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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1984
POSTCHEQUE SERVICE
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FROM WEDNESDAY (JANUARY 2), POSTCHEQUES ISSUED BY THE BRITISH NATIONAL GIROBANK WILL BE ACCEPTED FOR ENCASHMENT AT ALL POST OFFICES IN HONG KONG, A POST OFFICE SPOKESMAN ANNOUNCED TODAY.
THESE CHEQUES, SPECIALLY PRINTED BY THE BRITISH POST OFFICE, ARE TO BE DRAWN IN HONG KONG DOLLARS AND THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT FOR ONE SINGLE POSTCHEQUE THAT MAY BE ENCASHED IS HK$600,
TO BE ABLE TO USE THIS SERVICE, A PERSON MUST POSSESS A POSTCHEQUE ACCOUNT WITH THE BRITISH POST OFFICE.
THE ACCOUNT HOLDER MUST PERSONALLY PRESENT THE POSTCHEQUE FOR ENCASHMENT AND PROVE HIS IDENTITY BY PRESENTING HIS GIROBANK GUARANTEE CARD WHICH MUST BEAR A VALID DATE.
+ THE POST OFFICE HOPES THAT THIS SERVICE WILL PROVIDE A USEFUL ADDITIONAL FACILITY FOR TOURISTS WHO VISIT HONG KONG,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
BUILDING SURVEYOR RETIRING
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THE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT BUILDING SURVEYOR OF THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, MR HUGH MCATEER, IS RETIRING AFTER 25 YEARS' SERVICE WITH THE GOVERNMENT.
TO MARK THE OCCASION, THE DIRECTOR OF BUILDING DEVELOPMENT, MR CHAMSON CHAU, THIS AFTERNNOON PRESENTED HIM WITH A SOUVENIR, ON BEHALF OF HIS COLLEAGUES.
SPEAKING AT THE FAREWELL RECEPTION, MR CHAU SAID THAT AS HEAD OF THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE, MR MCATEER HAD GUIDED THE OFFICE THROUGH A PERIOD OF STEADY EXPANSION AND PROGRESS WITH HARD WORK, PATIENCE AND LEADERSHIP.
+KNOWN AS GENERAL MAC BY THE CHINESE STAFF, HUGH'S TYPICALLY SCOTTISH DOUR, DIRECT, NO NONSENSE APPROACH HAS ENABLED HIM TO UPHOLD THE INTEGRITY OF THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE AND HE HAS WON THE RESPECT OF PEOPLE BOTH WITHIN AND OUTSIDE THE DEPARTMENT,+ MR CHAU SAID.
MR MCATEER JOINED THE GOVERNMENT AS A BUILDING SURVEYOR IN SEPTEMBER 1959. HE WAS APPOINTED BUILDING SURVEYOR IN 1975 AND PROMOTED TO THE PRESENT POST IN 1981.
THE PRESENT GOVERNMENT BUILDING SURVEYOR, MR TONY LAWRENCE, WILL TAKE UP THE POST OF PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT BUILDING SURVEYOR FROM DECEMBER 31.