FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1985
OPENED IN 1984, THE MUSEUM FEATURES AN INFORMATIVE AND INTERESTING DISPLAY ON THE HISTORY OF CHINESE TEA WARE OVER THE PAST 1 400 YEARS, COVERING THE MAJOR PERIOD OF CHINESE CERAMIC HISTORY FROM THE TANG DYNASTY (618-907) TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURY.
AMONG ITS EXHIBITS IS THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE COLLECTION OF YIXING TEA WARE IN THE WORLD.
AFTER THE MUSEUM VISIT, MADAM E COSTA AND LADY YOUDE RETURNED TO GOVERNMENT HOUSE WHERE THEY JOINED REAR ADMIRAL ALMEIDA E COSTA AND SIR EDWARD YOUDE FOR LUNCH.
MACAU GOVERNOR LEAVES *****
THE GOVERNOR OF MACAU, REAR ADMIRAL ALMEIDA E COSTA AND MADAM E COSTA, RETURNED TO MACAU THIS (FRIDAY) EVENING AFTER AN OFFICIAL VISIT TO HONG KONG.
THEY WERE SEEN OFF AT THE MACAU FERRY PIER BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, AND LADY YOUDE.
ALSO PRESENT TO SAY FAREWELL TO THEM WERE THE CONSUL-GENERAL OF PORTUGAL, MR NUNO DA CUNHA E TAVORA LORENA; THE CONSUL-GENERAL OF THE PHILIPPINES AND DOYEN OF THE MACAU CONSULAR CORPS, MRS FELICIDAD BENGZON GONZALES; THE BRITISH CONSUL-GENERAL AT MR C.C.W. ADAMS AND THE DIRECTOR OF PROTOCOL, SIR JOHN
MACAU, CURLE.
GOVT APPOINTMENTS *****
IT WAS ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT MR MARTIN ROWLANDS WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE CIVIL SERVICE IN MID-AUGUST THIS YEAR. MR ROWLANDS HAS BEEN SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE FOR THE PAST SEVEN YEARS AND WILL HAVE SERVED WITH THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT FOR 33 YEARS.
HE WILL BE SUCCEEDED AS SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE LATER IN THE YEAR BY MR DAVID FORD, WHO IS CURRENTLY SECRETARY FOR HOUSING.
MR T.H. BARMA, DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE, WILL ACT AS SECRETARY FROM AUGUST UNTIL MR FORD TAKES OVER.
BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES ON THESE OFFICERS FOLLOW:
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