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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1976

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION RETIRES

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MR. WILLIAM FISHER-SHORT, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (FURTHER), IS GOING ON PRE-RETIREMENT LEAVE NEXT WEEK AFTER 17 YEARS' SERVICE IN HONG KONG AND FOUR IN THE FEDERATION OF MALAYA.

HE WILL BE PRESENTED WITH A GIFT FROM HIS FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES ON THURSDAY (FEBRUARY 26).

THE PRESENTATION WILL BE MADE BY THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR. KENNETH TOPLEY.

MR. FISHER-SHORT BEGAN HIS SERVICE IN HONG KONG AS AN EDUCATION OFFICER AND HIS DUTIES COVERED A WIDE FIELD, FIRST AS A TEACHER IN KING'S COLLEGE, AND THEN AS A LECTURER AT THE NORTHCOTE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION. HE WAS AWARDED A DIPLOMA IN EDUCATIONAL GUIDANCE (WITH DISTINCTION) BY MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY IN JULY 1962.

MA. FISHER-SHORT WAS PROMOTED TO SENIOR EDUCATION OFFICER IN SEPTEMBER 1965 AND TO ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (CHIEF INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS) IN JULY 1971.

HE TOOK CHARGE OF THE FURTHER EDUCATION DIVISION IN JANUARY 1973. HE HAS ALSO SERVED AS A MEMBER OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON SOCIAL WORK TRAINING AND AS A MEMBER OF THE METRICATION COMMITTEE.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE PRESENTATION CEREMONY, WHICH WILL BE HELD AT 11.30 A.M. ON THURSDAY AT THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT CONFERENCE ROOM, LEE GARDENS, THIRD FLOOR, HYSAN AVENUE.

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