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FRIDAY, MAY 29,
MAY 29, 1992
IMPERIAL SERVICE MEDAL AWARDED TO RETIRING SENIOR COXSWAIN
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AFTER SERVING THE
MARINE DEPARTMENT FOR 37 YEARS, DEVOTED SENIOR COXSWAIN, MR NG PUI, SAID IT IS TIME FOR HIM TO RETIRE AND TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
THOUGH HE IS NOT FOND OF TRAVELLING, HE WILL TAKE HIS WIFE ON A TRIP TO CHINA BEFORE DECIDING WHAT TO DO IN HIS RETIREMENT.
THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER LIFE IN THE DEPARTMENT, HE EXCELLED HIMSELF IN SEAMANSHIP. HE WAS DEDICATED AND PERFORMED EFFECTIVELY.
MR NG HAS BEEN AWARDED THE IMPERIAL SERVICE MEDAL FOR HIS YEARS' LOYAL AND EFFICIENT SERVICE.
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IN A BRIEF CEREMONY TODAY (FRIDAY), THE DIRECTOR OF MARINE, TONY MILLER, PRESENTED A LETTER OF CONGRATULATIONS FROM THE GOVERNOR, LORD WILSON, TO MR NG.
MR MILLER THANKED MR NG FOR THE FINE SERVICE HE HAD RENDERED TO THE DEPARTMENT.
"I ALWAYS FELT OBLIGED TO FULFIL MY DUTIES AND I TRIED MY VERY BEST TO ACCOMPLISH THEM, MR NG SAID AFTER RECEIVING THE LETTER.
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MR NG IS ON PRE-RETIREMENT LEAVE SINCE EARLIER THIS MONTH.
AGED 54, MR NG JOINED THE DEPARTMENT AS A SEAMAN CLASS II IN OCTOBER 1955 AND WAS PROMOTED TO SEAMAN CLASS I IN NOVEMBER
1959,
ΤΟ LEADING SEAMAN IN NOVEMBER 1968.
HE WAS PROMOTED TO COXSWAIN CLASS III IN AUGUST 1973 AND REGRADED AS COXSWAIN IN APRIL 1974. HE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY PROMOTED TO SENIOR COXSWAIN IN SEPTEMBER 1981.
IN SEPTEMBER 1965 AND MARCH 1966, MR NG WAS COMMENDED BY THE THEN DIRECTOR OF MARINE, MR J.P. HEWITT, FOR HIS BEARING AND EFFICIENCY IN PERFORMING HIS DUTIES ON THE "LADY MAURINE" DURING THE ROYAL VISITS OF H.R.H. PRINCESS ALEXANDRA AND PRINCESS MARGARET.
IN FEBRUARY 1974, HE WAS AGAIN COMMENDED BY THE THEN DIRECTOR OF MARINE, MR A. FLETCHER, FOR HIS EXCELLENT WORK IN SUCCESSFULLY CLEARING UP AN EXTENSIVE OIL SPILL NEAR AP LEI CHAU IN ABERDEEN.
IN RECOGNITION OF HIS MERITORIOUS PERFORMANCE OVER THE HE WAS AWARDED A LONG AND MERITORIOUS SERVICE CERTIFICATE AND PIN LAST YEAR.
THE AWARD WAS PUBLISHED IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE TODAY.
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