MONDAY, JULY 27, 1981
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HE SOLD $4 600 MILLION WORTH OF CROWN LAND
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MR KEN ROLFE, WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SALE OF 86 LOTS OF CROWN LAND WITH A TOTAL AREA OF OVER 17 HECTARES AND A REALISED PREMIUM OF $4 600 MILLION, IS RETIRING AFTER 23 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
AT A CEREMONY TODAY MARK ING HIS RETIREMENT, THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, MR DAVID MCDONALD, PRESENTED HIM WITH A SOUVENIR ON BEHALF OF HIS FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES IN THE DEPARTMENT, AND A LETTER OF APPRECIATION FROM THE CIVIL SERVICE BRANCH.
MR MCDONALD RECALLED THAT MR ROLFE JOINED THE DEPARTMENT IN 1957 AS AN ESTATE SURVEYOR.
+DURING HIS 23 YEARS IN GOVERNMENT, HE HAS WORKED IN ALMOST EVERY SECTION OF THE CROWN LANDS AND SURVEY OFFICE, MR MCDONALD SAID.
+FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, HE WAS SECONDED TO THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION WHERE HE WAS CHIEF ESTATE SURVEYOR DURING THE VERY BUSY PERIOD WHEN DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW TOWNS WAS BEGINNING TO GET
INTO ITS STRIDE.+
MR ROLFE WAS PROMOTED TO GOVERNMENT LAND AGENT IN AUGUST 1974, AND FOR THE LAST THREE AND A HALF YEARS HAS HEADED THE VALUATION BRANCH OF THE CROWN LANDS AND SURVEY OFFICE.
+DESPITE VERY DIFFICULT STAFFING CIRCUMSTANCES IN THE BRANCH OVER THE PAST YEAR, THE BRANCH HAS CONTINUED TO OPERATE EFFICIENTLY AND PRODUCED WORK OF A VERY HIGH STANDARD, THANKS TO HIS DRIVE AND EXPERTISE, SAID MR MCDONALD.
BEFORE RETIRING TO HIS HOME IN NORFOLK, MR ROLFE AND HIS FAMILY WILL VISIT AUSTRALIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC.
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