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MONDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1978
SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICER RETIRING
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THE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT LAND AGENT, MR. DESMOND MOORE, IS RETIRING AFTER 23 YEARS' SERVICE WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
TO MARK HIS RETIRMENT, MR. DAVID MCDONALD, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, TODAY PRESENTED HIM WITH A FAREWELL GIFT ON BEHALF OF HIS COLLEAGUES.
SPEAKING AT THE PRESENTATION CEREMONY, MR. MCDONALD SAID THAT MR. MOORE JOINED THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AS AN ESTATE SURVEYOR IN MAY 1955 AFTER SPENDING THE FIRST FEW YEARS OF HIS PROFESS JONAL CAREER WORKING IN ENGLAND.
HE WAS PROMOTED TO THE PRESENT POST IN AUGUST 1974 AND HAS ON THREE OCCASIONS ACTED AS DIRECTOR OF LANDS AND SURVEY.
DURING HIS SERVICE, MR. MOORE HAS DEALT WITH NUMEROUS DIFFICULT LAND TRANSACTIONS.
+HIS EXPERTISE IN BRINGING THE LAND WORK CONNECTED WITH THE TAI KOO DOCKYARD DEVELOPMENT TO FRUITION AND IN SORTING OUT THE VERY COMPLEX HONG KONG UNIVERSITY LAND PROBLEMS ARE WELL WORTHY OF RECORDING, MR. MCDONALD SAID.
*OUTS IDE THE OFFICE, DES HAS DEVOTED MUCH OF HIS SPARE TIME TO HELPING THOSE IN REAL NEED THROUGH HIS SERVICES WITH THE SAMARITANS AND OTHER BODIES.+
WATER CUT IN WAN CHAI
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FRESH WATER SUPPLY TO A NUMBER OF PREMISES IN WAN CHAI WILL BE STOPPED FOR SEVEN HOURS FROM 11 P.M. ON WEDNESDAY (OCTOBER 25) TO FACILITATE LEAKAGE TESTS BY THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT.
THE AREA TO BE AFFECTED IS BOUNDED BY HENNESSY ROAD, LUARD ROAD, GLOUCESTER ROAD AND ARSENAL STREET.