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TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 1977.

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CHIEF TECHNICIAN OF P.W.D. RETIRING

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MR. CHU SHEUNG-KWAN, CHIEF TECHNICIAN OF THE MAINTENANCE BRANCH OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT'S ARCHITECTURAL OFF ICE,' WILL RETIRE LATER THIS YEAR AFTER 28 YEARS IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE.

FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS HE HAS BEEN IN CHARGE OF MAINTENANCE OF HONG KONG CENTRAL DISTRICT INCLUDING GOVERNMENT HOUSE.

MR. CHU FIRST JOINED THE P.W.D. IN JUNE 1948 AS A FOREMAN || AND WAS SUBSEQUENTLY PROMOTED TO FOREMAN [I AND LATER TO FOREMAN 1,

HE WAS LATER PROMOTED TO CLERK OF WORKS AND TO HIS PRESENT POST OF CHIEF TECHNICIAN LAST YEAR.

TO MARK HIS RETIREMENT, MR. K.R. BOYCE, THE P ̧W.D.'S GOVERNMENT MAINTENANCE SURVEYOR, WILL PRESENT HIM WITH A RETIREMENT GIFT TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY) ON BEHALF OF HIS COLLEAGUES.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO SEND YOUR REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE PRESENTATION CEREMONY, IT WILL BE HELD AT 4.30 P.M. TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY) IN THE MAINTENANCE BRANCH OF THE ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE, 19TH FLOOR, NEW MERCURY HOUSE, FENWICK STREET, HONG KONG.