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Monday, June 4, 1973
SENIOR EDUCATION OFFICER RETIRES
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ir. A.W. Campbell, Senior Education Officer (Physical Education)
is retiring after working more than 18 years in the Education Department. He will be presented with a gift from his colleagues to mark his retirement. The presentation will be made by the Director of Education, Mr. J. Canning on Wednesday (June 6).
Mr. Campbell was first appointed Education Officer in December 1954. He became an Acting Senior Education Officer in March 1963 and was confirmed to that post in September of the same year.
Apart from his service in the Education Department, Mr. Campbell has also held a large number of voluntary positions in non-government bodies.
He has been a member of the Urban Council Recreation and Amenities Committee, and a Technical Adviser to the Hong Kong Schools Sports Association as well as the New Territories Schools Sports Association since 1963.
At present, Mr. Campbell is a council member of the Amateur Sports
Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, a member of the Hong Kong Island Advisory Committee for Recreational Development and Nature Conservation.
He is also Chairman of the Hong Kong Physical Education Association, Vice President of the Hong Kong Sports Association for the Physically Handicapped and Honorary Adviser to the Hong Kong Royal Life Guard Club.
Note to Editors:
You are invited to send a reporter and/or photographer to cover the presentation ceremony which will be held at 11.30 a.m. on June 6 in the Education Department's Conference Room, Lee Gardens, 3rd floor, Hysan Avenue, Causeway Bay.
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