WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1976
TRIBUTE TO RETIRING DIRECTOR OF WATER SUPPLIES
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THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, MR. WILLIAM BELL, TODAY PAID A WARM TRIBUTE TO THE RETIRING DIRECTOR OF WATER SUPPLIES, MR. BILL KNIGHT WHO HAS BEEN LARGELY RESPONSIBLE FOR MANY OF HONG KONG'S MAJOR WATER SCHEMES,
AT A FAREWELL CEREMONY THIS MORNING, MR. BELL SAID THAT LARGELY TO MR. KNIGHT'S EFFORTS THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG'S WATER SUPPLY LOOKED ROSIER THAN FOR MANY YEARS.
+SINCE HIS DAYS AS HEAD OF THE CONSTRUCTION DIVISION OF THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT IN THE EARLY SIXTIES, MR. KNIGHT HAS BEEN VERY MUCH INVOLVED IN THE PLANNING OF OUR WATER RESOURCES NOT ONLY UP TO THIS TIME, BUT FOR MANY YEARS TO COME,+ SAID MR. BELL.
APART FROM HIS PROFESSIONAL DUTIES, MR. BELL ADDED, MR. KNIGHT HAD ALSO TAKEN A GREAT INTEREST IN THE WELFARE OF HIS STAFF PARTICULARLY THE VERY JUNIOR STAFF, AND HE WOULD BE SORELY MISSED.
MR. KNIGHT IS LEAVING FOR CALIFORNIA AT THE END OF THE WEEK AFTER 25 YEARS WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, THE LAST 15 OF WHICH HE SPENT WITH THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT.
HE FIRST JOINED THE P.W.D. IN 1951 AS AN ENGINEER IN THE THEN ROADS OFFICE AND WAS LATER POSTED TO THE DRAINAGE OFFICE BEFORE BEING POSTED TO THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT.
AMONG THE MORE RECENT WATER SCHEMES HE HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN ARE THE LOK ON PAI DESALTER, THE WORLD'S LARGEST, AND THE HIGH ISLAND WATER SCHEME WHICH WILL VIRTUALLY DOUBLE HONG KONG'S TOTAL STORAGE CAPACITY TO 128,000 MILLION GALLONS BY 1979.
AT TODAY'S FAREWELL CEREMONY MR. KNIGHT WAS PRESENTED WITH A SILVER TEA SET WHICH WAS DONATED BY HIS COLLEAGUES.
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