FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1982
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RETIREMENT SOUVENIR FOR PWD ENGINEER
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MR FONG CHUN-NAM, PROJECT MANAGER OF TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WILL PROCEED ON PRE-RETIREMENT LEAVE TODAY AFTER 27 YEARS SERVICE WITH THE
DEPARTMENT.
TO MARK HIS RETIREMENT, MR DAVID MCDONALD, SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS, TODAY PRESENTED MR FONG WITH A SOUVENIR ON BEHALF OF HIS FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES.
MR FONG JOINED THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT JUST BEFORE CHRISTMAS, 1954, AS AN APPRENTICE ENGINEER IN THE WATER WORKS OFFICE. HE BECAME ASSISTANT ENGINEER IN JUNE 1957 WHEN HE WAS POSTED TO PORT WORKS, AND AN ENGINEER IN JANUARY 1960.
IN 1964, HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE ROADS AND DRAINAGE OFFICE AND RECEIVED A NUMBER OF PROMOTIONS, ATTAINING THE POST OF PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT ENGINEER IN JUNE 1980.
FOR MOST OF THIS TIME, MR FONG SERVED IN THE CIVIL ENGINEERING AND HIGHWAYS OFFICES BUT IN JANUARY 1979 HE MOVED TO THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TO BECOME PROJECT MANAGER OF THE SHA TIN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT.
HE SUBSEQUENTLY WENT BACK FOR A BRIEF SPELL AS HEAD OF THE CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE, THEN RETURNED TO NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IN APRIL 1980 AS PROJECT MANAGER OF THE TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT.
IN 1978 HE WAS APPOINTED AN OFFICIAL JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
ADDRESSING THE GATHERING, MR MCDONALD SAID, +THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, MR FONG HAS DISPLAYED HIGH STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL INTEGRITY, SKILL AND ADMINISTRATIVE ABILITY,
+THE COMPLICATED, AND NOTABLY SUCCESSFUL KOWLOON CITY INTERCHANGE IS A CONCRETE EXAMPLE OF THESE QUALITIES PUT TO GOOD USE.+
MR MCDONALD SAID THAT MR FONG'S EARLY RETIREMENT WAS A LOSS TO THE DEPARTMENT AND HE WOULD BE GREATLY MISSED.