Name
Mox Tsung-kwan
WONG YU
:
Wu Wun
Wu Lo
Li Hong-wah
TSANG Kam
Grade
Foreman, Class II
Artisan, Class I
Semi-skilled
Semi-skilled
G.C.S. Class I
Foreman, Class I
Date of 1st Appointment
24.7.1934
18.9.1938
1.6.1939
7.3.1940
16.4.1941
1.6.1941
Training
8.82. Courses were inaugurated during the year for serving officers who wished to be trained as House Service Inspectors. The first ten trainees were taken on to the strength as House Service Inspectors after satisfactorily completing the six months course. A further ten trainees started on a second course which commenced during March.
8.83. Eight young engineers, on Agreement, were undergoing practical training within the Department under the Practical Training Scheme of the Institution of Civil Engineers.
8.84. The established Trade Apprenticeship Scheme continued successfully in the Electrical and Mechanical Sections, on which four completed their five-year apprenticeship during the year.
8.85. Under the provisions of his Contract, the Instrument Maintenance Contractor continued the training of members of the Instrumentation Section throughout the year.
Welfare
8.86. Chinese New Year parties, financed by the Christmas raffle and donations from senior staff members, were held by the two Depots. Over one thousand children attended the two parties. The Headmasters of Wah Yan Colleges in Hong Kong and Kowloon kindly allowed their school grounds to be used for this purpose.
APPRECIATION
9.01. Like everyone else in Hong Kong, all members of the Department were to a greater or lesser extent affected by the communist confrontation which commenced in May 1967 and continued for many months. The way in which the work of the Department was affected has already been described in the main body of this Report, but no mention has yet been
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