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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1974.
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RETIREMENT OF DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION
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THE DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION, MS. BILL COLLARD, IS TO PROCEED ON PRE-RETIREMENT LEAVE ON MONDAY (DECEMBER 1) AFTER 25 YEARS' SERVICE WITH THE GOVERNMENT.
MR. COLLARD, WHO IS 55, JOINED THE COLONIAL SERVICE AS AN EXECUTIVE OFFICER IN HONG KONG IN DECEMBER 1949.
HE WAS APPOINTED SECRETARY, HOUSING AUTHORITY (THEN IN ITS INFANCY) IN AUGUST 1955.
AFTER SUCCESSIVE PROMOTIONS HE BECAME THE FIRST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION IN 1961.
MR. COLLARD ACTED AS DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION FROM DECEMBER 1962. SHORTLY AFTER HE HAD ASSUMED THIS APPOINTMENT THE +GREAT EXODUS+ FROM CHINA TOOK PLACE.
IN 1965 HE WAS PROMOTED TO DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION. SINCE THEN HE HAS REPRESENTED HONG KONG AT A NUMBER OF OVERSEAS CONFERENCES
HE INCLUDING THOSE OF THE PACIFIC AREA TRAVEL ASSOCIATION (PATA). IS CHAIRMAN OF THE HONG KONG PATA CHAPTER COMMITTEE.
BEFORE COMING TO HONG KONG, MR, COLLARD SERVED IN THE ROYAL NAVY IN WORLD WAR TWO, INITIALLY IN DESTROYERS, LATER IN CRUISERS, ON STAFF OF VARIOUS FLAG OFFICERS, PRINCIPALLY ON CONVOY DUTY IN THE MEDITERRANEAN, AND ATLANTIC AND INDIAN OCEANS,
HE TOOK PART IN THE INVASIONS OF NORTH AFRICA, SICILY, AND ITALY AND THROUGHOUT THE OPERATIONS CULIMINATING IN THE SINK ING OF THE GERMAN 2 TTLESHIP +BISMARCK+,
TO MARK HIS RETIREMENT, MEMBERS OF THE STAFF HAVE ORGANISED A FAREWELL DINNER IN HIS HONOUR AT PEARL CITY RESTAURANT, PATERSON STREET, TOMORROW (FRIDAY).
AT THE DINNER, THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION, MR. D.G. READMAN, WILL PRESENT HIM WITH A RETIREMENT GIFT AT ABOUT 9 P.M.
ON SATURDAY (NOVEMBER 30), A FAREWELL PARADE WILL BE HELD AT
AT THE ROYAL HONG KONG AUXILIARY POLICE HEADQUARTERS, QUEENSWAY, NOON.
MR. COLLARD WILL INSPECT THE PARADE COMPRISING SENIOR IMMIGRATION OFFICER RANK AND BELOW FROM ALL SECTIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT.
THE PARADE WILL BE UNDER THE COMMAND OF MR. GORDON CHU WING- SHING, CHIEF IMMIGRATION OFFICER (TRAINING).
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