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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1992

FIREMEN COMMENDED FOR ROLE IN RAINSTORM

THE

KONG)

RESCUE

MR CHAN

TODAY FIRE SERVICES OFFICERS DURING A OPERATION

HOI,

OFFICER CHIEF FIRE

(HONG (WEDNESDAY) PRESENTED COMMENDATIONS TO SEVEN

EXEMPLARY

A PERFORMANCE IN FOR THEIR RAINSTORM IN MAY THIS YEAR,

KWONG WAN FIRE BRAVERY, EFFICIENCY,

SPEAKING AT THE PRESENTATION CEREMONY HELD AT STATION, MR CHAN PRAISED THE OFFICERS FOR THEIR PROFESS (ONALISM AND LEADERSHIP IN THE OPERATION.

WERE SENIOR THE OFFICERS AWARDED THE GOVERNOR'S COMMENDATIONS

FIREMAN TAM FAI-CHUN AND STATION OFFICER WONG KWONG-CHI, PRINCIPAL

OF RECEIVED

LETTER SENIOR FIREMAN

EACH

THEM

OF SO YEUR-HON. NOTIFICATION SIGNED BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY,

FIREMEN THE

FOUR OTHER COMMENDATIONS WERE MOK CHUN-KEUNG,

LEUNG CHEONG-YUEN.

A

THE AWARDED

CHIEF

OFFICER'S KI TAK-YAN, CHAN MING-CHAI AND

FIRE

RECEIVED

THE RESCUE OPERATION STARTED SHORTLY AFTER A CALL WAS ABOUT A MUDSLIP AT BAGUIO VILLA AROUND 3.30 PM ON MAY 8.

WHEN THE

SCENE, SLIDING FROM VICTORIA ROAD HAD ENGULFED THE CARPARK, SOME UNITS ON LOWER LEVELS IN SOME BLOCKS.

OFFICERS

SENIOR STATION

ARRIVED AT THE

OFFICER

WONG

THEY

THE

FOUND MUDS PODIUM AND

DEPLOYED

INMEDIATELY KWONG-CHI STAFF TO SEARCH FOR TRAPPED PERSONS AND HELP EVACUATE RESIDENTS.

SOMEONE

DURING THE OPERATION, MR WONG AND HIS COLLEAGUES HEARD CRY FOR HELP INSIDE A LIFT.

A WOMAN, A GIRL AND THEIR PET DOG WERE MAN WAS ALSO RESCUED IN ANOTHER LOCATION AT THE SCENE.

BROUGHT ΤΟ SAFETY. A

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