AND SAVING OF LIFE AND PROPERTY.

+THE CITIZENS OF HONG KONG SHOULD FEEL HIGHLY PRIVILEGED TO HAVE MEMBERS SUCH AS YOURSELVES DAILY PREPARED TO RISK LIFE AND LIMB FOR THEIR SAFETY IN TIMES OF FIRE AND CALAMITIES WHICH WE WELL KNOW BEFALL US FROM TIME TO TIME.+

ALSC TAKING PART IN TODAY'S PARADE WERE 31 FIREMEN AND 19 SENIOR AMBULANCEMEN WHO ARE STILL UNDER TRAINING.

AFTER THE PARADE A FIRE FIGHTING DEMONSTRATION WAS GIVEN BY THE NEWLY QUALIFIED FIREMEN AND AMBULANCEMEN.

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