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WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 1975

SWD OFFICER RETIRING AFTER 35 YEARS SERVICE

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MR. TSAU TSOR-YAN, SENIOR PRINCIPAL SOCIAL WELFARE OFFICER, WHO HEADS THE SOCIAL SECURITY DIVISION OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, WILL BE RETIRING SHORTLY AFTER 35 YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE.

MR. TSAU FIRST JOINED THE GOVERNMENT AS A CLERK IN 1940 AND MOVED INTO THE WELFARE FIELD IN 1957. SINCE THEN HE HAS SERVED IN VARIOUS POSTS BEFORE APPOINTMENT TO HIS PRESENT POSITION TWO YEARS AGO.

TO MARK HIS RETIREMENT, THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR. THOMAS LEE, WILL PRESENT MR. TSAU WITH A FAREWELL GIFT ON BEHALF OF HIS FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES IN THE DEPARTMENT TOMORROW (THURSDAY) AT 11 A.M.

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE PRESENTATION WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE DEPARTMENT'S CONFERENCE ROOM, ON THE FOURTH FLOOR OF LEE GARDENS, HYSAN AVENUE, HONG KONG.

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NEW POST OFFICE FOR WONG CHUK HANG

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A NEW POST OFFICE WILL BE OPENED THIS SATURDAY (JULY 5) AT BLOCK NO. 4 OF THE WONG CHUK HANG GOVERNMENT HOUSING ESTATE.

THE FULL RANGE OF POSTAL FACILITIES, EXCEPT FOR THE ACCEPTANCE OF INSURED LETTERS AND BOXES, WILL BE AVAILABLE AND A STAMP VENDING MACHINE HAS BEEN INSTALLED TO SUPPLY 10-CENT STAMPS AT ALL HOURS.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT THE OPENING OF THE WONG CHUK HANG POST OFFICE IS A FURTHER STAGE IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME OF THE DEPARTMENT.

+IT BRINGS THE TOTAL OF POST OFFICES TO 70, INCLUDING A MOBILE POST OFFICE OPERATING IN THE NEW TERRITORIES,+ HE ADDED.

BUSINESS HOURS OF THE WONG CHUK HANG POST OFFICE ARE FROM 9 A.M. TO 1 P.M. AND FROM 2.15 P.M. TO 5 P.M. ON WEEKDAYS- AND FROM 9 A.M. TO 1 P.M. ON SATURDAYS. IT WILL BE CLOSED ON SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS.