MONDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1979
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TRACTOR PLOUGHING IS BOTH LABOUR AND TIME SAVING. MRS. LEE SAID TO PLOUGH ONE DAU CHUNG (ABOUT 675 SQUARE METRES) OF LAND BY TRACTOR TAKES ONLY THREE HOURS, WHEREAS IT TAKES EIGHT DAYS BY MANUAL LABOUR.
+BESIDES OPENING UP FALLOW LAND, THE TRACTORS CAN ALSO HELP WITH REGULAR PLOUGHING TO IMPROVE CULTIVATION EFFICIENCY AND TO REDUCE PRODUCTION COSTS, SHE SAID.
THE SERVICE IS HEAVILY SUBSIDISED BY THE GOVERNMENT AND ONLY $80 IS CHARGED FOR PLOUGHING ONE DAU CHUNG OF LAND.
FARMERS INTERESTED IN MAKING USE OF THE SERVICE ARE ASKED TO CONTACT THE CROP DEVELOPMENT UNIT AT TAI LUNG FARM, FANLING DURING OFFICE HOURS.
MR. DORWARD BECOMES
DIRECTOR OF TRADE, INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS
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MR. WILLIAM DORWARD WILL FORMALLY TAKE UP APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTOR OF TRADE, INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS TOMORROW (TUESDAY) UPON THE DEPARTURE OF MR. DAVID JORDAN WHO IS ON PRE-RETIREMENT LEAVE.
MR. DORWARD'S PROMOTION, WHICH WAS ANNOUNCED IN APRIL, WAS APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR UNDER INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS.
AS' DIRECTOR OF TRADE, INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS, MR. DORWARD WILL BE AN OFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AND HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE, INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS WHICH COMPRISES THREE CONSTITUENT DEPARTMENTS, NAMELY TRADE, INDUSTRY, AND CUSTOMS AND CONTROLS.
MR. DORWARD FIRST JOINED THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT IN 1954 AS AN EXECUTIVE OFFICER. HE WAS APPOINTED ASSISTANT TRADE OFFICER IN 1957 IN THE THEN COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT. HE WAS THE FIRST OFFICER IN THE DEPARTMENT SELECTED FOR A PROGRAMME OF IN-SERVICE TRAINING AT THE GATT (GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE) SECRETARIAT IN GENEVA IN 1963.
IN 1968 MR. DORWARD WAS PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, AND IN 1972 WAS SECONDED TO THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT AS ASSISTANT ECONOMIC SECRETARY.
IN 1974 HE WAS PROMOTED TO DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY AND IN THE SAME YEAR WAS POSTED TO GENEVA AS COUNSELLOR (HONG KONG AFFAIRS) IN THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE WITH THE UNITED KINGDOM MISSION FOR TWO YEARS. DURING HIS POSTING IN GENEVA MR. DORWARD WAS THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT'S NOMINEE ON THE TEXTILES SURVEILLANCE BODY, AND IN THIS CONTEXT HE MADE AN EXCEPTIONAL CONTRIBUTION IN THE INTERNATIONAL FIELD.
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