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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1989

FULL HONOURS FOR SENIOR FIREMAN

AN OFFICIAL FUNERAL SERVICE WITH FULL HONOURS FOR THE LATE SENIOR FIREMAN CHAN JENG-YU, WHO DIED IN A

NO. 4 ALARM FIRE IN A BUILDING AT 603-609 NATHAN ROAD, MONG KOK, ON OCTOBER 23, WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY (OCTOBER 311 OUTSIDE TSIM SHA TSUI FIRE STATION.

THE FUNERAL CORTEGE WILL STOP OUTSIDE THE BUILDING AT NATHAN ROAD FOR "ON-SITE" FUNERAL RITES EN ROUTE то THE CHAI WAN CHINESE PERMANENT CEMETERY WHERE MR CHAN WILL BE BURIED.

THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAS SET UP AN AD HOC COMMITTEE CHAIRED BY SENIOR DIVISIONAL OFFICER WONG MAN-CHIU ΤΟ WORK OUT DETAILED ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE FUNERAL.

A FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY ( WEDNESDAY}

ASSIST THAT THE DEPARTMENT WAS DOING ALL IT COULD TO

THE FAMILY OF

THE DECEASED.

HE SAID FUNERAL EXPENSES, WHICH WERE EXPECTED TO EXCEED $60,000, WOULD BE BORNE BY THE FIRE SERVICES WELFARE FUND AND GRANTS FROM THE GOVERNMENT.

FURTHERMORE, AN ADVANCE PAYMENT OF ABOUT $84,000, WHICH AMOUNTED TO A QUARTER OF THE DEATH GRATUITY, WOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE TO MRS CHAN EARLY NEXT WEEK AS AN INTERIM RELIEF TO HER FAMILY, HE SAID.

THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT OFFICERS FROM WELFARE SECTION WERE ASSISTING MRS CHAN IN SATISFACTORY PUBLIC HOUSING UNIT.

"THE FAMILY OF THE DECEASED WILL CONTINUE то IN A DEPARTMENTAL QUARTER UNTIL ALTERNATIVE HOUSING SAID.

THE DEPARTMENT'S APPLYING FOR A

IS

BE ACCOMMODATED

SECURED,"

HE

ASSISTANCE ΤΟ

"ON THE OTHER HAND, FSD OFFICERS ARE PROVIDING MRS CHAN IN MAKING A CLAIM FOR INDEMNITIES UNDER THE EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION ORDINANCE.' HE ADDED.

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IN A BRIEF CEREMONY HELD AT THE FIRE SERVICES HEADQUARTERS IN

REPRESENTATIVES TSIM SHA TSUI EAST THIS AFTERNOON.

FROM FOUR LIONS CLUBS AND A LIONESS CLUB PRESENTED FIVE CHEQUES, EACH WITH A DONATION OF $10,000, TO THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES, MR LAM CHEK-YUEN, WHO RECEIVED THEM ON BEHALF OF THE CHAN FAMILY.

THE REPRESENTATIVES CAME FROM THE LIONS CLUB OF BRAEMAR HILL.

THE LIONESS MOUNT CAMERON, PENINSULA, PHOENIX AND

CLUB OF BRAEMAR

HILL.

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