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THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1981
HE WAS TO
MR STEAN BECAME DIRECTOR OF BUILDING DEVELOPMENT IN 1974 AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS IN FEBRUARY LAST YEAR. HAVE RETIRED LAST YEAR, BUT HAD AGREED TO STAY ON.
+HE HAS BEEN BOTH DEPUTY DIRECTOR AND ACTING DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS DURING A PERIOD WHEN BOTH THE PRESENT AND FUTURE ADMINISTRATION OF THE DEPARTMENT REQUIRED THE HAND OF A PERSON WELL EXPERIENCED IN ITS FUNCTIONS AND ITS NEEDS,+ MR MCDONALD SAID.
+ IT WAS THEREFORE WITH GREAT PLEASURE THAT WE SAW JACK'S SERVICES RECOGNISED IN THE NEW YEAR'S HONOURS LIST OF 1980 BY THE AWARD OF THE OBE.+
MR MCDONALD WISHED MR AND MRS STEAN A VERY LONG AND HAPPY RETIREMENT.
TAI O TO HAVE HOME FOR THE AGED ****
THE GOVERNMENT HAS GRANTED, BY PRIVATE TREATY, A 910-SQUARE- METRE SITE AT TAI O TO A NON-PROFIT MAKING TAOIST ASSOCIATION, HING WAN KWU TUNG LIMITED, TO BUILD A HOME FOR THE AGED.
THE ASSOCIATION WILL BUILD A THREE-STOREY HOME, WITH A GROSS FLOOR AREA OF 1 400 SQUARE METRES, FOR MORE THAN 100 OLD PEOPLE, NEAR THE TAI O BUS TERMINUS. CONSTRUCTION COSTS WILL BE ABOUT $2.5 MILLION. TAI O RURAL COMMITTEE WILL DONATE $500 000 TOWARDS THE COST OF FURNISHING IT.
CONSTRUCTION OF THE HOME, WHICH WILL BE NAMED TAI O HING WAN KWU TUNG HOME FOR THE AGED, WILL START EARLY NEXT YEAR AND BE COMPLETED BY 1983.
THE DISTRICT OFFICER ISLANDS, MR ANDREW FOK, SAID THE HOME WOULD PROVIDE A MUCH NEEDED SERVICE FOR THE TOWN'S OLD PEOPLE.
AT PRESENT, 463 PERSONS IN TAI O RECEIVE GOVERNMENT OLD AGE ALLOWANCE, AND OF THESE, 216 LIVE ALONE.
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