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TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1980

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LONG SERVICE AWARDS TO FIREMEN

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EIGHT SENIOR FIRE OFFICERS AND SIX FIREMEN TODAY (TUESDAY) RECEIVED THE COLONIAL FIRE BRIGADE LONG SERVICE MEDALS AND CLASPS.

AT A CEREMONY HELD AT FIRE SERVICES HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH POINT, THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES, MR M.K. LANE PRAISED THE EFFORTS MADE BY THE RECIPIENTS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

MR LANE SAID THE RECIPIENTS HAD CONTRIBUTED A TOTAL OF MORE THAN 360 YEARS OF DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG. +THIS IS INDEED A SPLENDID RECORD, HE SAID.

+I KNOW THESE AWARDS ARE NOT LIGHTLY EARNED, THEY STAND FOR THE INVESTMENT OF OUR WORKING LIVES AND I FURTHER KNOW THE PUBLIC YOU HAVE SERVED AND CONTINUE TO SERVE HAS BENEFITTED BY YOUR DEVOTION TO YOUR PROFESSION, MR LANE TOLD THE RECIPIENTS.

CHIEF FIRE OFFICER OF FIRE PREVENTION BUREAU, MR B.G, FENDER AND DEPUTY CHIEF FIRE OFFICER OF NEW TERRITORIES FIRE COMMAND, MR S.M. ELCOCK WERE AWARDED SECOND CLASPS TO THE IR MEDALS. HAVE EACH SERVED IN THE FIRE SERVICE FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS.

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DEPUTY CHIEF FIRE OFFICER, MR A.S. CONWAY, SENIOR DIVISIONAL OFFICER MR LAM LOK-BUN, SENIOR DIVISIONAL OFFICER MR CHEUNG SHU- SHING, DIVISIONAL OFFICER MR KWAI SAI-YIU AND A SENIOR FIREMAN WHO HAVE COMPLETED 25 YEARS' OF SERVICE RECEIVED FIRST CLASPS TO THEIR MEDALS.

STATION OFFICER NG MAN-FAT, SENIOR AMBULANCE OFFICER HO WAI- MAN AND FIVE PRINCIPAL FIREMEN RECEIVED THE LONG SERVICE MEDALS, MARKING THE IR 18 YEARS' OF SERVICE.