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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1994

MAY SUBMIT WRITTEN BOARD, C/O PLANNING

ANY PERSON AFFECTED BY THE AMENDMENT PLAN OBJECTION TO THE SECRETARY OF THE TOWN PLANNING DEPARTMENT, 13TH FLOOR, MURRAY BUILDING, BEFORE NOVEMBER 18.

COPIES OF THE DRAFT PLAN

SURVEY AND

CAN BE BOUGHT AT THE

FLOOR, MURRAY BUILDING, AND

KOWLOON.

MAPPING OFFICE, LANDS DEPARTMENT, 14TH THE KOWLOON MAP SALES OFFICE, 382 NATHAN ROAD,

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NEIGHBOURS SAVE GIRL FROM FIRE

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TWO MEN WHO BRAVED THE INTENSE HEAT AND DENSE SMOKE TO SAVE TEENAGE GIRL FROM A BURNING UNIT IN MONG KOK THREE WEEKS AGO WERE TODAY (FRIDAY) AWARDED THE CHIEF FIRE OFFICER'S COMMENDATION.

SPEAKING AT THE PRESENTATION CEREMONY IN MONG KOK FIRE STATION, CHIEF FIRE OFFICER (KOWLOON) HSU KING-PING PRAISED MR CHENG MAN-KUEN AND MR YUEN MING-TAT FOR THEIR INITIATIVE, COURAGE, PERSEVERANCE AND PUBLIC-SPIRITEDNESS IN THE RESCUE.

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JUDGING FROM THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE, THE GIRL WOULD HAVE DIED IN THE FIRE BEFORE FIREMEN'S ARRIVAL IF SHE WAS NOT RESCUED IN TIME," MR HSU SAID.

THE NO. 3 ALARM FIRE BROKE OUT IN AN EIGHTH-FLOOR DOMESTIC UNIT OF A BUILDING AT 459 RECLAMATION STREET AROUND 3.30 AM ON OCTOBER 5.

FOUR MEMBERS OF A FAMILY WERE BURNED TO DEATH AND TWO OTHERS, INCLUDING THE 17-YEAR-OLD

GIRL, WERE INJURED. POLICE HAVE CLASSIFIED THE CASE AS ARSON.

BOTH MR CHENG AND MR YUEN, WHO LIVE ON THE SEVENTH AND FOURTH FLOORS OF THE SAME BUILDING, WERE AWAKENED BY SCREAMS OF "FIRE" AND "HELP". THEY WENT UP TO THE FIRE SCENE TO HELP.

MR CHENG, WHO WAS THE FIRST ONE TO ARRIVE AT THE AFFECTED UNIT, TRIED TO FORCE OPEN THE METAL GATE BY KICKING IN A BID TO FREE THE TRAPPED GIRL BUT IN VAN.

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HE WAS LATER JOINED BY MR YUEN. THEY FINALLY BROKE OPEN THE GATE ENABLING THE GIRL WITH SLIGHTLY BURNED HAIR TO LEAVE THE UNIT.

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