SUNDAY, MAY 6, 1984
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SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS TO
RECEIVE HONORARY DOCTORATE
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THE SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS, MR NICKY CHAN, WILL GO BACK TO HIS OLD UNIVERSITY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM IN JULY TO RECEIVE AN HONORARY DOCTORATE.
MR CHAN HAS ACCEPTED AN INVITATION FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AT LOUGHBOROUGH, WHERE HE STUDIED CIVIL ENGINEERING FROM 1948 TO 1952, TO RECEIVE THE HONORARY DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF TECHNOLOGY.
THE INVITATION WAS ISSUED IN MARCH ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY'S COUNCIL AND SENATE BY THE VICE-CHANCELLOR, SIR CLIFFORD BUTLER.
ACCEPTING THE INVITATION, MR CHAN SAID HE CONSIDERED IT AN HONOUR AND A PRIVILEGE.
THE DEGREE WILL BE CONFERRED ON JULY 12.
MR CHAN JOINED THE THEN PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AS A PUPIL ENGINEER IMMEDIATELY AFTER GRADUATING FROM LOUGHBOROUGH.
HE SPENT A YEAR AT YALE FROM 1960 TO 1961, STUDYING TRAFFIC ENGINEERING.
HE BECAME A CHIEF ENGINEER IN 1969 AND GOVERNMENT ENGINEER IN 1973.
FOR FIVE YEARS, FROM 1973 TO 1978, MR CHAN WAS THE PROJECT MANAGER TUEN MUN, AFTER WHICH HE WAS APPOINTED TO HEAD THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE.
IN MAY, 1980, HE WAS APPOINTED HEAD OF THE CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE AND IN OCTOBER OF THE SAME YEAR BECAME THE DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT, OVERSEEING THE WORK OF THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE, THE CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE, THE GEOTECHNICAL CONTROL OFFICE AND THE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.
IN APRIL, 1981, MR CHAN WAS MADE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS. HE BECAME THE DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS IN 1982 WHEN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT REORGANISED.
IN JULY LAST YEAR HE WAS APPOINTED SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS.
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