FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 1981
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PWD OFFICERS GAIN TOP EXAM RESULTS IN UK
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THREE OFFICERS FROM THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, HAVE DISTINGUISHED THEMSELVES AT EXAMINATIONS IN LONDON.
TWO SURVEY OFFICERS (ENGINEERING), TO CHI-MING AND LAM LI-WAH HAVE JUST COMPLETED THE THREE-YEAR BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (LAND SURVEYING) COURSE AT NORTH-EAST LONDON PLOYTECHNIC, WHICH THEY WERE STUDYING ON GOVERNMENT SCHOLARSHIPS.
BOTH WERE AWARDED FIRST CLASS HONOURS DEGREES. ONLY ONE OTHER STUDENT GAINED THE SAME DEGREE, AND IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT THREE FIRST CLASS DEGREES WERE AWARDED IN ONE YEAR.
NG TAK-CHEONG, A SURVEY OFFICER (ENGINEERING) WON THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR ATTAINING THE HIGHEST MARKS IN THE FINAL EXAMINATION OF THE ROYAL INSTITUTION OF CHARTERED SURVEYORS (LAND SURVEY DIVISION).
MR NG HAD PREVIOUSLY WON THE MICHAEL DIXON PRIZE FOR THE HIGHEST MARKS OF ALL CANDIDATES IN THE PARTS I AND II EXAMINATION IN 1978.
IN 1979-80, MR NG WAS AWARDED A ONE-YEAR GOVERNMENT SCHOLARSHIP AND SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE SURVEY COURSE AT THE SCHOOL OF MILITARY SURVEY AT NEWBURY IN ENGLAND.
APPOINTMENT OF MR P.G. CLOUGH AS DISTRICT JUDGE
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THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS HAS APPROVED THE APPOINTMENT OF MR PHILIP GERARD CLOUGH AS DISTRICT JUDGE.
MR CLOUGH IS CURRENTLY THE LEGAL AFFAIRS ADVISER IN THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS IN BRUNEI.
BORN IN 1924, MR CLOUGH STUDIED FOR A LAW DEGREE IN KING'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE AFTER COMPLETING WAR SERVICE IN 1946, HE WAS CALLED TO THE BAR IN 1949.
HE TOOK UP THE POST OF FEDERAL COUNSEL IN MALAYA IN 1951 AND WAS ADDITIONALLY THE LEGAL ADVISER FOR SELANGOR FROM 1956 TO 1958.
FROM 1958 UNTIL HIS APPOINTMENT IN BRUNEI IN 1978, HE PRACTISED AT THE CHANCERY BAR AND SAT ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS AS DEPUTY CIRCUIT JUDGE.
MR CLOUGH WILL TAKE UP THE APPOINTMENT AS DISTRICT JUDGE ON AUGUST 24, 1981.