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| Six commended for bravery in marine incidents | ||
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| The Director of Marine, Mr Ian Dale, today
(Thursday) presented his commendation to six people for their
bravery acts during marine incidents. Speaking at a certificate presentation ceremony, Mr Dale said all the recipients had illustrated a high standard of bravery and initiative by risking their own safety in the rescue of others' lives. Two civilians, Mr Chan Chat-shum and Mr Ho Shu-wing, while working inside the Western Wholesale Food Market, dashed to the quayside in response to an alarm raised by onlookers and plunged into the sea to rescue a 73-year-old woman on May 1, 1997. At 8.45 pm on April 25, 1997, a distraught woman was seen jumping into the harbour off Tsim Sha Tsui promenade, clutching her two-year-old son. Mr Apostolos Nikolaos Samars, a sailor of the Cho Yang Express who was in the vicinity, promptly rescued the pair with the assistance from firemen attending the scene. Mr Lau Yuk-keung, a diver and pontoon sailor from CTS-Parkview Ferry Services Limited, saved the life of a female passenger who accidentally fell into the sea on March 24, 1997. Another sailor from the same company, Mr Po Shu-fai, was commended for putting off a fire in the engine room of vessel "MK2003" on August 7, 1996. The sixth awardee, off-duty Police Station Sergeant Yam Chi-kwong, risked his own life by jumping into the sea from Sai Wan Ho pier to save an elderly man from drowning on October 7, 1997. Thursday, 15 January 1998 |
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