MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1976
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CHIEF TOWN PLANNER RETIRES
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MR. BRIAN HADLAND, CHIEF PLANNING OFFICER OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT'S TOWN PLANNING OFFICE, IS RETIRING SHORTLY AFTER 16 YEARS IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE.
A CHARTERED ARCHITECT AND CHARTERED TOWN PLANNER, MR. HADLAND FIRST JOINED THE PWD AS A PLANNING OFFICER IN 1960, HE WAS PROMOTED TO SENIOR PLANNING OFFICER IN OCTOBER 1965 AND TO HIS PRESENT POST OF CHIEF PLANNING OFFICER IN AUGUST 1972.
HE ALSO ACTED AS GOVERNMENT TOWN PLANNER ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS LAST YEAR.
IN 1967, HE WAS IN CHARGE OF THE HONG KONG OUTLINE PLAN DIVISION AND PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN THE PREPARATION OF THE HONG KONG OUTLINE PLAN WHICH SETS DOWN THE BASIC PLANNING STANDARDS AND POLICIES OF TOWN PLANNING IN HONG KONG UP TO 1981.
AS CHIEF PLANNING OFFICER, MR. HADLAND DEVOTED MOST OF HIS TIME TO THE REVISION OF THE HONG KONG OUTLINE PLAN,
TO MARK HIS RETIREMENT, THE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT TOWN PLANNER, MR. A.F. MEYERS, WILL PRESENT A GIFT TO MR. HADLAND ON BEHALF OF HIS COLLEAGUES.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO SEND YOUR REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE PRESENTATION CEREMONY. IT WILL BE HELD AT 4 P.M. TOMORROW (TUESDAY) IN THE DRAWING OFFICE OF THE TOWN PLANNING OFFICE, MURRAY BUILDING, 17TH FLOOR, GARDEN ROAD, HONG KONG.
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