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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1976

PRESENTATION OF SOUVENIR TO OUT-GOING REGISTRAR OF TRADE UNIONS

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THE SECRETARY FOR SOCIAL SERVICES, MR. M.C. MORGAN TODAY PRESENTED A SOUVENIR TO REGISTRAR OF TRADE UNIONS, MR. TSANG TAT-SING, WHO IS RETIRING AFTER 25 YEARS OF GOVERNMENT SERVICE.

THE RETIREMENT SOUVENIR CONSISTS OF ANNUAL DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS OF THE REGISTRAR OF TRADE UNIONS FOR THE PAST 21 YEARS AND IS A MEMENTO OF MR. TSANG'S 21 YEARS' SERVICE WITH THE REGISTRY OF TRADE UNIONS.

IN PRESENTING THE GIFT, MR. MORGAN EMPHASISED MR. TSANG'S CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF GOOD RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TRADE UNION MOVEMENT AND THE REGISTRY OVER THE PAST 21 YEARS.

MR. TSANG, 55, IS TO BE SUCCEEDED BY MR. YIU YAN-NANG, WHO HAS BEEN WITH THE GOVERNMENT FOR 19 YEARS.

MR. YIU JOINED THE CIVIL SERVICE IN 1957 AS A HEALTH INSPECTOR IN THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT. EIGHT YEARS LATER HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT WHERE HE BECAME AN ASSISTANT LABOUR OFFICER. HE WAS PROMOTED LABOUR OFFICER IN 1969 AND TO SENIOR LABOUR OFFICER IN 1973.

IN 1968, HE WAS SENT TO THE UNITED KINGDOM WHERE HE RECEIVED ABOUT NINE MONTHS' TRAINING ON LABOUR ADMINISTRATION AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS. FOUR YEARS LATER, HE ATTENDED A COURSE ON ACTIVE LABOUR POLICY DEVELOPMENT AT THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR LABOUR STUDIES (1.L.0.) IN GENEVA.

WATER CUT ***

SALT WATER SUPPLY TO A NUMBER OF PREMISES IN MONG KOK WILL BE TURNED OFF FOR FIVE HOURS FROM 1 A.M. ON THURSDAY TO FACILITATE A NIGHT LEAKAGE TEST.

THE AFFECTED AREA IS BOUNDED BY TAI KOK TSUI ROAD, FUK LEE STREET, THE SEA-FRONT, CHERRY STREET, TONG MEI ROAD AND FUK TSUN STREET, INCLUDING WAT ON STREET, CHUNG WUI STREET, TAI TSUN STREET, IVY STREET, LI TAK STREET, FUK CHAK STREET, KA SHIN STREET, POK MAN STREET, FOO KWAI STREET, HOI KING STREET, CHUN WING STREET, WONG TAI STREET, KOK CHEUNG STREET, HOP KWAN STREET, LOK KWAN STREET, MAN ON STREET, MEI ON STREET, TAI CHING STREET, ELM STREET, BEECH STREET, PINE STREET, OAK STREET, ASH STREET, ANCHOR STREET AND PALM STREET.