FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1980
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IN RURAL AREAS, SIMILAR BROADCASTS HAVE BEEN ARRANGED BY THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION'S CIVILIAN INFORMATION TEAM IN ADDITION TO SHOWING FIRE PREVENTION FILMS AND DISTRIBUTING LEAFLETS TO VILLAGERS.
THE FIRE PREVENTION CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE HAS PRODUCED A POSTER DRAWING THE PUBLIC'S ATTENTION TO THE HIGH TOLLS OF FIRES DURING THE LAST CHUNG YEUNG FESTIVAL.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID PINPOINTING THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE PROBLEM, IT WAS HOPED THAT THE PUBLIC WOULD HEED THE ADVICE MORE READILY.
+ONLY WITH THEIR SUPPORT CAN WE HOPE TO KEEP THE FIRE LOSSES AND DAMAGE TO A MINIMUM, HE ADDED.
THE POSTER IS NOW ON DISPLAY THROUGHOUT HONG KONG, KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES.
DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT RETIRES
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THE DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, MR DAVID STEAD, WILL GO ON PRE-RETIREMENT LEAVE LATER THIS MONTH AFTER 23 YEARS' SERVICE WITH THE DEPARTMENT.
TO MARK HIS RETIREMENT, MR DAVID MCDONALD, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, TODAY PRESENTED HIM WITH A SOUVENIRA TIENTS IN CARPET AND A POWER DRILL, ON BEHALF OF HIS FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES.
MR MCDONALD RECALLED THAT MR STEAD JOINED THE GOVERNMENT IN 1957 AND WAS POSTED TO THE THEN ROADS OFFICE.
HE WAS PROMOTED WITHIN TWO YEARS TO SENIOR ENGINEER AND ROSE THROUGH THE PORT WORKS OFFICE AND CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE TO BECOME PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT CIVIL ENGINEER IN 1971.
HAVING ACTED AS DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION, MR STEAD WAS CONFIRMED IN THAT RANK IN 1975. THIS YEAR HE ACTED AS DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS DURING THE ABSENCE OF MR JACK STEAN.
+ IN THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY HONOURS LIST THIS YEAR MR STEAD'S CAREER WAS MARKED BY THE AWARD OF A VERY WELL-DESERVÉD OBE,+ MR MCDONALD NOTED.
+NOBODY WHO HAS KNOWN MR STEAD AT ANY TIME DURING THE LAST TWENTY-ODD YEARS WILL THINK OF HIM WITHOUT REMEMBERING HIS ASSOCIATION WITH THE SPORT OF SQUASH AND HIS EFFORTS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE GAME, AND THE PROVISION OF PLAYING FACILITIES, + HE SAID.
MR STEAD HAS BEEN HON SECRETARY OF THE HONG KONG SQUASH RACQUETS ASSOCIATION FOR MANY YEARS AND HAS SEEN THE GAME GROW ENORMOUSLY IN POPULARITY.
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