THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1980
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HEAD OF NTA LIAISON OFFICERS RETIRES
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THE HEAD OF THE LIAISON OFFICER GRADE OF THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, MR C.C. LO, WHO IS RETIRING FROM GOVERNMENT SERVICE WAS GUEST OF HONOUR LAST NIGHT (WEDNESDAY) AT A RECEPTION HOSTED BY SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES.
MR LO JOINED THE GOVERNMENT IN 1947 AS A CLERK WITH THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
HE LATER SERVED AS AN INTERPRETER-TRANSLATOR WITH THE POLICE AND WITH THE DISTRICT OFFICE TAT PO WHERE HE WAS POSTED IN 1952 TO START HIS LONG ASSOCIATION WITH THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION.
HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE LIAISON OFFICER GRADE IN 1960, SERVING IN TAI PO, ISLANDS AND YUEN LONG DISTRICT OFFICES, BEFORE MOVING TO THE ADMINISTRATION HEADQUARTERS IN 1968.
HE WAS APPOINTED SENIOR LIAISON OFFICER AND HEAD OF HIS GRADE IN 1976.
MR LO (58) IS CHAIRMAN OF THE HONG KONG FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION.
HE WAS ALSO FOUNDER AND HONORARY CHAIRMAN OF TAI PO DISTRICT SPORTS FEDERATION FROM 1959-63, AND HONORARY SECRETARY OF YUEN LONG DISTRICT SPORTS ASSOCIATION FROM 1963-65.
HE WAS PRESIDENT OF THE NEW TERRITORIES ROTARY CLUB IN 1976-77.
HE ALSO HELD OFFICE WITH OTHER ORGANISATIONS, INCLUDING THE BOY SCOUTS, GIRL GUIDES AND THE COMMUNITY CHEST.
AT THE RECEPTION, ATTENDED BY 150 OF MR LO'S COLLEAGUES, MR AKERS-JONES SAID THROUGHOUT MR LO'S YEARS OF SERVICE HIS KNOWLEDGE OF THE PEOPLE AND THEIR LEADERS HAD BEEN A GREAT ASSISTANCE TO THE WORK OF GOVERNMENT IN ITS ADMINISTRATION OF THE NEW TERRITORIES.
+YOUR WISE COUNSEL HAS ENABLED UNFAMILIAR POLICIES TO BE EXPLAINED AND IN RECENT YEARS HAS GREATLY FACILITATED THE URBAN DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW TERRITORIES.
+1 WISH TO RECORD THE GRATEFUL THANKS OF THE GOVERNMENT
AND MY OWN PERSONALLY AS SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, FOR
THE CONTRIBUTION YOU HAVE MADE TO THE LIFE AND WELL-BEING OF THE PEOPLE, MR AKERS-JONES SAID.
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