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SATURDAY, MAY 6, 1978
HARD WORK PAYS OFF FOR CHAN SIU-LEUNG
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ANOTHER LOCAL OFFICER WHO HAS REACHED THE DIRECTORATE GRADE IN THE GOVERNMENT IS MR. CHAN SIU-LEUNG WHOSE PROMOTION TO THE RANK OF CHIEF TREASURY ACCOUNTANT WAS ANNOUNCED RECENTLY,
MR. CHAN, WHO IS 44, CAN BE JUSTLY PROUD OF HIS ACHIEVEMENT IN RISING FROM THE POST OF CLERK TO BE THE HIGHEST-RANKING CHINESE OFFICER ON THE STAFF OF THE TREASURY.
HIS SUCCESS HAS COME THROUGH HARD WORK, DEVOTION TO DUTY, AND DETERMINATION TO BETTER HIMSELF.
HE IS CURRENTLY SECONDED FROM THE TREASURY AS THE BUSINESS MANAGER IN THE P.W.D.'S WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT WHERE HE CONTROLS MORE THAN 300 ACCOUNTING STAFF.
MR. CHAN FIRST JOINED THE GOVERNMENT AS A CLERK IN THE P.W.D.'S ROAD OFFICE IN 1954.
HE USED HIS SPARE TIME TO STUDY ACCOUNTING AND AFTER PASSING A SERIES OF ACCOUNTING EXAMINATIONS HE JOINED THE TREASURY AS AN ACCOUNTING ASSISTANT IN 1964 WHICH MR. CHAN DESCRIBED
AS A TURNING POINT IN HIS CAREER.
MR. CHAN CONTINUED TO FURTHER HIS STUDY IN ACCOUNTING AND BECAME AN ASSOCIATE OF THE AUSTRALIAN SOCIETY OF ACCOUNTANTS (A.A.S.A.) IN 1968.
THE FOLLOWING YEAR HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE PROFESSIONAL GRADE AS A TREASURY ACCOUNTANT AND WAS SECONDED TO THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT IN OCTOBER 1971.
MR. CHAN WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FORMATION OF THE +SPECIAL SYSTEM GROUP+ WHICH WAS SET UP IN JUNE 1972 TO REVISE THE ACCOUNTING SYSTEM OF THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING CONSUMERS' ACCOUNTING AND THE BILLING PROCEDURE.
HE WAS PROMOTED TO SENIOR TREASURY ACCOUNTANT IN 1975 AND BECAME THE BUSINESS MANAGER OF THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT. HE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY PROMOTED TO HIS PRESENT POSITION IN JANUARY THIS YEAR WHEN HIS POST WAS UPGRADED IN RECOGNITION OF ITS INCREASED RESPONSIBILITIES.
AS A WORD OF ENCOURAGEMENT, MR. CHAN ADVISED OFFICERS AT THE JUNIOR LEVEL TO PURSUE KNOWLEDGE RELEVANT TO THEIR JOB WHILE THEY ARE WORKING.
+QUAL IF ICATIONS AND WORKING ABILITY ARE THE TWO MAIN KEYS TO SUCCESS IN ONE'S CAREER, HE SAID.
AS THE BUSINESS MANAGER IN THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT, MR. CHAN IS FACING AN EVER INCREASING WORKLOAD,
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