XN000022-1973-05-26 — Page 7

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Saturday, May 26, 1973

WATERWORKS INSPECTOR TO RETIRE

Mr. Lau Kam-ming, Waterworks Inspector I, will be retiring

shortly after 31 years of service.

To mark his retirement, the Director of Water Supplies,

Mr. W.T. Knight, will present him with a gift on Monday (May 28) on

behalf of his colleagues.

Mr. Lau, who is 55, first joined the Public Works Department

as Assistant Foreman in the Waterworks Office in 1938, three years

before the Japanese Occupation.

After the War, he resumed his post in the Department in 1945

since then he served in a number of posts. In 1970 he was promoted to

his present position of Waterworks Inspector I.

Note to Editors:

The presentation ceremony will take place at 11.00a.m. in the Public Works Department's conference

room, 21st floor, Murray Building.

You are invited to send a reporter and/or

photographer to cover the presentation.

Release time: 2.30 p.m.