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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1976

QUEEN HONOURS P.W.D. FOREMAN

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MR. CHEUNG SANG, A RETIRED FOREMAN OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, HAS BEEN AWARDED THE IMPERIAL SERVICE MEDAL BY THE QUEEN IN RECOGNITION OF HIS 42 YEARS' DISTINGUISHED SERVICE,

MR. CHEUNG, 60, ENTERED THE GOVERNMENT SERVICE AT THE AGE OF 18 AS A FOREMAN-LABOURER IN THE THEN DRAINAGE DEPARTMENT OF THE P.W.D. HE WAS PROMOTED TO FOREMAN

IN 1957.

FOR THE PAST YEARS, HE HAS BEEN A DISTRICT FOREMAN IN THE HIGHWAYS (KOWLOON) DIVISION WHERE HE WAS LARGELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SMOOTH RUNNING OF THE DISTRICT UNDER HIS CONTROL. HIS EXTENSIVE KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE ALSO PROVED INVALUABLE IN TRAINING NEW RECRUITS.

A HAPPY MR. CHEUNG SAID TODAY HE WAS THRILLED AT THE AWARD. IT IS INDEED A GREAT HONOUR WHICH I WILL ALWAYS TREASURE AND SHARE WITH MY FORMER COLLEAGUES WHO REALLY MADE IT ALL POSSIBLE.+

THIS MORNING THE P.W.D.'S DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT, MR. DAVID STEAD, AND THE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT HIGHWAY ENGINEER, MR. GORDON SAPSTEAD, JOINED MR. CHEUNG'S MANY FRIENDS AT THE KOWGMHGHA FISHORGRATULATE HIM.

AMONG THE WELLWISHERS WAS MR. KAN ASSISTANT INSPECTOR OF WORKS WITH THE KOWLOON HIGHWAY OFFICE, WHO HIMSELF WAS AWARDED A B.E.M. IN THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY HONOURS LIST LAST YEAR.

BETWEEN THEM, MR. CHEUNG AND MR. LO HAVE SERVED A TOTAL OF 83 YEARS WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

MR. CHEUNG RETIRED LAST AUGUST.