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PRESENT AT THE CEREMONY WILL BE THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER OF KOWLOON CITY, MRS CLARIE LO: THE POLICE DISTRICT COMMANDER OF KOWLOON CITY, MR GORDON JACK;
MR GORDON JACK; THE PRESIDENT OF THE LIONS CLUB OF LION ROCK, MR AU SHIU-CHEUNG: AND MEMBERS OF THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE.
THE DRAWING COMPETITION WILL BE HELD IN THE CARPARK OF THE POLICE STATION AFTER THE PRESENTATION, WITH MORE THAN 300 PRIMARY AND SECONDARY STUDENTS TAKING PART. IT WILL HAVE THE THEME: 'CRIME PREVENTION AT THE APPROACH OF LUNAR NEW YEAR'.
COMMUNICATIONS CONTROLLER AWARDED ISM ****
MR FUNG SHUE-CHEONG, COMMUNICATIONS CONTROLLER IN MURRAY BUILDING, HAS BEEN AWARDED THE IMPERIAL SERVICE MEDAL BY THE QUEEN IN RECOGNITION OF HIS LOYAL AND INDUSTRIOUS SERVICE TO THE GOVERNMENT, IT WAS ANNOUNCED TODAY.
MR FUNG, WHO IS CURRENTLY RESIDING IN CANADA AFTER RETIRING LAST JULY, FIRST JOINED THE GOVERNMENT IN 1945 AS A MESSENGER WITH THE POLICE. HE BECAME A TELEPHONE OPERATOR IN 1948 AND IN 1953 WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE PORT WORKS OFFICE OF THE THEN PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
IN 1970, SHORTLY AFTER THE OPENING OF MURRAY BUILDING, HE WAS REGRADED AS A COMMUNICATIONS CONTROLLER AND HAD CONTINUED TO SERVE MOST CONSCIENTIOUSLY IN THIS CAPACITY UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT.
AS A COMMUNICATIONS CONTROLLER, MR FUNG WAS THE FIRST TO TAKE PART IN THE COMPREHENSIVE 24-HOUR COMPLAINTS AS WELL AS TYPHOON AND EMERGENCY SERVICES IN THE THEN PWD. HE HAD RENDERED A VERY HIGH STANDARD OF SERVICE TO THE DEPARTMENT AND INITIATED PROPER ACTIONS AFTER OFFICE HOURS TO DEAL WITH EMERGENCY CASES.
ARRANGEMENTS ARE BEING MADE BY THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE FOR THE MEDAL TO BE PRESENTED TO MR FUNG IN CANADA.
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