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FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 1987
39 LONG SERVING STAFF RETIRE
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STAFF OF THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT AND THE FISH AND VEGETABLE MARKETING ORGANISATIONS TODAY (FRIDAY) BADE FAREWELL TO 39 RETIRING COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE ACCUMULATED BETWEEN THEM SOME 1,025 YEARS OF SERVICE.
14 FROM THE VEGETABLE MARKETING ORGANISATION,
THE RETIRING EMPLOYEES, COMPRISING MARKETING ORGANISATION AND 25 FROM THE FISH HAVE EACH SERVED AN AVERAGE OF 26 YEARS. SIX OF THEM HAVE WORKED 39 YEARS AND ANOTHER EIGHT FOR OVER 30 YEARS.
FOR
AT A BRIEF CEREMONY HELD AT THE CHEUNG SHA WAN WHOLESALE VEGETABLE MARKET, THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, MR TONY BENNETT, PRESENTED THEM WITH RETIREMENT SOUVENIRS AND PRAISED THEM FOR THEIR LOYALTY AND SUPPORT OVER THE YEARS.
MR BENNETT SAID: "MANY DEVELOPMENTS HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN THE ORGANISATIONS OVER THE PAST YEARS TO MEET THE CHANGING NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.
"THOSE WHO ARE RETIRING TODAY CAN TAKE PRIDE IN KNOWING THAT THROUGH THEIR HARD WORK AND DEVOTION TO DUTY, THEY HAVE CONTRIBUTED IN NO SMALL MEASURE TOWARDS THE EFFICIENT OPERATION OF BOTH THE FISH AND VEGETABLE MARKETING ORGANISATIONS."
TWO JP'S DISMISSED
THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE ANNOUNCED TODAY (FRIDAY) THAT ACTING GOVERNOR HAS EXERCISED HIS POWERS LETTERS PATENT TO DISMISS MR SCALES AS NON-OFFICIAL JUSTICES EFFECT FROM AUGUST 2.
UNDER ARTICLE XVI YANG YUAN-LOONG AND MR PETER
OF THE PEACE FOR HONG
THE
OF THE OSWALD KONG WITH
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