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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1934

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FIRE FIGHTER RETIRES

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THE FIRST CHINESE TO REACH THE RANK OF CHIEF FIRE OFF ICER WILL BE RETIRING SHORTLY AFTER 30 YEARS OF SERVICE.

HE IS CHIEF FIRE OFFICER LAM LOK-BUN, AT PRESENT HEAD OF THE FIRE PROTECTION BUREAU.

BORN IN 1931 MR LAM JOINED THE FIRE SERVICES AS A SUB-OFFICER IN 1954 AND ROSE TO STATION OFFICER IN 1960.

THREE YEARS LATER, HE BECAME ASSISTANT DIVISIONAL OFFICER, AND IN 1970, DIVISIONAL OFFICER.

MR LAM ROSE TO THE RANK OF SENIOR DIVISIONAL OFFICER IN 1979 AND DEPUTY CHIEF FIRE OFFICER THE FOLLOWING YEAR. HE REACHED HIS PRESENT RANK IN 1982.

IN 1976, MR LAM WAS AWARDED THE COLONIAL POLICE MEDAL FOR MERITORIOUS SERVICE, AND IN 1983, THE QUEEN'S FIRE SERVICES MEDAL,

DURING HIS SERVICE, MR LAM WAS COMMENDED FOR HIS WORK ON

A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS. ON ONE OCCASION, IN 1971, HE WAS COMMENDED BY BOTH THE GOVERNOR, AND THE DIRECTOR OF MARINE FOR COURAGE AND LEADERSHIP DURING THE DISASTROUS JUMBO RESTAURANT FIRE IN ABERDEEN.

TO MARK MR LAM'S RETIREMENT, THE DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES MR ROBERT HOLMES, RECENTLY PRESENTED A SOUVENIR TO HIM ON BEHALF OF THE DEPARTMENT AND HIS COLLEAGUES, AT A CEREMONY HELD AT THE FIRE SERVICES HEADQUARTERS AT JAVA ROAD, NORTH POINT.

TWO RESIDENTS COMMENDED FOR CIVIC WORK

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TWO RECIPIENTS OF THE GOVERNOR'S COMMENDATION FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE WERE TODAY (FRIDAY) PRESENTED WITH CERTIFICATES BY THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR DENIS BRAY, FOR THE IR OUTSTANDING AND VALUABLE CONTRIBUTION TO THE COMMUNITÝ,

MR WONG HON-SUM, A USD FOREMAN, WAS COMMENDED FOR HIS DEVOTION AND UNTIRING EFFORTS IN IMPROVING THE ENVIRONMENT OF SHAU KEI WAN SQUATTER AREAS SINCE AUGUST LAST YEAR.

HE HAS SHOWN SPECIAL EFFORTS IN INVOLVING SQUATTER VILLAGERS IN CLEAN-UP CAMPAIGNS, AND HAS DEVOTED MUCH OF HIS SPARE TIME IN ORGANISING FAMILY VISITS AND TALKS AND SEMINARS TO PROMOTE HEALTH EDUCATION.

/MR WONG

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