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Monday, October 29,, 1973

PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR ASSUMES NEW POST IN BRITAIN

Mr. A.S. Robertson, acting Director of Public Works is to become

the Chief Executive of the Northumbrian Water Authority in England. He

is expected to leave Hong Kong in January and will assume his new duties

right away.

Mr. Robertson, who has been in the P.W.D. in Hong Kong for nearly

21 years, will be in charge of one of ten regional authorities which have

been newly created to rationalise the entire water industry in England and

Wales.

The Northumbrian Water Authority is concerned with the counties

of Northumberland and Durham and its responsibilities will include water

supply, sewerage and sewage disposal, the control of rivers, land drainage,

fisheries, and the recreational use of all waters in the area.

He

Mr. Robertson, 47, joined the government as an engineer in 1953

and devoted many years of his early career to the Waterworks Office.

was appointed Government Water Engineer in 1966 and Director of Water Supplies

on returning from a course in desalination technology in 1969. In November

last year he was appointed Deputy Director of Public Works and became Acting

Director in June this year.

Mr. Robertson has a Master of Engineering degree in desalination

technology, an honours degree in mechanical and civil engineering, is a

Fellow of the Institute of Civil Engineers, a Fellow of the Institute of

Water Engineers and a member of the Institute of Structural Engineers.

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