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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1982

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NEW CHIEF FIRE OFFICER

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MR LAM LOK-BUN HAS BEEN PROMOTED TO CHIEF FIRE OFFICER, THE FIRST LOCAL OFFICER TO ATTAIN THIS RANK.

AT THE SAME TIME, MR WOO KWAN-KUEN HAS BEEN PROMOTED TO DEPUTY CHIEF FIRE OFFICER.

THE PROMOTIONS OF THE TWO OFFICERS, BOTH OF WHOM ARE STATIONED AT THE KOWLOON FIRE COMMAND, WERE ANNOUNCED TODAY BY THE DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES, MR F.M. WATSON.

MR LAM JOINED THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT IN 1954 AS A SUB-OFFICER, PROGRESSING THROUGH THE RANKS OF STATION OFFICER, ASSISTANT DIVISIONAL OFFICER, DIVISIONAL OFFICER AND DEPUTY CHIEF FIRE OFFICER.

HE WAS ALSO THE FIRST COMMANDANT OF THE FIRE TRAINING SCHOOL SET UP AT PAT HEUNG IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, IN 1968.

MR LAM WAS AWARDED THE COLONIAL POLICE MEDAL FOR GALLANTRY FOR HIS ROLE AT THE DISASTROUS FIRE ON THE JUMBO FLOATING RESTAURANT IN ABERDEEN IN 1971.

BEFORE JOINING THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT IN 1958 AS A SUB-OFFICER, MR WOO SERVED WITH THE THEN COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT AND SUBSEQUENTLY WITH THE RESETTLEMENT DEPARTMENT.

HE WAS PROMOTED TO ASSISTANT DIVISIONAL OFFICER IN 1968, TO DIVISIONAL OFFICER IN 1970 AND TO SENIOR DIVISIONAL OFFICER IN 1979.

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