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‘Remembered forever’: condolence books for Hong Kong firemen who died in city’s longest-running fire in decades

Fire Services Department arranges two locations for members of the public wishing to write their sympathies

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The book of condolence is available for signing on both Friday and Saturday from 9am to 9pm. Photo: Edward Wong

Books of condolence have been set up at two Hong Kong fire services department locations for the two firefighters who died this week battling an inferno at a local industrial building.

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The flag of the Fire Services Department flew at half mast at the Fire and Ambulance Services Academy in Tseung Kwan O, one of two places where a book was being displayed. The other place is Kwun Tong Fire Station.

In the academy’s education centre, flowers adorned a table covered in a simple white cloth on which a book was available for members of the public to write their words of sympathy.

The Chinese names of the two deceased officers, Samuel Hui Chi-kit, 37, and Thomas Cheung, 30, were being projected on a screen behind the table, beneath the words “Remembered Forever”.
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In the book, Coka Wu, a colleague of the two men, wrote: “Your spirits of kindness and generous sacrifices would always be in our heart.”

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