FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 1977
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PWD SURVEYOR RETIRES AFTER 17 YEARS' SERVICE
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MR. KEN BOYCE, GOVERNMENT MAINTENANCE SURVEYOR OF THE P.W.D.'S ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE, WILL RETIRE LATER THIS MONTH AFTER 17 YEARS' SERVICE WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
MR. BOYCE, AGED 55, FIRST JOINED THE DEPARTMENT AS A BUILDING SURVEYOR IN 1960 AND BECAME MAINTENANCE SURVEYOR IN 1964.
HE WAS APPOINTED CHIEF MAINTENANCE SURVEYOR IN 1967, AND GOVERNMENT MAINTENANCE SURVEYOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR,
TO MARK HIS RETIREMENT, MR. JACK STEAN, DIRECTOR OF BUILDING DEVELOPMENT, TODAY PRESENTED HIM WITH A GIFT ON BEHALF OF HIS FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
SPEAKING AT THE PRESENTATION CEREMONY, MR. STEAN SA ID MR. BOYCE FIRST ARRIVED IN HONG KONG DURING THE WAR WHEN HE WAS AN OFFICER IN A SUBMARINE OPERATING IN THIS AREA.
AFTER LEAVING THE NAVY AND QUALIFYING AS A CHARTERED SURVEYOR, MR. BOYCE RETURNED HERE IN 1960 TO TAKE UP AN APPOINTMENT AS THE ONLY BUILDING SURVEYOR IN THE ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE.
MR. STEAN SAID THAT OUTSIDE HIS OFFICIAL DUTIES MR. BOYCE HAD MADE A CONSIDERABLE CONTRIBUTION TO THE WELFARE OF THE COMMUNITY.
THIS INCLUDED EIGHT YEARS SERVICE IN THE AUXILIARY POLICE, SERVICE ON THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL OF THE ST. JAMES SETTLEMENT WITH SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE BUILDINGS, AND FOR SEVERAL YEARS HE HAS ACTED AS AN ADVISER TO THE ST. JOHN AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION AND BRIGADE ON THE MAINTENANCE OF THEIR PREMISES.
IN THE SPORTING FIELD. MR. BOYCE WAS AN EARLY MEMBER OF THE HEBE HAVEN YACHT CLUB AND HE IS A KEEN YACHTSMAN AND PROMOTER OF YACHTING IN HONG KONG AS A MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL OF THE H.K. YACHTING ASSOCIATION.