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SENIOR FIRE OFFICERS RECEIVE LONG SERVICE MEDALS

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TWO LONG-SERVING SENIOR DEPARTMENT WERE PRESENTED SECOND CLASPS TO THE FIRE BRIGADE LONG SERVICE MEDAL BY THE DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES, MR JOHN MARCH, TODAY (FRIDAY).

OFFICERS OF THE FIRE SERVICES

AT A CEREMONY AT FIRE SERVICES HEADQUARTERS, MR MARCH PRESENTED THE AWARDS TO THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES, MR LAM CHEK-YUEN, AND THE CHIEF FIRE OFFICER OF THE KOWLOON FIRE COMMAND, MR WOO KWAN-KUEN.

MR MARCH SAID THAT THE SECOND CLASPS REPRESENTED 30 YEARS OF EXEMPLARY SERVICE AS MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG FIRE SERVICES AND HE THANKED MR LAM AND MR WOO FOR THEIR LOYALTY AND DEDICATION ΤΟ THEIR WORK.

THIS YEAR, A TOTAL OF 243 FIRE AND AMBULANCE PERSONNEL WHO HAVE SERVED THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT BETWEEN 18 AND 30 YEARS HAVE BEEN AWARDED THE FIRE BRIGADE LONG SERVICE MEDALS AND CLASPS.

PFA CONTRIBUTES TO REHABILITATION OF INMATES

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THE WORK OF THE PRISONERS' FRIEND ASSOCIATION (PFA) CONTRIBUTED MUCH TO THE REHABILITATION OF PRISONERS, THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, MR CHAN WA-SHEK, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY) AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION AT THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT'S HEADQUARTERS.

SPEAKING IN HIS CAPACITY AS THE PRESIDENT OF PFA, MR CHAN ALSO SAID THAT PRISON VISITS WERE CONDUCIVE TO THE BETTER BEHAVIOUR OF PRISONERS DURING THEIR INTERNMENT, AND то THEIR REHABILITATION THE END.

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"IN ARRANGING VISITS, MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION HAVE IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION то MAKE, IN GIVING THEM A MORE POSITIVE OUTLOOK OF LIFE AND INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP, AS WELL AS PSYCHOLOGICAL SUPPORT AND A MEANINGFUL LINK WITH THE OUTSIDE WORLD. LO

THE PFA WAS SET UP IN 1980, WITH THE AIM TO PROVIDE LINK AND FRIENDSHIP FOR PRISONERS. ITS ULTIMATE TASK IS TO HELP PRISONERS FEEL THAT THEY ARE NOT SOCIALLY REJECTED AND THE OUTSIDE WORLD STILL ABOUT THEM.

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/MR CHAN