FRIDAY, MAY 6, 1983
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ROYAL OBSERVATORY DECLARED HISTORICAL BUILDING
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THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY IN NATHAN ROAD KOWLOON IS DECLARED A HISTORICAL BUILDING, IT WAS ANNOUNCED IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE TODAY (FRIDAY).
THE TWO-STOREY BUILDING WHICH HAS A FINE BRICK STRUCTURE WITH ARCHED WINDOWS AND LONG VERANDAHS WAS BUILT IN 1883.
IT IS BEING DECLARED A HISTORICAL BUILDING UNDER THE ANTIQUITIES AND MONUMENTS ORDINANCE FOLLOWING THE APPROVAL OF THE GOVERNOR-IN-COUNCIL.
LANDS AND WORKS PRIZE PRESENTATION
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THE SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS, MR DAVID MCDONALD, WHO IS RETIRING IN A FEW WEEKS TIME, TODAY PRESENTED PRIZES TO WINNERS OF VARIOUS SPORTS EVENTS HELD EARLIER THIS YEAR BY THE LANDS AND WORKS GROUP OF DEPARTMENTS.
SPEAKING AT THE PRESENTATION CEREMONY HELD AT THE MARINERS CLUB IN KOWLOON TODAY, MR MCDONALD SAID THAT HE VERY MUCH ENJOYED AND SUPPORTED THE SPORT ACTIVITIES AS THEY WOULD GIVE THE GREATEST DEGREE OF ENJOYMENT TO THE STAFF AND THEIR FAMILIES.
HE RECALLED THAT HE HAD BEEN OFFICIATING AT SPORTING EVENTS AND CEREMONIES FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS AS ACTING DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, THEN DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS AND MORE RECENTLY AS SECRETARY FOR LÅNDS AND WORKS.
TODAY'S FUNCTION, HE SAID, MARKED HIS LAST FORMAL CONNECTION WITH THE LANDS AND WORKS GROUP SPORTS DAY.
HOWEVER, HE WAS SURE THAT HIS SUCCESSOR, MR N.K. CHAN, WOULD CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE GROUP'S SPORT ACTIVITIES WHICH, HE WAS CONFIDENT, WOULD CONTINUE TO FLOURISH FOR THE YEARS TO COME.
THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND THE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT WON THE WRIGHT CUP AND A.0. CUP RESPECTIVELY BY SCORING MOST POINTS IN THE MEN'S AND LADIES' TEAM EVENTS.
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