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TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 1976.
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RETIREMENT OF DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF RATING AND VALUATION
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MR. T.F. EDWARDS, DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF RATING AND VALUATION, IS RETIRING AFTER 26 YEARS WITH THE DEPARTMENT.
MR. EDWARDS WAS APPOINTED A RATING AND VALUATION SURVEYOR IN 1950. HE BECAME A SENIOR RATING AND VALUATION SURVEYOR IN 1961, ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER IN 1967 AND ACHIEVED HIS PRESENT RANK IN 1973.
DURING HIS SERVICE, MR. EDWARDS HAS BEEN VERY CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEPARTMENT'S TRAINING PROGRAMME FOR LOCAL VALUATION ASSISTANTS, WHICH, SINCE 1954, HAS PRODUCED 47 CHARTERED SURVEYORS TO FILL THE PROFESSIONAL RANKS OF THE DEPARTMENT, HE HAS SERVED ON MANY OCCASIONS AS A MEMBER OF COMPENSATION BOARDS UNDER THE CROWN LANDS RESUMPTION ORDINANCE.
AS DEPUTY COMMISSIONER FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS HE HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR THE GENERAL ADMINISTRATION OF THE DEPARTMENT, AND HAS ACTED AS COMMISSIONER ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS.
IN HIS EARLY YEARS, MR. EDWARDS SERVED IN THE AUXILIARY POLICE (MARINE), AND WAS APPOINTED AN OFFICIAL JUSTICE OF THE PEACE IN 1970. HE IS A FELLOW OF THE ROYAL INSTITUTION OF CHARTERED SURVEYORS AND AN ASSOCIATE MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTE OF HOUSING MANAGERS.
MR. EDWARDS WILL BE LEAVING HONG KONG WITH HIS WIFE ON OR ABOUT JUNE 24 AND, AFTER SOME TRAVELLING AROUND THE WORLD, EXPECTS TO SETTLE IN ENGLAND.
IN APPRECIATION OF HIS LONG AND DEVOTED SERVICE, THE COMMISSIONER, MR. R.A. FRY, WILL BE PRESENTING TO MR. EDWARDS, ON BEHALF OF THE STAFF OF THE DEPARTMENT, A SLIDE PROJECTOR AND CHINESE CARVINGS AT A DINNER TO BE HELD IN HIS HONOUR AT THE LUK KOWK HOTEL ON THURSDAY (JUNE 10),
MR. C.M. STEWARD, ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER, WHO IS PRESENTLY ON LEAVE IN ENGLAND, HAS BEEN APPOINTED TO SUCCEED MR. EDWARDS AND MR. HUI MAN-SHING, PRINCIPAL RATING AND VALUATION SURVEYOR, WILL BECOME ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER. MR. HUI, WHO JOINED THE DEPARTMENT 20 YEARS AGO AS A VALUATION ASSISTANT 111, IS THE FIRST LOCAL OFFICER TO REACH DIRECTORATE STAFF LEVEL IN THE RATING AND VALUATION DEPARTMENT.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO HAVE THE PRESENTATION COVERED. IT WILL TAKE PLACE AT LUK KWOK HOTEL AT ABOUT 9 P.M.
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