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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1976
RETIREMENT OF WATERWORKS CLERICAL OFFICER
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ONE OF THE LONGEST SERVING CLERICAL OFFICERS OF THE WATERWORKS OFFICE, MR. WONG MING-TACK, IS RETIRING THIS WEEK AFTER 31 YEARS' SERVICE.
MR. WONG BEGINS HIS WELL-EARNED RETIREMENT ON SUNDAY WHEN HE CELEBRATES HIS 55TH BIRTHDAY,
TO MARK HIS RETIREMENT, THE DIRECTOR OF WATER SUPPLIES, MR. BILL KNIGHT, WILL PRESENT HIM WITH A MEMENTO ON BEHALF OF HIS COLLEAGUES AT A SPECIAL CEREMONY ON MONDAY.
MR. WONG IS THE LAST CLERICAL OFFICER IN THE WATERWORKS OFFICE WHO JOINED THE GOVERNMENT SERVICES BEFORE THE WAR.
HE FIRST ENTERED THE CIVIL SERVICE AS A JUNIOR CLERK IN 1941 AND AFTER THE WAR JOINED THE WATERWORKS OFFICE IN 1945.
DURING HIS CAREER IN THE WATERWORKS OFFICE HE ACTED AS SENIOR CLERK ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS IN 1970 AND 1971 AND WAS CLERK-IN-CHARGE OF THE CONTRACTS AND PAYLISTING SECTION WHERE HE DEVOTED HIMSELF TO CONTRACT AND PAYMENT MATTERS RELATING TO SUCH MAJOR WATERWORKS PROJECTS AS THE SHEK PIK AND PLOVER COVE RESERVOIRS, THE LOK ON PAI DESALTER, AND THE HIGH ISLAND WATER SCHEME.
NOTE TO EDITORS ■
YOUR REPRESENTATIVES ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO COVER THE PRESENTATION CEREMONY ON MONDAY (FEBRUARY 23). IT WILL BE HELD AT 4 P.M. IN THE P.W.D. CONFERENCE ROOM, 21ST FLOOR, MURRAY BUILDING, GARDEN ROAD, HONG KONG. OFFICERS FROM THE PWD PUBLICITY UNIT WILL BE ON HAND TO ASSIST MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES.