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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1977

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL CHIEF TO RETIRE

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MR. R.J. CHEONG-LEEN, CHIEF AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL OFFICER OF THE CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENT WILL RETIRE FROM THE GOVERNMENT SHORTLY AFTER MORE THAN 24 YEARS' SERVICE.

TO MARK THE OCCASION, MR. R.E. DOWNING, DIRECTOR OF CIVIL AVIATION, WILL PRESENT A FAREWELL MEMENTO TO MR. CHEONG-LEEN ON BEHALF OF HIS FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES AT THE DEPARTMENT'S HEADQUARTERS ON WEDNESDAY (SEPTEMBER 14).

STARTING HIS CAREER IN CIVIL AVIATION AS A FLIGHT RADIO OFFICER, MR. CHEONG-LEEN JOINED THE DEPARTMENT IN 1953 AS AN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SUPERVISOR, WAS SUBSEQUENTLY PROMOTED TO AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL OFFICER IN 1959, AND TO AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL OFFICER IN 1965. HE HAS BEEN HOLDING HIS PRESENT POST OF SUPER INTENDENT OF AIR TRAFFIC SERVICES SINCE 1973.

DURING HIS LONG YEARS OF SERVICE, MR. CHEONG-LEEN HAS REPRESENTED THE DEPARTMENT AT OVERSEAS CONFERENCE AND ACTED AS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF CIVIL AVIATION ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE WELCOME TO SEND A PHOTOGRAPHER TO COVER THE PRESENTATION CEREMONY WHICH WILL BE HELD IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM AT THE CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS, NEW RODNEY BLOCK, QUEENSWAY AT 12.15 P.M. ON WEDNESDAY (SEPTEMBER 14).

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