SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, 1980
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SENIOR PRISON OFFICER RETIRES
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SENIOR SUPERINTENDENT OF PRISONS, MR RICHARD MACKIE, IS RETIRING AFTER 19 YEARS' LOYAL AND FAITHFUL SERVICE WITH THE PRISONS DEPARTMENT.
AT A CEREMONY AT THE PRISON OFFICERS' CLUB IN STANLEY TODAY (SATURDAY), THE ACTING COMMISSIONER OF PRISONS, MR TOM ECOB PRESENTED Á SOUVENIR TO MR MACKIE ON BEHALF OF HIS COLLEAGUES,
MR MACKIE JOINED THE DEPARTMENT IN 1961 AS AN ASSISTANT CHIEF OFFICER AFTER SPENDING 15 YEARS WITH THE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.
HE WAS PROMOTED TO CHIEF OFFICER IN 1962 AND SUPERINTENDENT IN 1972. TWO YEARS LATER, HE WAS PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF SENIOR SUPERINTENDENT.
MR MACKIE WAS APPOINTED A COMPANION OF THE IMPERIAL SERVICE ORDER IN 1978 AND AWARDED THE COLONIAL PRISON SERVICE MEDAL IN 1979.
STREET CLOSURES IN CHUK YUEN COTTAGE AREA
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THE GOVERNMENT HAS PROPOSED TO CLOSE THE STREETS AND FOOTPATHS IN CHUK YUEN COTTAGE AREA FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF CHUK YUEN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE.
ALTERNATIVE ACCESS TO CHUK YUEN ROAD TO LINK WITH SHATIN PASS ROAD WOULD BE CONSTRUCTED.
TO AVOID INCONVENIENCE TO RESIDENTS, THE EXISTING VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN ACCESS TO CHUK YUEN COTTAGE AREA AND TSUI LAM TUNG VILLAGE WOULD REMAIN UNAFFECTED BEFORE THE ESTATE BUILDING WORKS BEGIN.
IN ADDITION, CHUK YUEN ROAD WILL REMAIN OPEN AT ALL TIMES DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PERIOD UNTIL WORK ON THE ALTERNATIVE ACCESS LINKING WITH SHATIN PASS ROAD HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
ANY OBJECTION TO THE PROPOSED UNDERTAKING MUST BE SENT IN WRITING TO THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS BEFORE SEPTEMBER 8. CLAIMS FOR COMPENSATION MUST BE MADE BEFORE OCTOBER 8.
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