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THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1979
BANK EXAMINERS PROMOTED
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THE COMMISSIONER OF BANKING TODAY (THURSDAY) ANNOUNCED THE PROMOTION OF THREE BANK EXAMINERS TO THE GRADE OF SENIOR BANK EXAMINER. THEY ARE MR. CHEUNG SHIU-MING, MR. WONG KWAI-KIN AND MR. LO IU-WAH.
MR. CHEUNG IS A SENIOR ASSOCIATE OF THE AUSTRALIAN SOCIETY OF ACCOUNTANTS AND HAS BEEN WITH THE OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF BANKING SINCE IT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1964.
MR. WONG IS AN ASSOCIATE OF THE INSTITUTE OF BANKERS AND WAS APPOINTED A BANK EXAMINER IN 1967.
MR. LO IS AN ASSOCIATE OF THE AUSTRALIAN SOCIETY OF ACCOUNTANTS AND WAS APPOINTED A BANK EXAMINER IN 1970.
ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATION ON CHEUNG CHAU
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RECENTLY THE STAFF OF THE ANTIQUITIES AND MONUMENTS SECTION OF THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, ASSISTED BY MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, CARRIED OUT A SALVAGE EXCAVATION IN TAI KWAI WAN, A BAY ON THE NORTH-WESTERN SHORE OF CHEUNG CHAU.
THE BAY IS AT PRESENT THE SCENE OF A LARGE-SCALE DEVELOPMENT WHICH WILL AFFECT A SMALL ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE ON A SANDBAR ABOVE THE BEACH.
THE PRESENT EXCAVATION WAS CONDUCTED TO RESCUE ARCHAEOLOGICAL RELICS FROM AN AREA MARKED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A ROAD, AND TO ALLOW THE CONSTRUCTION TO PROCEED ON SCHEDULE.
IN A TWO-PHASE EXCAVATION LASTING 12 DAYS, THE EXCAVATION TEAM, LED BY DR. SOLOMON BARD, THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY (ANTIQUITIES AND MONUMENTS), GATHERED INFORMATION AND RECOVERED A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF ARTIFACTS OF STONE AND POTTERY.