WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 1977 ·
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PWD CHIEF ARCHITECT TO RETIRE
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MR. CEDRIC ASTBURY, CHIEF ARCHITECT IN THE P.W.D.'S NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT WILL RETIRE THIS MONTH AFTER MORE THAN 18 YEARS IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE.
MR, ASTBURY, WHO IS 55, FIRST JOINED THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IN JUNE 1959 AFTER SERVICE WITH THE SINGAPORE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
FROM HIS FIRST APPOINTMENT AS ARCHITECT WITH THE ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE IN 1959, MR. ASTBURY SCALED THE PROMOTION LADDER TO BECOME CHIEF ARCHITECT IN APRIL 1973.
AT A PRESENTATION CEREMONY TODAY TO MARK HIS RETIREMENT, THE DIRECTOR OF BUILDING DEVELOPMENT, MR. J.G. STEAN, SAID MR. ASTBURY HAD GAINED THE RESPECT AND CO-OPERATION OF HIS COLLEAGUES BY HIS PROFESSIONAL APPROACH AND CHEERFUL TEMPERAMENT.
MR. STEAN RECALLED THAT MR. ASTBURY WAS THE ARCHITECT FOR THE GOVERNMENT QUARTERS AT MOUNT NICHOLSON GAP WHICH WERE COMPLETED IN 1963, AND ARE GENERALLY REGARDED AS THE BEST OF THE IR TYPE EVER BUILT BY THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT.
MR. ASTBURY WAS THE FIRST OFFICER FROM THE ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE TO BE SECONDED TO THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT WHEN IT WAS FORMED FOUR YEARS AGO.
HE IS ALSO WELL KNOWN IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS AS A PAST PRESIDENT OF THE ROTARY CLUB, HONG KONG ISLAND EAST AND THE PAST PRESIDENT OF THE HONG KONG INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS.
HE IS A DIRECTOR OF THE HONG KONG SCHOOL OF THE DEAF, CHOIR MASTER AND A MEMBER OF THE BUILDING COMMITTEE OF THE ENGLISH METHODIST CHURCH, AND A MEMBER OF THE BUILDING COMMITTEE OF ST. STEPHEN'S COLLEGE,
MR. ASTBURY WILL LEAVE HONG KONG IN THE MIDDLE OF JULY FOR HIS LONG LEAVE. BUT WILL RETURN TO TAKE UP PRIVATE PRACTICE LATER IN THE YEAR.
FIRE SERVICES INSPECTION OF TSUEN WAN FACTORIES ******
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