TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1984
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OFFICERS COMMENDED
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TWO ASSISTANT OFFICERS OF THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND A CLERICAL ASSISTANT OF THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT WERE AWARDED THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES' COMMENDATION CERTIFICATES TODAY (TUESDAY).
THE ACTING ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, MR JOHN ASHWORTH PRESENTED THE CERTIFICATES TO THE THREE MEN AT ́ THE DEPARTMENT'S HEADQUARTERS.
ASSISTANT OFFICERS, MR TAM KWOK-CHAU AND MR CHEUNG HUNG-CHEONG, WERE COMMENDED FOR THEIR +OUTSTANDING ZEAL AND DILIGENCE+ IN THWARTING AN ATTEMPT BY A PRISONER TO INTRODUCE UNAUTHORISED ARTICLES INTO TAI LAM CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION IN NOVEMBER LAST.
AND A CLERICAL ASSISTANT OF THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT, MR KWONG KA-PING, WAS COMMENDED FOR HIS PUBLIC SPIRITED ACTION AT THE SOUTH KWAI CHUNG POLYCLINIC LAST SEPTEMBER, WHEN HE HELPED CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT STAFF PREVENT A PRISONER FROM ESCAPING.
PUBLIC SUPPORT NEEDED TO KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN
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EFFORTS BY THE GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS TO KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN AND GREEN WOULD BE FUTILE WITHOUT PUBLIC CO-OPERATION AND SUPPORT, AN UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE NEW TERRITORIES ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN, MR WILLIAM WAN, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
MR WAN MADE THIS REMARK AFTER A TWO-HOUR TOUR OF SAI KUNG TO INSPECT PLANTING PROJECTS AND CLEANSING SERVICES IN THE DISTRICT.
ACCOMPANYING MR WAN ON THE TOUR WERE THE SENIOR SUPERINTENDENT (OPERATIONS) OF THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT, MR ARTHUR JOHNSON, AND THE URBAN SERVICES OFFICER OF SAI KUNG, MR CHIN YIU- CHEUNG,
THE PARTY FIRST VISITED TAI PO TSAI AND HANG HAU WHERE A SCHEME OF CONTRACTING CLEANING SERVICES TO LOCAL VILLAGERS HAD PROVED SUCCESSFUL.
MR WAN WAS BRIEFED ON AN NTSD PROJECT OF PUTTING ASIDE SITES WHERE RESIDENTS MAY DISPOSE OF THEIR REFUSE AND OLD ARTICLES WHILE CLEANING UP THEIR HOUSES FOR THE LUNAR NEW YEAR.
THE PARTY VISITED THE INNER PORT SHELTER TO LOOK AT THE PROBLEM POSED BY FLOATING REFUSE.
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