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TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 1965

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SCREECHING SIRENS ARE A RELIEF TO SOME

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THE NOISE FROM SIRENS MAY BE DISTURBING TO SOME PARTICULARLY IN QUIET MORNINGS, BUT ARE A RELIEF TO THOSE AWAITING EMERGENCY HELP, THE CHIEF FIRE OFFICER OF KOWLOON FIRE COMMAND, MR M. KINGDOM, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).

+I AGREE THE SIRENS ARE DISTURBING BUT AM SURE THAT THOSE WHO WERE AWAITING OUR ARRIVAL FELT A GREAT MEASURE OF RELIEF AS THE NOISE OF SIRENS CAME CLOSER AND CLOSER, SAID MR KINGDOM.

HE WAS SPEAKING AT A CEREMONY AT WHICH AWARDS WERE PRESENTED TO A STATION OFFICER AND TWO FIREMEN FOR THE IR PROMPT ACTIONS IN RESCUING A FILIPINO FAMILY IN THE VERY EARLY MORNING ON LUNAR NEW YEAR'S DAY.

+THIS IS MOST EVIDENT FROM THE FILIPINO FAMILY THAT THEY FELT GREAT RELIEF WHEN THEY HEARD THE SIRENS FROM THE APPROACHING FIRE APPLIANCES, MR KINGDOM SAID.

THEY MIGHT HAVE DONE SOMETHING FOOLISH IF THEY FOUND NO HELP WAS AROUND, HE SAID.

MR KINGDOM LATER PRESENTED THE DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES' HIGH COMMENDATION TO STATION OFFICER CHO WING-NIN FOR HIS DISPLAY OF LEADERSHIP, AND FIRM CONTROL OF A DIFFICULT FIRE SITUATION RESULTING IN THE RESCUE OF SIX RESIDENTS AT A FIRE AT 11A HAU FOOK STREET, ON FEBRUARY 20, 1985.

TWO OTHER FIREMEN, FUNG CHUNG-KAM AND YU KWOK-FAI RECEIVED THE DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES' COMMENDATION FOR THE IR SKILL, INITIATIVE AND DEVOTION TO DUTY DURING A FIRE.

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