THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1981
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PRESS CONFERENCE BY ANTI-CORRUPTION AGENCIES
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THE ICAC AND SIX ANTI-CORRUPTION AGENCIES FROM THREE COUNTRIES WILL BE JOINTLY HOLDING A PRESS CONFERENCE ON SATURDAY FOLLOWING THE WEEK-LONG MEETING OF THE INTER-AGENCY DISCUSSION ON CORRUPTION.
REPRESENTING THE ICAC WILL BE THE COMMISSIONER. MR PETER WILLIAMS AND THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER AND DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS, MR GERRY HARKNETT. REPRESENTATIVES OF THE SIX AGENCIES ARE DATO' A. AZIZ AHMAD, DIRECTOR GENERAL, NATIONAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, MALAYSIA- MS JOYCE BLALOCK, INSPECTOR GENERAL, GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, WASHINGTON LT EDWARD SIEDLICK, CHIEF INVESTIGATOR, DEPARTMENT OF INVESTIGATION, NEW YORK- MR JAMES A. MAURER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF MUNICIPAL INVESTIGATION, CHICAGO- MR EUGENE TROKEN, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF MUNICIPAL INVESTIGATION, CHICAGO AND MR CHARLES E. VANN, INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND COOPERATION AGENCY, THE PHILIPPINES.
THE PRESS CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD AT 10.30 AM ON SATURDAY (NOVEMBER 21) AT THE GIS THEATRE, BEACONSFIELD HOUSE, 5TH FLOOR. NEWS EDITORS ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO SEND REPORTERS AND/OR PHOTOGRAPHERS TO COVER THE EVENT.
RETIREMENT MEMENTO
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THE DEPUTY CHIEF FIRE OFFICER OF THE NEW TERRITORIES COMMAND, MR STANISLAUS M. ELCOCK WILL BE RETIRING SHORTLY AFTER SERVING 21 YEARS' WITH THE HONG KONG FIRE SERVICES.
TO MARK HIS RETIREMENT, THE DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES, MR FREDERICK WATSON PRESENTED A MEMENTO TO MR ELCOCK ON BEHALF OF HIS COLLEAGUES AT A CEREMONY HELD AT THE FIRE SERVICES HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH POINT TODAY (THURSDAY).
MR ELCOCK HAD SERVED FOR ALMOST 11 YEARS IN FIRE BRIGADES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND CYPRUS BEFORE JOINING THE HONG KONG FIRE BRIGADE IN DECEMBER 1960 AS A STATION OFFICER.
HE WAS PROMOTED TO HIS PRESENT RANK IN 1979.
IN HONG KONG, MR ELCOCK SERVED IN ALL FORMATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING THE FIRE PROTECTION BUREAU.
HE WAS AWARDED THE COLONIAL POLICE MEDAL (FIRE) FOR MERITORIOUS SERVICE IN 1975. HE WAS ALSO AWARDED THE COLONIAL FIRE BRIGADES LONG SERVICE AND GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL IN 1971 AND SUBSEQUENTLY THE FIRST AND SECOND CLASPS TO THE MEDAL.