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THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1975

PRESIDENT OF INSTITUTION OF FIRE ENGINEERS TO VISIT HONG KONG

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MR. E.H. WHITAKER PRESIDENT OF THE INSTITUTION OF FIRE ENG MIRERS IN DRITAIN, IS TO SPEND A WEEK IN HONG KONG AS GUEST OF THE LOCAL PRANCHI

M. WHITAKER, ACCOMPANIED BY HIS WIFE, WILL ARRIVE TOMMORROW FRIDA "') WA WILL DE MET AT KAI TAK AIRPORT BY THE PRESIDENT OF 1: ***PONG BRANCH OF THE INSTITUTION, MR. H.T.J. HUTCHINS, WHO IS THE EYECENTLY THE CHIEF FIRE OFFICER OF THE NEW TERRITORIES.

ON MONDAY, MR. WHITAKER WILL CALL ON THE DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES MR. HARRY WOOD, AND IN THE EVENING ATTEND THE HONG KONG PRADCUPS” ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. FOUNDED IN 1959, THE BRANCH NOW HAS MORE THAN 220 MEMBERS.

REFORE LEAVING ON APRIL 18, MR. WHITAKER WILL SPEND SOME TIME VISITING THE FIRE SERVICE DEPARTMENT'S ESTABLISHMENTS.

MR. WHITAKER WHO IS THE CHIEF FIRE OFFICER, EAST SUSSEX FIRE BRIGADE, WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE INSTITUTION LAST SEPTEMBER. HE HOLDS THE POST FOR A YEAR. HE HAS SPENT THE PAST FEW DAYS IN SINGAPORE DURING WHICH HE ATTENDED THE INAUGURAL MEETING OF A LOCAL PRANCH. FOLLOWING HIS VISIT TO HONG KONG HE WILL GO TO BANGKOK BEFORE RETURNING TO BRITAIN.

SWD PROBATION OFFICER RETIRES

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THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR. THOMAS LEE, REPRESENTING STAFF OF HIS DEPARTMENT, TODAY PRESENTED A GOLD WATCH TO A SENIOR PROBATION OFFICER, MR. CHEN HUNG, WHO IS RETIRING AFTER 20 YEARS' SERVICE.

THE PRESENTATION WAS HELD AT THE DEPARTMENT'S HEADQUARTERS IN LEE GARDENS.

IN MAKING THE PRESENTATION, MR. LEE RECALLED MR. CHEN'S ASSOCIATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO HIS LOYALTY AND DEVOTION TO SERVICE FOR THE CARE AND REHABILITATION OF OFFENDERS WHICH, HE SAID, HAD BEEN OF MUCH VALUE.

EDUCATED AT ST. JOHN'S UNIVERSITY IN SHANGHAI, MR. CHEN WAS, FOR MOST OF HIS CAREER, ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROBATION SERVICE SERVING IN VARIOUS LOCAL COURTS OF LAW, INCLUDING THE DISTRICT COURTS AND THE SUPREME COURT.

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