FRIDAY, JULY 1, 1983
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FAREWELL FOR HOUSING DIRECTOR
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THE DIRECTOR OF HOUSING, MR BERNARD WILLIAMS, IS RETIRING EARLY THIS MONTH AFTER 27 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE GOVERNMENT NEARLY HALF OF THAT IN THE FIELD OF PUBLIC HOUSING.
AT A FAREWELL DINNER LAST NIGHT, MR WILLIAMS RECEIVED SILVER PLATES AS SOUVENIRS FROM THE SECRETARY FOR HOUSING, MR DONALD LIAO, AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT STAFF ASSOCIATION, MR LEE CHEE.
ADDRESSING THE DINNER PARTY, MR LIAO SAID THE PRESENT ACHIEVEMENTS IN HONG KONG'S PUBLIC HOUSING OWED A GREAT DEAL TO MR WILLIAMS'S DEVOTION AND CONSTANT ENDEAVOURS.
+HE IS THE MAN WHO ENSURED THAT THE PUBLIC HOUSING PRODUCTION ACHIEVED ITS TARGETS WITHOUT SLIPPAGE.
+HE HAS BEEN PARTICULARLY CONCERNED THAT THE GAP BETWEEN HOUSING DEMAND AND SUPPLY SHOULD NOT WIDEN.+
MR LIAD SAID THAT DURING THE LAST 10 YEARS, MR WILLIAMS HAD REMAINED IN THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT AND MOVED FROM ONE KEY POST TO ANOTHER.
+AS THE FIRST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (REDEVELOPMENT), HE GOT THE FIRST REDEVELOPMENT SCHEME OFF THE GROUND, AND LATER AS DEPUTY DIRECTOR AND FINALLY AS THE DIRECTOR HE HAS SEEN THE GROWTH OF THE DEPARTMENT AND HAS HELPED TO SHAPE AND RE-SHAPE THE PUBLIC HOUSING PROGRAMME.
AT THE FAREWELL PARTY, MR WILLIAMS WAS ALSO PRESENTED WITH A CHEQUE BY THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR (ADMINISTRATION AND PLANNING), MR DAVID LAN, FOR THE WILLIAMS SPORTS FUND+ WHICH WAS NEWLY SET UP TO HELP FINANCE SPORTS ACTIVITIES AMONG HOUSING STAFF.
THE CHEQUE WAS LATER HANDED OVER TO MR MOK YIU-KWONG, CHAIRMAN OF THE DEPARTMENT'S STAFF CLUB WHICH ORGANISED THE FAREWELL DINNER.
COMPUTER COURSE FOR TEACHERS
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THE GENERAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT OF THE LEE WAI LEE TECHNICAL INSTITUTE AND THE MATHEMATICS SECTION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WILL JOINTLY ORGANISE A TWO-WEEK COURSE ON COMPUTER PROGRAMMING IN BASIC IN AUGUST FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS.
THE COURSE, CONSISTING OF 20 SESSIONS TO COVER THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL ASPECTS, WILL BE HELD AT THE LEE WAI LEE TECHNICAL INSTITUTE BETWEEN AUGUST 15 AND 26.
IT WILL COVER ELEMENTARY OPERATIONS, ARITHMETIC OPERATIONS, BRANCHING AND LOOPING, SUBSCRIPTS AND ARRAYS, CHARACTER STRINGS MANIPULATION AND FILE HANDLING.
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