SUNDAY, JULY 11, 1993
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AFD STAFF AWARDED FOR SUGGESTIONS
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EIGHT STAFF MEMBERS OF THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT (AFD) WERE RECENTLY AWARDED BY THE DEPARTMENT FOR COMING UP WITH SUGGESTIONS THAT HELP IMPROVE WORK EFFICIENCY AND CUT COSTS BY MAKING BETTER USE OF RESOURCES.
THEY WERE AWARDED A TOTAL OF $18,000 CASH PRIZES PLUS CERTIFICATES OF DEPARTMENT COMMENDATION UNDER THE DEPARTMENTAL STAFF SUGGESTIONS SCHEME TRIED OUT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE DEPARTMENT.
THE OVERALL WINNER OF THE SCHEME, MR LAM FOOK-HING, A WORKMAN AT THE MA ON SHAN COUNTRY PARK MANAGEMENT CENTRE, WAS AWARDED $7,500 FOR HIS SUGGESTION TO INCREASE THE CARRYING CAPACITY OF A BARBECUE PIT BY DIGGING ANOTHER GROUND PIT BELOW THE STOVE TO HOLD MORE ASHES.
OTHER MERITORIOUS PROPOSALS INCLUDE A METHOD TO PRODUCE HIGH QUALITY CONCRETE SLABS; UTILISING WASTE CONCRETE ΤΟ BUILD RETAINING WALLS AND PATHS ON RECREATION SITES IN COUNTRY PARKS; A NEW SYSTEM TO LINK COMPUTER INFORMATION IN THE DEPARTMENT AND A WAY TO TRANSPORT LARGE ROCKS IN COUNTRY PARKS.
DR LAWRENCE LEE,
THE SUGGESTION
THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, SAID HE WAS PLEASED WITH THE RESPONSE OF HIS STAFF TO SCHEME.
HE NOTED THAT THE SCHEME WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY ORGANISED BY THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT WAS NOW PUT ON TRIAL AS A DEPARTMENTAL SCHEME IN NINE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.
HE SAID IT WAS ENCOURAGING TO SEE THAT THE SCHEME WAS A SUCCESS IN THE DEPARTMENT, ATTRACTING 13 ENTRIES AND 15 SUGGESTIONS.
STRENGTH
ALL THE DEPARTMENTS
THIS RESPONSE OF 0.67 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL STAFF MAKES THE HIGHEST PARTICIPATION RATE AMONG TAKING PART IN THE TRIAL SCHEMR.
CO-CHAMPIONS IN TERMS OF
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"THE DEPARTMENT IS ALSO ONE OF THE THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF CASH PRIZES AWARDED.
WHILE COMMENDING THE STAFF FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTION, DR LEE URGED THEM TO CONTINUE THEIR GOOD WORK IN SERVING THE DEPARTMENT AND THE COMMUNITY,
LAP-PONG;
MR
OTHER AFD STAFF MEMBERS AWARDED WERE MR MAK KOON-LAU; MR TSOI TUNG-MING; MR SHIEH KAM-WAH; MR CHAN YAU TAK-CHIU; MR KWOK FOOK-TSUEN AND MR WOO TING-KWONG.
TWENTY-SEVEN STAFF MEMBERS WERE
ALSO GIVEN 30 YEARS'
MERITORIOUS SERVICE
CERTIFICATES.