THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1979
CASH AWARD FOR GOOD IDEAS
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A MARINE DEPARTMENT OFFICER TODAY (THURSDAY) RECEIVED $1,000 FOR HIS UNS INKABLE+ BUOY INVENTION.
THE CASH AWARD TO THE INVENTOR, MR. T. FRAWLEY IS THE HIGHEST GIVEN UNDER THE GOVERNMENT STAFF SUGGESTIONS SCHEME INTRODUCED IN 1975.
MR. FRAWLEY'S INVENTION COMPRISED PLACING POLYSTYRENE FLOAT BLOCKS INTO BUOYS, THUS MAKING THEM +UNS INKABLE+ IN CASE OF COLLISION BY OCÉAN-GOING VESSELS. THIS WOULD SAVE THE GOVERNMENT $150,400 FOR EACH BUOY AND ITS APPENDING EQUIPMENT RECOVERED AFTER EACH COLLISION.
ALSO UNDER THE SAME SCHEME, A SENIOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS ENGINEER IN THE POST OFFICE, MR. R.E. HUNT AND A PERSONAL SECRETARY IN GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT, MRS. IRIS TANG HAVE EACH WON $100 FOR IMPROVING GOVERNMENT FILE COVERS AND USING CROSS-
INDEXING DEVICE TO ACHIEVE EASY REFERENCE IN FILE RECORDS.
IN A BRIEF CEREMONY TODAY, THE DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES, MR, IAN MACPHERSON, PRESENTED THE CASH AWARD TO MR. FRAWLEY,
DURING THE CEREMONY, MR. MACPHERSON HIGHLY COMMENDED MR. FRAWLEY AS WELL AS OTHER RECIPIENTS FOR THE IR SUGGESTIONS AND CONCERN TO IMPROVE THE GOVERNMENT SERVICE.
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