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+ IT ALSO MARKS THE BEGINNING OF A NEW CHAPTER IN THE HISTORY OF THE VICTORIA TECHNICAL SCHOOL, HE SAID.
+THE SCHOOL IS PRESENTLY HOUSED IN THE FORMER PREMISES OF THE TECHNICAL COLLEGE, WHICH WAS BUILT BEFORE THE WORLD WAR 11,+ HE SAID.
+ALTHOUGH THE ACCOMMODATION AND FACILITIES IN THE OLD BUILDING HAVE SERVED THE IR PURPOSE IN THE PAST, THEY DO NOT MEET THE STANDARDS PROVIDED IN PRESENT DAY GOVERNMENT SECONDARY TECHNICAL SCHOOLS.+
MR, MCDONALD THANKED SIR SHIU-KIN TANG, WHO IS WELL-KNOWN FOR HIS GENEROSITY AND HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS SOCIAL SERVICES PROJECTS ESPECIALLY IN THE MORRISON HILL AREA, FOR HIS $4 MILLION DONATION TOWARDS THE COST OF THE BUILDING.
EARLIER, THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR. COLVYN HAYE, SAID THAT THE SCHOOL, WHEN COMPLETED, WOULD HAVE 24 CLASSROOMS AND 16 SPECIAL ROOMS AND WOULD PROVIDE A FULL RANGE OF CLASSES FROM FORM 1 TO UPPER SIX.
GOVT WATER ENGINEER TO RETIRE NEXT WEEK
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MR. HERBERT WOODTHORPE, GOVERNMENT WATER ENGINEER (NEW WORKS), WILL RETIRE NEXT WEEK AFTER MORE THAN 21 YEARS' SERVICE WITH THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT.
KNOWN TO HIS COLLEAGUES AS +WOODY, HE FIRST JOINED THE DEPARTMENT IN JANUARY 1958 AS AN ENGINEER.
MR. WOODTHORPE WAS PROMOTED TO SENIOR ENGINEER IN APRIL 1965 AND CHIEF ENGINEER IN JUNE 1969.
HE BECAME GOVERNMENT WATER ENGINEER IN MAY 1973.
IN 1978, MR. WOODTHORPE ACTED FOR SIX MONTHS AS PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT WATER ENGINEER AND FOR SHORT PERIODS AS DIRECTOR OF WATER SUPPLIES.
TO MARK HIS RETIREMENT, THE DIRECTOR OF WATER SUPPLIES, MR. WILLIAM TUCKER, WILL PRESENT HIM WITH A RETIREMENT GIFT ON BEHALF OF COLLEAGUES IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT ON MONDAY.
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