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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1982
WATER SUPPLIES STAFF AND CHILDREN ENJOY FAIR
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MORE THAN 4 500 CHILDREN AND THEIR PARENTS HAD AN AFTERNOON OF FUN AND GAMES AT THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT'S 20TH ANNUAL LUNAR NEW YEAR CHILDREN'S FUN FAIR TODAY (SUNDAY).
THE FUN FAIR, ORGANISED FOR CHILDREN OF THE WATERWORKS STAFF, WAS HELD AT THE WAH YAN COLLEGE.
THE DIRECTOR OF WATER SUPPLIES, MR WILLIAM TUCKER, OFFICIATED AT THE OPENING OF THE FUN FAIR.
THE PROGRAMME INCLUDED SONGS AND DANCES, ACROBATIC AND MAGIC SHOWS, LION DANCES AND BAND PERFORMANCES. THE CANNON BALL EXPRESS+ WAS THERE AS IN PREVIOUS YEARS TO TAKE CHILDREN ROUND THE FUN FAIR GROUNDS.
SIXTEEN GAMES STALLS WERE ORGANISED BY VARIOUS DIVISIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT,
MR TUCKER PRESENTED THE HONG KONG WATERWORKS MERIT AWARD TO FOUR STAFF MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT IN RECOGNITION OF THE IR NOTEWORTHY PERFORMANCE OF DUTIES.
THE AWARD TAKES THE FORM OF A SILVER MEDAL INCORPORATING THE WATERWORKS CREST AND IS PRESENTED ANNUALLY TO OFFICERS OF THE RANKS OF WORKS SUPERVISOR AND BELOW WHO HAVE SHOWN THEMSELVES TO BE WORTHY OF SPECIAL RECOGNITION ON THE BASIS OF GENERAL MERIT AND ATTENTION TO DUTIES OR ON THE BASIS OF CONDUCT OR PERFORMANCE.
THE RECIPIENTS WERE MR AU BUN AND MR CHOW CHUNG-MAN OF THE MECHANICAL DIVISION (OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE), MR SHIU KWOK-ON OF THE LOK ON PAI DIVISION AND MR LAM DAI-SUN OF THE CONSTRUCTION DIVISION.
MR TUCKER ALSO PRESENTED LONG-SERVICE CERTIFICATES TO RECENTLY RETIRED OFFICERS WHO TOGETHER SERVED 170 YEARS WITH THE DEPARTMENT.
THE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT WATER ENGINEER, MR TOM TOMLINSON, CHAIRMAN OF THE WATERWORKS WELFARE FUND COMMITTEE, ORGANISER OF THE FUN FAIR, AND MRS TOMLINSON, ALSO OFFICIATED AT THE CEREMONY.
MR LIU YAN-BUN, SENIOR ENGINEER (RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT) OF THE DEPARTMENT, WAS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE FUN FAIR ORGANISING COMMITTEE.
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