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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1978
PROMOTION OF MR. ROY HENRY
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THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS HAS APPROVED THE PROMOTION OF MR. ROY HENRY, MVO, OBE, QPM, CPM TO SUCCEED MR. BRIAN SLEVIN AS COMMISSIONER OF POLICE" WHEN THE LATTER RETIRES NEXT YEAR.
MR. HENRY IS AGED 51 AND BEGAN HIS CAREER AS A POLICE CADET IN MALAYA IN 1948, HE WAS APPOINTED A DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT IN THE SARAWAK CONSTABULARY IN 1956 AND SUBSEQUENTLY BECAME COMMISSIONER. HE SERVED AS COMMISSIONER OF POLICE IN FIJI FROM 1967 UNTIL 1973, WHEN HE WAS APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS IN THE RANK OF SENIOR ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER IN THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE. HE HAS BEEN DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF POLICE SINCE 1974 AND HAS ACTED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS AS COMMISSIONER OF POLICE.
IT IS EXPECTED THAT MR. SLEVIN WILL PROCEED ON RETIREMENT LEAVE IN MARCH 1979 AFTER SERVING AS COMMISSIONER OF POLICE FOR FIVE YEARS.
BUILDING PLANS APPROVED *****
A TOTAL OF 98 NEW BUILDING PLANS WAS APPROVED LAST MONTH (OCTOBER) BY THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, COMPARED WITH 87 IN THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR.
OF THE NEW PLANS APPROVED, 42 WERE FOR BUILDINGS ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 20 FOR KOWLOON AND 36 FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THEY INCLUDED PLANS FOR A HOTEL IN SHELTER STREET, A CHURCH - KINDERGARTEN AT SHATIN PASS ROAD, A COLD STORAGE AND FOOD FACTORY IN FO TAN, SHA TIN, SEVEN HOLIDAY CAMPS AT PAK TAM CHUNG, SAI KUNG A LANGUAGE CENTRE AT THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG AND A FIRE STATION ON TSING YI ISLAND.
THE TOTAL DECLARED COST OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING THE MONTH WAS $179.37 MILLION COMPARED WITH $163.31 MILLION LAST YEAR.
THE TOTAL USABLE FLOOR AREA OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED LAST MONTH AMOUNTED TO 165,270.7 SQUARE METRES, COMPRISING 104,984 SQUARE METRES OF NON-DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA AND 60,286.7 SQUARE METRES OF DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA,
DURING THE MONTH, THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE GAVE CONSENT FOR WORK TO START ON 62 NEW PROJECTS, INCLUDING A SCHOOL AND DORMITORIES AT KENNEDY ROAD, SEVEN BLOCKS OF HOLIDAY CAMP AT PAK TAM CHUNG AND AN ELECTRIC SUB-STATION IN TAI LIN PAI ROAD, KWAI CHUNG.
A TOTAL OF 49 NEWLY COMPLETED BUILDINGS WAS CERTIFIED FOR OCCUPATION DURING THE MONTH, INCLUDING A TELEVISION TRANSMITTER STATION IN STANLEY, A CINEMA IN SAIGON STREET, A TEMPLE AT MA WAN AND A BUS DEPOT AT TUEN MUN.
THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE ALSO ASSENTED TO THE DEMOLITION OF 84 BUILDINGS.