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TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 1981
HE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE SIR CHARLES HARTWELL WORKING PARTY WHICH RECOMMENDED THE SETTING UP OF THE PRESENT INDEPENDENT EXAMINATIONS AUTHORITY, A MOVE WHICH ARTHUR ADMITTED HE HAD RESERVATIONS ABOUT IN THE FIRST INSTANCE.
HE WAS PROMOTED TO SENIOR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION IN 1978 IN CHARGE OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE WHICH PROPOSED THE SETTING UP OF THE SECONDARY SCHOOL PLACES ALLOCATION SYSTEM IN PLACE OF THE SECONDARY SCHOOL ENTRANCE EXAMINATION.
SUBSEQUENTLY, HE WAS APPOINTED CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE SET UP TO REVIEW THE SSPA, WHOSE REPORT WAS RELEASED RECENTLY FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
ARTHUR WAS ALSO CHAIRMAN OF THE WORKING PARTY TO REVIEW PRIMARY EDUCATION AND A MEMBER OF THE STEERING COMMITTEE WHICH DRAFTED THE SUBSEQUENT GREEN PAPER AND WHICH IS SHORTLY TO BE PUBLISHED AS A WHITE PAPER.
AT HIS FAREWELL PRESENTATION THIS (TUESDAY) AFTERNOON, ARTHUR TOLD A LARGE GATHERING OF HIS FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES HE WAS SORRY TO LEAVE BUT THAT HE HAD NO REGRETS.
+MY 27 YEARS HERE HAVE BEEN FILLED WITH INTEREST AND EXCITEMENT. WHILE I WAS IN CHARGE OF EXAMINATIONS WE HAD TYPHOONS, RIOTS, FLOODS OR LEAKAGES OF EXAMINATION PAPERS.
+AND MY YEARS AT HEADQUARTERS, HAVE HAD THE THRILL OF HELPING SHAPE MAJOR EDUCATIONAL POLICY. WHO COULD ASK FOR ANYTHING MORE?,* ARTHUR ASKED.
SALT WATER MAIN WORK
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SALT WATER SUPPLY TO A NUMBER OF PREMISES IN CHEUNG SHA WAN WILL BE INTERRUPTED FOR EIGHT HOURS FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM ON THURSDAY (JULY 2) TO FACILITATE WATER MAIN CONNECTION AT CHING CHEUNG ROAD.
PREMISES TO BE AFFECTED ARE THOSE AT CALDECOTT ROAD, NORTH WEST SIDE OF HING WAH STREET, KOM TSUN STREET, KING LAM STREET, WING HONG STREET, CASTLE PEAK ROAD FROM HING WAH STREET TO KOM TSUN STREET, CHEUNG SHA WAN ROAD FROM HING WAH STREET TO KOM TSUN STREET, LAI CHI KOK ROAD FROM HING WAH STREET TO KOM TSUN STREET, INCLUDING ALSO THE PAK TIN ESTATE, THE SO UK ESTATE AND THE LAI CHI KOK PRISON.
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