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FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 1988
LAST YEAR'S TURNOUT WAS
17,300 PEOPLE
PLANTING SOME 21,000
TREKS.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE "PLANT FOR CHARITY" EVENT ΤΟ BE HELD ON SUNDAY (APRIL 24) AT 11 AM AT THE FUNG HANG FAMILY WALK IN THE PLOVER COVE COUNTRY PARK.
TRANSPORT FOR
AFD
MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES WILL LEAVE HEADQUARTERS, CANTON ROAD GOVERNMENT OFFICES, 393 CANTON ROAD, KOWLOON AT 9.30 AM.
CIVIL SERVANTS PRAISED FOR IDEAS ON EFFICIENCY
THE SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE, MR HARNAM GREWAL, TODAY (FRIDAY) PRESENTED CERTIFICATES OF COMMENDATION TO 10 CIVIL SERVANTS FOR SUGGESTIONS MADE TO THE CIVIL SERVICE STAFF SUGGESTIONS SCHEME ON WAYS OF IMPROVING EFFICIENCY.
IN ADDITION TO EACH RECEIVING A CERTIFICATE OF COMMENDATION, THREE OF THE 10 OFFICERS ALSO RECEIVED CASH AWARDS RANGING FROM $250 TO $2,000.
THE HIGHEST CASH AWARD WENT TO MR PAU MAN-HO, A SENIOR DISPENSER OF THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT, WHO SUGGESTED A CHEAPER MEANS OF SUPPLYING TUBERCULIN PURIFIED PROTEIN DERIVATIVE USE BY GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS AND CHEST CLINICS.
FOR
HIS SUGGESTION HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED BY THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND WILL RESULT IN SAVINGS OF SOME $90,000 A YEAR.
SENIOR
OTHER RECIPIENTS OF THE AWARDS WERE MR C.H. ALLISON, A CROWN COUNSEL OF THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT; MR KONG CHARN-LEUNG, A SENIOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSISTANT OF THE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT; AND
MR P.E. HALLIDAY, A SENIOR SUPERINTENDENT OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE; MR LAU CHING-YUE, AN ARTISAN OF THE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL SERIVCES DEPARTMENT; MR CHEUNG PAK-KEUNG, AN ESTATE CARETAKER OF THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT; AND
MR NG TO-WUT, A VEHICLE TESTER OF THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT; AND MI FUNG PO-WO, A HOUSING MANAGER OF THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT, AND TWO OTHER OFFICERS FROM THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT AND THE SENIOR STAFF COURSE CENTRE.
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