THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1982
7
DIRECTOR OF NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES RETIRES
*****
THE DIRECTOR OF NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES, MR JIMMY SWEETMAN, IS RETIRING AFTER 22 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE GOVERNMENT.
TO MARK THE OCCASION, STAFF MEMBERS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT BADE FAREWELL TO MR AND MRS SWEETMAN AT A DINNER RECEPTION LAST NIGHT.
MR SWEETMAN WILL LEAVE THE DEPARTMENT ON SATURDAY (OCTOBER 16).
BEFORE JOINING THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT IN 1960 AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER, MR SWEETMAN SERVED IN INDIA, BURMA AND SOUTHEAST ASIA WITH THE 9TH GURKHA RIFLES, INDIAN ARMY FROM 1942 TO 1946 AND WITH THE MALAYAN CIVIL SERVICE FROM 1950 TO 1958.
IN HONG KONG, HE FIRST SERVED IN THE THEN COLONIAL SECRETARIAT AS AN ASSISTANT SECRETARY AND WAS LATER POSTED TO THE THEN RESETTLEMENT DEPARTMENT BEFORE BEING PROMOTED TO ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR RESETTLEMENT IN MARCH 1966.
HE BECAME DISTRICT OFFICER OF YUEN LONG IN 1967 AND WAS APPOINTED ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS IN 1970, WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR OVERHAULING THE GOVERNMENT'S EFFORTS IN DEALING WITH THE NARCOTIC DRUG PROBLEM.
HE ALSO SERVED AS CITY DISTRICT COMMISSIONER, KOWLOON, AND LATER IN THE SOCIAL SERVICES BRANCH, THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT AND IN THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION.
HE WAS APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES IN
1980.
FIRST VILLAGE REMOVAL IN TUEN MUN *****
THE SECRETARY FOR CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, MR IAN MACPHERSON, ASSURED TODAY (THURSDAY) THAT THE TRADITIONS AND RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS VILLAGERS WOULD BE CONSIDERED IN DEVELOPMENT PLANS OF ALL NEW TOWNS.
HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF SAN HU1, THE FIRST VILLAGE REMOVAL SCHEME IN TUEN MUN UNDER WHICH THE OLD VILLAGE WAS RELOCATED 500 METRES AWAY FROM ITS ORIGINAL SITE WHICH WILL FORM AN EXTENSION OF THE EXISTING TUEN MUN TOWN CENTRE.
THE RELOCATION OF SAN HUI INVOLVED ABOUT 300 INDIGENOUS VILLAGERS WHO HAVE NOW MOVED INTO 82 THREE-STOREY HOUSES, BUILT WITH FUNDS FROM GOVERNMENT, WITH PROPERLY PLANNED AND DESIGNED MODERN FACILITIES AND SUBSTANTIALLY IMPROVED ENVIRONMENT.
/MR MACPHERSON