FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1987
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POSTMEN HONOURED FOR LOYAL SERVICE
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TWO POSTMEN ARE AWARDED THE IMPERIAL SERVICE MEDAL TODAY (FRIDAY) FOR THEIR LOYAL AND DISTINGUISHED SERVICE.
THEY ARE MR LEUNG KAM-CHUEN AND MR YIP CHEUK-YIN, BOTH AGED 59.
MR LEUNG, ONE OF THE LONGEST SERVING MEMBERS IN THE POST OFFICE, JOINED THE DEPARTMENT AS A MAIL COOLIE IN 1946. HE BECAME A POSTMAN CLASS 11 IN 1947 AND WAS PROMOTED TO POSTMAN CLASS IT IN 1953.
HE WAS REGRADED AS A POSTMAN IN 1967 AND IS DUE TO RETIRE LATER THIS MONTH.
MR LEUNG, WHOSE FATHER ALSO SERVED THE SAME DEPARTMENT FROM 1905 TO 1940, HAS BEEN DELIVERING MAIL IN NORTH POINT FOR MOST OF HIS CAREER.
MR YIP, WHO IS DUE TO RETIRE NEXT MONTH, JOINED THE POST OFFICE AS A MAIL COOLIE IN 1953. HE BECAME A POSTMAN CLASS 11 IN 1956 AND WAS REGRADED AS POSTMAN IN 1967.
MR YIP HAS BEEN DELIVERING MAIL IN THE DES VOEUX ROAD WEST AREA SINCE 1970 AND IS WELL LIKED BY RESIDENTS OF THE AREA.
TIN SHUI WAI LAND FORMATION TENDERS INVITED
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TENDERS HAVE BEEN INVITED FROM A SHORT-LIST OF PRE-QUALIFIED CONTRACTORS FOR THE MAIN LAND FORMATION AND DRAINAGE WORKS FOR TIN SHUI WAI NEW TOWN IN THE NORTH-WESTERN NEW TERRITORIES.
THESE WORKS FOLLOW THE PREPARATORY CONSTRUCTION OF AN ACCESS ROAD, REALIGNMENT OF THE TAI RIVER AND FLOOD PROTECTION WORKS NOW UNDERWAY.
THE WORKS COMPRISE DREDGING MATERIAL FROM DESIGNATED AREAS IN DEEP BAY, TRANSPORTING IT TO TIN SHUI WAI AND FORMING 169 HECTARES OF LAND FOR A PLANNED POPULATION OF 146 500. THE CONSTRUCTION OF ASSOCIATED DRAINAGE WORKS IN TIN SHUI WAI CATCHMENT ARE INCLUDED AS PART OF THE PROJECT.
/THE WORKS
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