THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1976
SENIOR EXAMINATIONS OFFICER RETIRES
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THE OFFICER IN CHARGE OF THE GOVERNMENT'S CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS UNIT, MISS M.G. KNOWLES, WILL BE RETIRING SHORTLY AFTER 19 YEARS' PUBLIC SERVICE.
TO MARK HER RETIREMENT, MISS KNOWLES WAS PRESENTED WITH A FAREWELL GIFT, AN ELECTRIC CLOCK, BY THE SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE, MR. Á.J. SCOTT, ON BEHALF OF HER FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES AT A BRIEF CEREMONY IN THE CIVIL SERVICE BRANCH OF THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT TODAY (THURSDAY).
ALSO PRESENT AT THE CEREMONY WERE MR. P.B. WILLIAMS, SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATION AND STAFF OF THE CIVIL SERVICE BRANCH.
MISS KNOWLES WAS FIRST APPOINTED AN EDUCATION OFFICER IN THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IN SEPTEMBER 1957. SHE WAS TWICE SECONDED TO THE SECRETARIAT TRAINING UNIT, ONCE IN 1963 AND AGAIN THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
IN 1967, SHE WAS SECONDED TO THE PUBLIC SERVICE (NOW CIVIL SERVICE) EXAMINATIONS UNIT TO WHICH SHE WAS PERMANENTLY TRANSFERRED AS AN EXAMINATIONS OFFICER IN MAY 1968. SHE WAS PROMOTED TO HER PRESENT RANK OF SENIOR EXAMINATIONS OFFICER IN DECEMBER 1972 TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS UNIT.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
COPIES OF A PHOTOGRAPH SHOWING MISS KNOWLES AND MR. SCOTT AFTER THE PRESENTATION CEREMONY WILL BE DISTRIBUTED SEPARATELY
IN THE G. 1.S. PRESS BOXES THIS EVENING.
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