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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1979
WOMAN OFFICER APPOINTED ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER
FOR LABOUR
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A WOMAN OFFICER HAS BEEN PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER IN THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT.
SHE IS MRS SOO MOK SAU-HA WHO SUCCEEDS MR LAO MOU-CHI, NOW RETIRING AFTER 28 YEARS' SERVICE WITH THE DEPARTMENT.
IN HER NEW POST, MRS SOO WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MATTERS RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT SERVICES, EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS AND LABOUR RELATIONS.
SHE JOINED THE CIVIL SERVICE IN AUGUST 1953, AND WAS APPOINTED LABOUR OFFICER IN NOVEMBER 1956. MRS SOO WAS PROMOTED TO SENIOR LABOUR OFFICER IN JANUARY 1969, AND HAS ACTED AS ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER ON VARIOUS OCCASIONS.
MR LAO, WHO PROCEEDS ON LEAVE PRIOR TO RETIREMENT TOMORROW (SUNDAY), JOINED THE DEPARTMENT AS ASSISTANT LABOUR OFFICER IN DECEMBER 1951. HE WAS PROMOTED TO LABOUR OFFICER IN MARCH 1962, SENIOR LABOUR OFFICER IN JUNE 1967 AND ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER IN JANUARY 1973. HE HAS ACTED AS DEPUTY COMMISSIONER ON MANY OCCASIONS.
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PWD ENGINEERING TRAINEES BUILD SOLAR HEATING SYSTEM
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A GROUP OF 15 UNIVERSITY GRADUATES, NOW UNDERGOING A TWO-YEAR ENGINEERING TRAINING PROGRAMME IN THE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, HAS SUCCESSFULLY BUILT A SOLAR WATER HEATING SYSTEM.
THE TRAINEES, CONSISTING OF EIGHT MECHANICAL AND SEVEN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING GRADUATES, WERE GIVEN THE ASSIGNMENT DURING THEIR FIRST THREE MONTHS OF TRAINING IN THE APPRENTICE TRAINING CENTRE OF THE E AND M OFFICE.
ACTING PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEER MR MICHAEL HUTTON, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY) THAT THE TRAINEES HAD SPENT ABOUT $1 400 ON EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS FOR THE PROJECT WHICH TOOK THEM 20 WORKING DAYS TO COMPLETE.
HE SAID: THE PROJECT AIMS TO ENCOURAGE THE TRAINEES TO THINK ABOUT USING ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF ENERGY INSTEAD OF OIL ON WHICH HONG KONG IS SO DEPENDENT. AT THE SAME TIME, THE TRAINEES WILL GAIN PRACTICAL ENGINEERING EXPERIENCE OF DESIGN, MANUFACTURE AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT.+
/MR HUTTON