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FRIDAY, AUGUS. 3, 1990

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FSD WILL FIGHT FOR BETTER STAFF CONDITIONS

DEPARTMENT WILL CONTINUE THE FIRE SERVICES BETTER WORKING CONDITIONS FOR ITS MEMBER FOLLOWING THE OF THE 54 HOUR-WEEK DUTY SYSTEM ON AUGUST 25,

OUT

PAT

TO STRIVE FOR IMPLEMENTATION

THE SAID:

FIRE ACTING

"YOU

WHO HAVE

BEEN

OF PARADE

FIREMEN AT THE SPEAKING AT A PASSING

HEUNG TODAY (FRIDAY), SERVICES TRAINING SCHOOL AT

MR CHEUNG SHU-SHING, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES,

TRUST IN YOUR AND MUST HAVE CONFIDENCE WORKING EXTREMELY HARD ON YOUR BEHALF.

SUPERIORS

WHEN HE

FIRST JOINED THE

MR CHEUNG TOLD THE GRADUATES THAT SERVICE 36 YEARS AGO, HE HAD TO WORK ON AN 84 HOUR-WEEK AND THIS HAD NOW BEEN SCALED DOWN PROGRESSIVELY.

DUTY SYSTEM,

MR CHEUNG ASKED

THEM

AND TO

ΤΟ PERFORM

BE

THEIR

RESPECTFUL DUTIES

AND WITH

TO

HAVE

COURAGE,

SELF-CONFIDENCE

DETERMINATION AND WITHOUT FEAR.

HE REMINDED THEM TO ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT THEIR PRIORITY WAS SERVE THE PUBLIC.

TO

SENSE OF DUTY SERVICE VERY HIGH THE EVENT MIGHT

"LIKE YOU AND MOST OF OUR COLLEAGUES, IT WAS A TO THE PUBLIC THAT PROMPTED ME SOME 36 YEARS AGO TO JOIN THIS

AND

A TO DEVELOP

DISPLAY ITS MEMBERS WHICH REQUIRES STANDARD OF EFFICIENCY IN THE EXECUTION OF THEIR DUTIES IN

THE SITUATION OF FIRE AND NATURAL DISASTERS HOWEVER DANGEROUS

BE.

"OUR JOB IS, THEREFORE, NOT A 9 TO 5 ONE, NOR WHICH PERMITS YOU TO COMFORTABLY SIT IN THE OFFICE.

CAN IT BE ONE

DANGERS AND RISKS. ONLY "IT IS A JOB IN WHICH YOU WILL FACE

TO

THE SERVE YOUNG MEN WHO, LIKE YOU,

WHOLE-HEARTEDLY WILLING ARE

H MR CHEUNG SAID. PUBLIC CAN COPE WITH SUCH A MEANINGFUL PROFESSION,

HARD WORK AND EFFICIENCY OF HE TOLD THE GRADUATES THAT THE

AND THEIR PREDECESSORS HAD SUCCESSFULLY WON CREDIT FROM THE COMMUNITY THEY MUST SAFEGUARD AND ENHANCE WHAT THEIR PREDECESSORS HAD ACHIEVED.

RECRUIT AWARD TO FIREMAN KONG MR CHEUNG PRESENTED THE BEST KING-CHIU FOR HIS OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCES DURING THE TRAINING..

26-WEEK VIGOROUS

STREAM NEXT

THE 47 FIREMEN WHO HAVE JUST COMPLETED THEIR AND DEMANDING TRAINING WILL BE POSTED TO THE OPERATIONAL WEEK.

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