NOTE TO EDITORS.
FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 1983
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COMMENDATION FOR IMMIGRATION OFFICERS
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TWENTY-TWO OFFICERS OF THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT WILL BE AWARDED CERTIFICATES OF COMMENDATION BY THE DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION, MR RON BRIDGE, ON MONDAY (JUNE 20) AFTERNOON.
THE CEREMONY WILL BE HELD AT 4.15 PM AT IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS, 61 MODY ROAD, KOWLOON.
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE EVENT.
MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES SHOULD ASSEMBLE BY 4 PM AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE LOBBY OF THE HEADQUARTERS, WHERE THEY WILL BE MET BY MR H.T. IP, THE DEPARTMENT'S LIAISON OFFICER.
GOVERNMENT PRINTER RETIRES
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THE GOVERNMENT PRINTER, MR DENNIS RICK, WILL BE LEAVING HONG KONG ON PRE-RETIREMENT LEAVE IN JULY, AFTER 28 YEARS IN THE CIVIL SERVICE.
MR RICK JOINED THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT IN 1955 AS A POLICE SUB-INSPECTOR. HE WAS APPOINTED ON TRANSFER AS AN ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT IN THE PRINTING DEPARTMENT IN 1961. HE WAS PROMOTED TO PRINTING SUPERINTENDENT IN 1965, ASSISTANT GOVERNMENT PRINTER IN 1974 AND GOVERNMENT PRINTER IN 1978.
MR RICK WILL BE SUCCEEDED BY MR HARRIS MYERS, WHOSE APPOINTMENT HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS,
MR MYERS, WHO IS DUE TO TAKE UP THE APPOINTMENT SHORTLY FROM ENGLAND, IS 45 YEARS OF AGE. HE HAS BEEN FOLLOWING A PRINTING CAREER SINCE 1954. HE WAS PRODUCTION AND WORKS DIRECTOR AND DEPUTY MANAGING DIRECTOR OF THE PITMAN PRESS FROM APRIL 1970 TO NOVMBER 1973.
AFTER A PERIOD OF ONE AND A HALF YEARS AS MANAGING DIRECTOR IN A PRINTING FIRM IN EDINBURGH, HE JOINED THE CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS IN APRIL 1975 AS MANAGING DIRECTOR OF ITS PRINTING DIVISION, AND SUBSEQUENTLY BECAME PRINTER TO THE UNIVERSITY AND DIRECTOR OF THE PUBLISHING DIVISION. HE WAS ELECTED FELLOW OF THE INSTITUTE OF PRINTING AND THE INSTITUTE OF DIRECTORS IN 1981.
MR MYERS HAS HELD SENIOR APPOINTMENTS IN PROFESSIONAL COMMITTEES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. HE WAS A GOVERNOR OF THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY, AND WAS CHAIRMAN OF THE PRINTING ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE COLLEGE FROM 1976 TO 1982. HE HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE PRINTING INDUSTRIES RESEARCH ASSOCIATION (AN INTERNATIONAL BODY OF WHICH THE PRINTING DEPARTMENT IS A CONTRIBUTING MEMBER) SINCE 1976, AND A MEMBER OF THE INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING RESEARCH COMMITTEE SINCE 1981. HE WAS ADMITTED INTO THE FREEDOM OF THE CITY OF LONDON IN THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF STATIONERS AND NEWSPAPER MAKERS IN 1983.