Saturday, February 16, 1974
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RETIREMENT OF COLLEGE OF EDUCATION PRINCIPAL
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Mr. Arthur Hinton, 53, Principal of the Northcote College of
Education will go on pre-retirement leave next Tuesday after 21 years
service in the Education Department and five years Colonial Service.
He will be presented with a gift from his friends and colleagues
on Monday. The Director of Education, Mr. John Canning, will make the
presentation.
Mr. Hinton joined the Colonial Service in 1948 and arrived in
Hong Kong in February 1953 on transfer as an Education Officer from Malaya.
He was immediately posted to King George V School as a teacher
of history. After seven months he was transferred to King's College
and in September 1954 he was sent to Queen Elizabeth School where he
became Acting Principal five years later.
In February 1960, he was promoted to Senior Education Officer and in
April 1964 to Senior Principal.
Mr. Hinton was transferred to Northcote College of Education in
August 1967 where he served as Principal until his retirement,
During his long service, Mr. Hinton has taken part in a number of
seminars and conferences on education and youth affairs in Hong Kong, Japan
and the Philippines.
He was an active member of the Hong Kong Teachers Association of
which he was at one time President,
Note to Editors:
You are invited to have the presentation
ceremony covered. It will be held at 11.30 a.m. on February 18 in the Education Department's
Conference Room, Lee Gardens, 3rd floor, Hysan
Avenue, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong.
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