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FRIDAY, MAY 13, 1988

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FOUR RESIDENTS RECEIVE GOOD CITIZEN AWARDS

THE

ATTORNEY GENERAL, MR JEREMY MATTHEWS, PRESENTED GOOD CITIZEN AWARDS то FOUR PUBLIC-SPIRITED RESIDENTS THIS (FRIDAY) AFTERNOON.

THE RECIPIENTS

MR NG CHUN-HON, MR PO CHI-KEUNG, MR LUI

WERE SELECTED BY THE CENTRAL

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CHAN-LEE AND MR KO CHI-KWONG

AND WESTERN DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE FOR THEIR BRAVERY AND STRONG SENSE OF CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY.

MR NG CHUN-HON HELPED THE POLICE CATCH A SUSPECTED ROBBER IN A GARDEN IN CENTRAL, WHILE MR PO CHI-KEUNG AND MR LUI CHAN-LEE TOGETHER ASSISTED THE POLICE IN ARRESTING A PICKPOCKET SUSPECT.

MR KO CHI-KWONG PROVIDED INFORMATION WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY LED THE RECOVERY OF JEWELLERY ROBBED FROM A SHOP IN THE LANDMARK.

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ROLL OF HONOUR ENSHRINED

THE DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES, MR JOHN MARCH, TODAY (FRIDAY) OFFICIATED AT A CEREMONY AT THE FIRE SERVICES HEADQUARTERS TO ENSHRINE A ROLL OF HONOUR OF 18 FIREMEN AND AMBULANCEMEN WHO DIED IN THE COURSE OF DUTY.

IN THE SHORT CEREMONY ATTENDED BY SENIOR OFFICERS AND UNION REPRESENTATIVES, MR MARCH LAID A WREATH AT THE ROLL.

THE DEAD WERE AN ASSISTANT DIVISIONAL OFFICER. A SENIOR STATION OFFICER, SIX STATION OFFICERS, A SENIOR FIREMAN, A SENIOR AMBULANCEMAN, SEVEN FIREMEN AND AN AMBULANCEMAN.

"THE CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH THEIR LIVES WERE DIFFERENT, MR MARCH SAID.

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WERE TAKEN AWAY

"SOME WERE KILLED WHILE FIGHTING FIRES, SOME LOST THEIR LIVES WHEN ATTEMPTING TO RESCUE OTHERS AND SOME DIED IN TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS WHILE RESPONDING TO EMERGENCIES.

"NEVERTHELESS THEIR DEVOTION AND DEDICATION то THEIR DUTIES

WERE EQUALLY EXEMPLARY.'

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"THEIR COURAGE AND COMMITMENT TO THE KIND OF DANGEROUS BUT MEANINGFUL JOB THEY CHOSE WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED, HE ADDED.

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