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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1991
THREE PROJECTS RECEIVED CERTIFICATES OF MERIT. THESE WERE THE RESTORATION OF KUN TING STUDY HALL AT PING SHAN, TUEN MUN GIRL'S
HOME AND THE MUSEUM OF ART IN TSIM SHA TSUI.
THE PANEL OF JUDGES CHAIRED BY DIRECTOR OF ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES, MR PAUL CORSER, COMPRISED CHAIRMAN OF THE URBAN COUNCIL, DR RONALD LEUNG, MR ANTHONY NG OF KNW ARCHITECTS LTD, AND DEAN OF ARCHITECTURE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, MR BARRY WILL.
MR CORSER SAID: "THE AWARD OF THREE CERTIFICATES OF MERIT Is UNUSUAL BUT THIS YEAR THE PANEL CONSIDERED THE STANDARD OF DESIGN DISPLAYED WAS PARTICULARLY HIGH".
SIX CIVIL SERVANTS AWARDED FOR SUGGESTIONS
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SIX CIVIL SERVANTS WERE TODAY (TUESDAY) PRESENTED WITH AWARDS BY THE SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE, MR BARRIE WIGGHAM, FOR THEIR SUGGESTIONS MADE UNDER THE STAFF SUGGESTIONS SCHEME WHICH SEEKS To IMPROVE EFFICIENCY.
TWO OF THEM, MR CHAN CHI-WAH AND MR PO CHI-WING, RECEIVED THE HIGHEST AWARD UNDER THE SCHEME A CERTIFICATE OF COMMENDATION, PLUS A CASH AWARD OF $12,500.
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MR CHAN, A SENIOR TRANSPORT CONTROLLER OF THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT, PROPOSED AN ECONOMIC WAY OF PLACING TRAFFIC CONES ΤΟ EFFECT THE TIDAL FLOW SCHEME AT THE LION ROCK TUNNEL AND HAS HELPED HIS DEPARTMENT ACHIEVE AN ANNUAL SAVING OF OVER ONE MILLION DOLLÁRS.
PO, A FIREMAN IN THE FIRE SERVICES
THE SECOND WINNER, MR DEPARTMENT, HAS DESIGNED A NEW METHOD FOR WINDING APPARATUS GUIDELINE. IT HAS NOT ONLY IMPROVED THE FIRE-FIGHTING OPERATIONS BUT ALSO ENHANCED THE SAFETY FIRE SCENES.
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THE OTHER FOUR RECIPIENTS WHO WERE EACH AWARDED A CERTIFICATE OF COMMENDATION WERE MR CHOY KIM-LEUNG, A SENIOR SURVEY OFFICER OF THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT; MR LEUNG KAM-TAI, A CHIEF PRINTING OFFICER OF THE PRINTING DEPARTMENT; MR CHAN KAM-HUNG, A CLERICAL OFFICER I IN THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE AND MR LEE KAN-HAN, A POSTAL OFFICER IN THE POST OFFICE.
SPEAKING AT THE CEREMONY, MR WIGGHAM PRAISED THE WINNERS FOR THEIR INITIATIVE AND CONSTRUCTIVENESS IN DEVELOPING SUGGESTIONS USEFUL TO THE CIVIL SERVICE. HE ALSO CALLED ON ALL CIVIL SERVANTS ΤΟ CONTINUE THEIR SUPPORT TO THE SCHEME.
THE STAFF SUGGESTIONS SCHEME WAS INTRODUCED IN 1975 TO ENCOURAGE CIVIL SERVANTS TO COME UP WITH SUGGESTIONS то BOOST EFFICIENCY AND PRODUCTIVITY OF THE CIVIL SERVICE.
ALSO PRESENT AT THE CEREMONY WERE THE HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS THE AWARD RECIPIENTS, OFFICERS OF THE CIVIL SERVICE BRANCH MEMBERS OF THE STAFF SUGGESTIONS COMMITTEE WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE ADMINISTERING THE SCHEME.
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