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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1977
EXPLOSIVES SUPERVISOR RETIRING
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AN EXPLOSIVES SUPERVISOR OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S MINES DIVISION, MR. WAN KIRN-TAI, WILL BE RETIRING SHORTLY AFTER MORE THAN 30 YEARS SERVICE WITH THE GOVERNMENT.
AT A CEREMONY HELD AT THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS THIS (THURSDAY) MORNING, MR. PETER WILLIAMS, IN HIS ROLE AS COMMISSIONER OF MINES, PRESENTED MR. WAN WITH A RETIREMENT GIFT ON BEHALF OF HIS FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES IN THE MINES DIVISION OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT.
MR. WAN FIRST JOINED THE GOVERNMENT IN MAY 1947 AS AN OFFICE ATTENDANT IN THE MARINE DEPARTMENT. HE WAS LATER TRANSFERRED TO THE GREEN ISLAND GUN POWDER DEPOT AS HEAD DEPOT ATTENDANT WHICH WAS REGRADED FOREMAN CLASS 11 IN DECEMBER 1962. THREE YEARS LATER HE WAS PROMOTED TO DEPOT SUPERVISOR.
IN SEPTEMBER 1971, MR. WAN JOINED THE MINES DIVISION OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT AND WAS APPOINTED EXPLOSIVES SUPERVISOR CLASS 11, AND THEN TO EXPLOSIVES SUPERVISOR CLASS I TWO YEARS LATER.
DURING HIS SERVICE WITH THE MARINE DEPARTMENT, MR. WAN WAS TWICE COMMENDED BY THE DIRECTOR OF MARINE FOR HIS EXPERT HANDLING OF EXPLOSIVES,
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