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WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 1990
BRAVE FIREMAN COMMENDED
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THE CHIEF FIRE OFFICER (HONG KONG), MR RAYMOND JOHNSTON, TODAY PRAISED A FIREMAN FOR BRINGING CREDIT ΤΟ THE FIRE
(WEDNESDAY) SERVICES.
AT A CEREMONY HELD AT THE WAN CHAI FIRE STATION, MR JOHNSTON PRESENTED THE CHIEF FIRE OFFICER'S COMMENDATION ΤΟ FIREMAN LO KAM-CHUEN FOR HIS INITIATIVE AND PROMPT AND PUBLIC SPIRITED ACTION, WHILE OFF-DUTY, IN RESCUING A PASSENGER IN A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT.
THE INCIDENT OCCURRED ABOUT 1.30 PM ON FEBRUARY 14 WHEN MR LO WAS ON THE WAY HOME IN A BUS PASSING BY TAI PO ROAD NEAR SCENERY COURT IN SHA TIN.
HE SAW A FULLY-LOADED CONTAINER TRUCK HAD TOPPLED A GOODS VEHICLE IN THE OPPOSITE LANE.
AND CRUSHED
VEHICLE IN
ALIGHTING FROM THE BUS, MR LO RAN TO THE GOODS WHICH TWO MEN WERE TRAPPED. THROUGH STRENUOUS EFFORT, HE MANAGED PULL OUT THE FRONT-SEAT PASSENGER BEFORE THE ARRIVAL OF FIREMEN,
ΤΟ
SWD VOLUNTEERS WIN YOUNG DISTRICT LEADERS AWARD
TWO YOUNG PEOPLE
WERE
HAVE
THEIR LEISURE
TIME
FOR
ON THEIR
WHO
SPENT
COMMUNITY WORK
COMMENDED (WEDNESDAY) TODAY CONTRIBUTION AND COMMITMENT TO THEIR DISTRICTS.
YOUNG YEAR'S
MISS LAU PO-SHAN AND MR SINN PONG-NAM, VOLUNTEERS OF THE SOCIAL EASTERN DISTRICT WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S KWUN TONG COMMUNITY CENTRE AND
DISTRICT YOUTH OFFICE RESPECTIVELY, WON
LEADERS THE HONG KONG AWARD ORGANISED BY THE ZONTA CLUB IN CONJUNCTION WITH FEDERATION OF YOUTH GROUPS.
THIS
WERB NOMINATED
YOUNG LEADERS
WHO
AN SWD SPOKESMAN SAID A TOTAL OF 13 VOLUNTEERS
RECOGNITION TO FOR THE AWARD WHICH GIVES FORMAL CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS SHAPING A BETTER FUTURE FOR THEIR DISTRICTS.
"THESE
VOLUNTEERS ARE
SELF-PROGRAMMING GROUPS.
MEMBERS OF OUR
SUPPORTIVE
OR
WORK
UNIT,
A
SENSE
THEY AIM AT OF COMMUNITY
MEETING
INDIVIDUAL
"OPERATED BY THE DEPARTMENT'S GROUP PROMOTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF PERSONAL GROWTH, RESPONSIBILITIES AND LEADERSHIP POTENTIAL, AND AT SOCIAL NEEDS.
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