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Thursday, January 10, 1974
NEW DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS APPOINTED
Mr. D.W. McDonald, Director of Building Development, has been
appointed the new Director of Public Works with effect from January 26,
1974.
His promotion was approved by the Secretary of State for Foreign
and Commonwealth Affairs following Mr. A.S. Robertson's decision last
October to take up a new job as Chief Executive of the Northumbrian Water
Authority in England.
Mr. McDonald, 46, obtained the Diploma in Architecture with
distinction in June 1953 and was elected an Associate of the Royal Instabile
of British Architects and Associate of the Royal Incorporation of Architects
of Scotland in 1954.
He was employed with a firm of Chartered Architects in Dundee
until he joined the Hong Kong governement as an Architect in August 1955. He was promoted to Senior Architect in April 1964, Chief Architect in February 1967, Government Architect in April 1970, Principal Government
Architect in February 1972 and Director of Building Development in May, 1973.
He has since then acted as Director of Public Works and Deputy Director of
Public Works.
Mr. McDonald is married with two children. He will be going
to the forthcoming Commonwealth Games to be held in Christchurch, New Zealand, from January 12 to February 4, as Coach and Manager of the Hong Kong Swimming
Team.
He will assume duty as Director of Public Works on his return.
Note to Editors:
Copies of Mr. McDonald's photograph are boxed for
collection.
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