MONDAY, JUNE 20, 1977
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PWD DIRECTOR PRAISES THREE LONG SERVING STAFF MEMBERS
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THREE EMPLOYEES OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WHO, BETWEEN THEM, HAVE SERVED WELL OVER A HUNDRED YEARS IN THE DEPARTMENT WERE TODAY PRESENTED WITH THE QUEEN'S SILVER JUBILEE MEDAL AT A CEREMONY AT P...D. HEADQUARTERS IN MURRAY BUILDING.
THE THREE MEN MR. LEUNG CHAK, MR. LEUNG WAI AND MR. LO KAI WERE AMONG 140 HONG KONG CITIZENS WHO WERE RECENTLY AWARDED THE QUEEN'S SILVER JUBILEE MEDAL IN RECOGNITION OF THEIR SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.
IN PRESENTING THE MEDALS, THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS MR. DAVID MCDONALD, SAID THAT ALL THREE HAD STARTED WORK FOR THE GOVERNMENT AS YOUNG MEN MORE THAN 40 YEARS AGO, AND BETWEEN THEM HAD SERVED A TOTAL OF 129 YEARS. ·
ONE OF THE RECIPIENTS, MR. LEUNG CHAK, FIRST JOINED THE CROWN LANDS AND SURVEY OFFICE AS A SURVEY LABOURER IN 1933. NOW, 44 YEARS LATER, HE WORKS IN THE STORES SECTION OF THE SURVEY BRANCH AS AN OFFICE ATTENDANT.
THE SECOND EMPLOYEE, MR. LEUNG WAI, JOINED THE GOVERNMENT IN APRIL 1934. AFTER SERVING AS A CHAINMAN FOR SOME YEARS, HE BECAME AN OFFICE ATTENDANT IN 1950,
MR. MCDONALD SAID MR. LEUNG WAS WELL-KNOWN AMONG HIS COLLEAGUES FOR HIS CHEERFULNESS AND THE EFFICIENT SERVICE HE PROVIDES. WHEN HE EVENTUALLY RETIRES, MR. MCDONALD SAID, HIS CONNECTION WITH THE WATERWORKS OFFICE WILL NOT END, BECAUSE HIS SON WILL BE LEFT BEHIND IN THE WATERWORKS OFFICE TO CARRY ON THE TRADITION OF CHEERFULNESS AND EFFICIENCY SET BY HIS FATHER.+
THE LAST RECIPIENT, MR. LO KAI, STARTED HIS CAREER WITH THE GOVERNMENT IN APRIL, 1935 AT THE AGE OF 18, HE WORKED BRIEFLY AS A MESSENGER BEFORE BEING PROMOTED TO THE FOREMAN GRADE.
+OVER THE YEARS HE DEVELOPED AN EXTENSIVE KNOWLEDGE OF THE KOWLOON DRAINAGE SYSTEM, + MR. MCDONALD SAID.
+ IN TIMES OF TYPHOONS AND RAINSTORMS HE IS A MAN WHO CAN BE RELIED UPON TO BE AT HIS TOES AND HE HAS PASSED ON THIS SENSE OF LOYALTY TO MANY YOUNGER COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE BEEN
TRAINED UNDER HIN.+
MR. MCDONALD SAID MR. LO'S LOYALTY AND OUTSTANDING SERVICE WERE RECOGNISED IN 1975 BY THE AWARD OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE MEDAL.
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