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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1977

OFFICIAL OPENING OF NEW PUBLICATIONS CENTRE ******

THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS AND INFORMATION, MR. DENIS BRAY, WILL OFFICIALLY OPEN THE NEW GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE ON FRIDAY (FEBRUARY 25) AT 4 P.M.

HE WILL MAKE A SHORT SPEECH TO MARK THE OCCASION TO WHICH GUESTS HAVE BEEN INVITED FROM THE BOOK TRADE, HOTELS AND OTHER OUTLETS INVOLVED WITH THE SALE OF GOVERNMENT" PUBLICATIONS.

THE NEW CENTRE IS SITUATED ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF THE NEW POST OFFICE BUILDING IN CONNAUGHT PLACE. ONLY A FEW YARDS AWAY FROM THE FORMER PREMISES IN THE STAR FERRY CONCOURSE. IT PROVIDES MODERN BOOKSHOP FACILITIES AND IMPROVED DISPLAY ARRANGEMENTS FOR AN EXTENSIVE RANGE OF GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS.

NOTE TO NEWS EDITORS.

YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND YOUR REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE OFFICIAL OPENING AT 4 P.M. ON FRIDAY (FEBRUARY 25).

DONOHUE DIES AT 66

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NEWS HAS BEEN RECEIVED IN HONG KONG OF THE DEATH OF MR. PETER DONOHUE, A FORMER DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION.

HE WAS 66 WHEN HE PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY ON NOVEMBER 25, 1976, IN DOUGLAS, ISLE OF MAN.

MR. DONOHUE RETIRED IN 1964 AFTER 15 YEARS SERVICE IN THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT.

HE CAME TO HONG KONG FROM TRINIDAD, WEST INDIES, IN MAY 1949 TO TAKE UP THE APPOINTMENT OF MASTER IN KING GEORGE V SCHOOL. HE ACTED ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS AS SENIOR INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS AND WAS PROMOTED TO SENIOR EDUCATION OFFICER IN APRIL 1952. THREE AND A HALF YEARS LATER HE WAS APPOINTED ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION.

MR. DONOHUE BECAME DEPUTY DIRECTOR IN DECEMBER 1959 AND DIRECTOR IN APRIL 1961. HE RETIRED ON GROUNDS OF ILL HEALTH IN DECEMBER, 1964.

MR. DONOHUE'S PASSING WILL BE REGRETTED BY HIS MANY FRIENDS IN EDUCATIONAL CIRCLES WHERE HE WAS KNOWN AS A HARD WORKING AND CONSCIENTIOUS ADMINISTRATOR, WHO DID MUCH TO ORGANISE AND DIRECT THE EXPANSION OF PRIMARY EDUCATION AND IN PARTICULAR TO LAY THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE SUCCESSFUL SCHOOL BUILDING PROGRAMME.