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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1989
MR
AFTER A RESPECTABLE 11 YEARS OF WORK AT SEA,
TANG DECIDED TO HAVE A CHANGE AND LOOKED FOR A LAND-BASED JOB. THAT EXPLAINS WHY HE JOINED THE MARINE DEPARTMENT AS MARINE OFFICER IN 1967 AT THE AGE OF 32.
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AS THE SEAFARERS, ALSO PUT HIM
WORKING FOR THE THEN "MARDEP" AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN TO "OUSTANDING" GROUP.
DEPARTMENT
IN
IS THE MORE
THE
RECRUITED THEN, DEPARTMENT,
HE
"IT WAS BECAUSE OUT OF THE 13 MARINE OFFICERS I WAS ONE OF THE FIVE CHINESE OFFICERS TO JOIN SAID.
AREA (POWA)
MODEST WITH THE PROJECTS FOR WHICH HE HAD PUT HIS SHOULDER TO THE WHEEL, HE RECALLED STARTING THE PUBLIC CARGO WORKING SCHEME FROM SCRATCH.
EFFICIENTLY THE SEAFRONT,
EFFECTIVELY "IN ORDER TO REGULATE BOTH
AND LOADING AND UNLOADING OF GOODS FROM VESSELS ALONG THE LONG THE GOVERNMENT HAD PLANS TO SET UP PCWA'S WELL BEFORE 1974.
"AFTER MUCH PLANNING AND NEGOTIATING FOR LAND AND 30 FORTH,
CHAI THE FIRST PCWA WAS SET UP IN WAN
IN 1974 AND THE SUBSEQUENT BEEN AND ARE PHASES OF DEVELOPMENT HAVE
STILL GOING ON WELL AS ENVISAGED,' MR TANG SAID WITH A HINT OF SATISFACTION.
ANOTHER AREA WHICH HE HAS VENTURED INTO 18 THE PORT AN INPUT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY STUDY (PDSS), WHICH PROVIDES PADS (OR PORT AND AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY STUDY.
"IN FACT. AS EARLY AS 1988 WE HAD THE IDEA OF DEVELOPING THE
AREA AND PUT THEM FORWARD IN WESTERN HARBOUR
THE EXPOSHIP (AN EXHIBITION FOR THE MARITIME INDUSTRY) WHICH THEN BECAME THE OF PDSS," MR TANG SAID.
BLUEPRINT
IS MEMORY THE LAST PROJECT TO BE ETCHED IN HIS BOAT CLEARANCE OPERATION IN YAU MA TEI TYPHOON SHELTER YEAR.
THE DWELLING IN JULY THIS
"I BELIEVE THE OPERATION WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IF
SEVERAL FOR THE CONCERTED EFFORTS OF THE
DEPARTMENTS
SAID.
NOT
INVOLVED.'
M
HE
WITH AN AMPLE MARITIME EXPERIENCE, MR TANG ALSO LET
BEEN A EXPERTISE GO GLOBAL. IN FACT HE HAS
CONSULTANT MARITIME SEVERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS ORGANISATIONS FOR MANY YEARS.
HIS
TO
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"I HOPE I CAN CONTINUE TO SERVE IN THE CONSULTANCY FIELD RETIREMENT,' HE SAID.
AFTER
THE DIRECTOR OF MARINE, MR DERICK HALL, TODAY (FRIDAY)
PRESENTED A GIFT TO MR TANG AT A CEREMONY COLLEAGUES.
ATTENDED
BY MANY OF
HIS
THANKING MR