XN000022-1975-02-06 — Page 7

NICK CARTER

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1975.

*MR. INDUSTRIAL SAFETY+ RETIRES

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HONG KONG'S +MR. INDUSTRIAL SAFETY+ WAS FAREWELLED BY HIS LABOUR DEPARTMENT COLLEAGUES TODAY.

MR. CARTER WILL GO ON PRE-RETIREMENT LEAVE ON FEBRUARY 16 AFTER 19 YEARS' SERVICE WITH THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT.

HE HAS BEEN THE DEPARTMENT'S INDUSTRIAL SAFETY TRAINING OFFICER SINCE 1967. DURING THAT TIME HE BECAME A WELL-KNOWN AND RESPECTED FIGURE IN HONG KONG INDUSTRIAL CIRCLES.

THE FAREWELL CEREMONY WAS HELD AT THE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY TRAINING CENTRE AT THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S KOWLOON OFFICE - A CENTRE WHICH MR. CARTER BUILT UP TO ITS PRESENT HIGH STANDARD OVER THE LAST SEVEN YEARS,

OFFICIALLY FAREWELLING MR. CARTER, THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR. IAN PRICE, SAID MR. CARTER AND HIS STAFF COULD TAKE MUCH PRIDE FROM THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CENTRE.

HE SAID THE CENTRE HAD RECENTLY MARKED COMPLETION OF THE 500TH SAFETY TRAINING COURSE, BRINGING TO MORE THAN 10,000 THE NUMBER OF PERSONS TRAINED BY THE CENTRE.

MR. PRICE PRESENTED MR. CARTER A FILM PROJECTOR AND A ROSEWOOD CABINET AS A FAREWELL GIFT FROM HIS COLLEAGUES.

MR. CARTER AND HIS WIFE WILL BE TAKING AN OVERSEAS HOLIDAY BEFORE RETURNING TO THEIR HOME IN BRITAIN.

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