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MONDAY, MAY 2, 1977
MANPOWER SURVEY OF ELECTRICAL INDUSTRY BEGINS
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A MANPOWER SURVEY OF HONG KONG'S ELECTRICAL INDUSTRY GOT UNDERWAY TODAY (MONDAY).
THE SURVEY, THE FOURTH IN THE SERIES, IS BEING CONDUCTED BY THE ELECTRICAL INDUSTRY TRAINING BOARD OF THE HONG KONG TRAINING COUNCIL WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT AND THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
QUESTIONNAIRES AND EXPLANATORY LETTERS IN CONNECTION WITH THE SURVEY WERE SENT OUT TWO WEEKS AGO TO ALL ESTABLISHMENTS CONCERNED.
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ELECTRICAL INDUSTRY TRAINING BOARD, MR. WARNER YEH, CALLED ON EMPLOYERS TO HELP IN THE SURVEY BY SUPPLYING THE INFORMATION REQUIRED SUCH AS THE NUMBER OF WORKERS PRESENTLY UNDER THEIR EMPLOY- THE NUMBER OF WORKERS PRESENTLY UNDER TRAINING THE NUMBER OF VACANCIES EXISTING IN THEIR ESTABLISHMENTS AND A FORECAST OF THE NUMBER OF ADDITIONAL VACANCIES AVAILABLE BY MAY 1978.
MR. YEH STRESSED THAT THE INFORMATION COLLECTED WOULD BE HANDLED IN STRICT CONFIDENCE AND WILL BE PUBLISHED IN STATISTICAL SUMMARIES ONLY WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ANY INDIVIDUAL ESTABLISHMENT.
SENIOR CLERICAL OFFICER RETIRES
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THE DIRECTOR OF HOME AFFAIRS, MR. JOHN WALDEN,
TODAY (MONDAY) PRESENTED A RETIREMENT GIFT (A RADIO/CASSETTE TAPE RECORDER) TO MR. LEUNG MAN-WAI, A SENIOR CLERICAL OFFICER, WHO IS RETIRING AFTER 36 YEARS SERVICE WITH THE GOVERNMENT.
MR. LEUNG FIRST JOINED THE GOVERNMENT IN NOVEMBER 1941 AS A TEMPORARY CLERK. IN NOVEMBER 1946, HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO CLERK CLASS VI B IN THE JUNIOR CLERICAL SERVICE.
HE WAS PROMOTED TO CLERK CLASS II IN THE GENERAL CLERICAL SERVICE IN SEPTEMBER 1951, TO CLERK CLASS I IN MARCH 1960 AND TO HIS PRESENT POST IN JULY LAST YEAR,
DURING HIS 36 YEARS WITH THE GOVERNMENT, MR. LEUNG HAS BEEN WITH THE HOME AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT ALL THE TIME.