TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1987
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RETIRING COOK PRESENTED WITH CHOPSTICKS
AFTER 27 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE GOVERNMENT, THE COOK OF THE LAUNCH CLEMENTI', MR DOO CHEE-CHING, IS RETIRING NEXT WEEK WITH A FEELING OF GRATITUDE AND SADNESS.
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AT 68, 'DOO SUK' UNCLE DO0 AS HE IS KNOWN TO HIS COLLEAGUES SAYS HE IS GRATEFUL FOR THE MANY MEMORABLE TIMES DURING HIS LONG SERVICE, BUT IS SAD TO LEAVE THE FRIENDS HE HAS MADE ALONG THE WAY.
HE HAS SERVED UNDER NUMEROUS DIRECTORS AND SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ON BOARD THE 'CLEMENTI' WHICH WAS, 27 YEARS AGO, THE LAUNCH OF THE THEN NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, AND NOW THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION.
"BECAUSE EACH ONE OF MY BOSSES TREATED ME LIKE A FRIEND, I INJOYED MY JOB VERY WELL AND NEVER THINK OF QUITTING IT," DOO SUK SAID.
HE JOINED THE GOVERNMENT AS A COOK IN 1960 WHEN THE LAUNCH 'CLEMENTI' HAD JUST BEEN INAUGURATED FOR SEVERAL MONTHS AND STAYED ON *NTIL HIS RETIREMENT IN 1974 AT THE AGE OF 55.
DUE TO HIS DISTINGUISHED SERVICE, DOO SUK WAS RE-EMPLOYED FOR THE PAST 13 YEARS AND HE WAS AWARDED THE B.E.M. IN 1982.
DOO SUR IS MOST FAMOUS
FOR 111S CURRY,
VARIOUS KINDS OF FOOD TO SUIT DIFFERENT TASTES.
THOUGII HE CAN COOK
"1 LEARNED THE SPECIAL CURRY COOKING METHOD FROM A DIET EXPERT IN THE ARMY WHEN I WAS A COOK TRAINEE THERE IN THE 1950S, HE SAID.
TO BE A COOK ON BOARD A LAUNCIL, ONE HAS TO ВЕ PHYSICALLY FIT TO STAND THE WAVES.
"APART FROM COOKING SKILL, I HAD TO UNDERGO A PHYSICAL TEST BY STAYING ON BOARD THE 'CLEMENTI' OUT IN THE ROUGH SEA FOR ONE WHOLE DAY BEFORE I GOT THE JOB, DOO SUK RECALLED.
AT A CEREMONY HELD THIS (TUESDAY) AFTERNOON ON BOARD THE 'CLEMENTI', THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, DR JAMES HAYES, COMMENDED DOO SUK FOR HIS DEDICATED AND LOYAL SERVICE TO THE GOVERNMENT.
HIS
CHOPSTICKS TO Don DR HAYES ALSO PRESENTED TWO PAIRS OF IVORY SUK AND HIS WIFE AS SOUVENIR A FAMILIAR TOOL FOR FLIM DURING LIFE-LONG CAREER,
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THE ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICER, MR JONATHAN NG, AND STAFF OF
SUK A HAPPY ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICE, JOINED DR HAYES IN WISHING DOO RETIREMENT.
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