other. The generosity of the press photographers and their employers in supplying photographs of Fire Service operations for training and investigation purposes not only saves the Department a great deal of money in this area but contributes considerably to Fire Service efficiency.
208. In times of emergency both the Fire and Ambulance Services owe much to members of the Civil Aid and Auxiliary Medical Services, whose unselfish devotion to duty in difficult and dangerous circumstances is always a source of admiration to professional Fire Officers.
209. Private organizations, such as the Kaifongs and the St. John Ambulance Brigade, annually contribute to the successful work perform- ed by the Department. The fact that one takes for granted the availability of members of the Police Force in no way diminishes the contributions they make to the success of Fire Service operations in such a crowded metropolis as Hong Kong.
210. Finally no Department of Government can make effective progress without the sympathy and understanding of the Secretariat officers, particularly in the General, Establishment, and Finance Branches. Differences of opinion on what is generally best in the public and Service interests there will always be; nevertheless quite clearly the Fire and Ambulance Services could not have reached its present high state of effectiveness without the support which it has received from the majority of officers in the Secretariat during the first 5 years of the Fire and Ambulance Services development plan.
R. G. Cox, Director of Fire Services.
1st June 1965.
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