TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1972
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NEW PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT TOWN PLANNER APPOINTED
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THE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT TOWN PLANNER, MR. A.F. MEYERS,
WILL GO ON PRE-RETIREMENT LEAVE NEXT MONTH(MARCH) AFTER SERVING THE GOVERNMENT FOR 16 YEARS.
HE WILL BE SUCCEEDED BY MR. CHAU CHAM-SON, GOVERNMENT TOWN PLANNER.
MR. MEYERS FIRST JOINED THE GOVERNMENT IN SEPTEMBER 1959 AS A PLANNING OFFICER AND BECAME A SENIOR PLANNING OFFICER IN JUNE 1964. HE WAS PROMOTED THREE YEARS LATER TO ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF CROWN LANDS AND SURVEY, WHICH WAS RETITLED AS GOVERNMENT TOWN PLANNER IN FEBRUARY 1970, AND TO HIS PRESENT RANK IN AUGUST 1973.
MR. CHAU, AGED 45, WAS FIRST APPOINTED AS AN ASSISTANT PLANNING OFFICER IN 1960. HE WAS PROMOTED TO PLANNING OFFICER IN 1962, TO SENIOR PLANNING OFFICER IN 1967 AND TO CHIEF PLANNING OFFICER IN 1970. HE BECAME GOVERNMENT TOWN PLANNER IN AUGUST 1973.
ON PROMOTION TO PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT TOWN PLANNER, MR. CHAU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE TO THE DIRECTOR OF LANDS AND SURVEY FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE TOWN PLANNING OFFICE.
MR. CHAU IS MARRIED AND HAS TWO SONS.
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