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FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1978

TWO SENIOR PWD STAFF RETIRE

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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TODAY DID FAREWELL TO TWO OF ITS SENIOR STAFF WHO HAVE A COMBINED TOTAL OF 40 YEARS SERVICE WITH THE DEPARTMENT.

THEY ARE MR. ALEX MEYERS, PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT TOWN PLANNER, AND MR. WILLIE MACDONALD, HIGHWAYS SUPERINTENDENT.

AT A CEREMONY HELD THIS AFTERNOON, THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, MR. DAVID MCDONALD, SAID THAT THE TOWN PLANNING OFFICE UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF MR. MEYER HAD MADE A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT, THE TOWN PLANNING BOARD AND TO TOWN PLANNING IN HONG KONG IN GENERAL.

MR. MEYERS FIRST JOINED THE GOVERNMENT IN SEPTEMBER 1959 AND WAS PROMOTED TO HIS PRESENT POST IN AUGUST 1973.

+AS A VERY KEEN SAILOR HE HAS TAKEN PART IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA RACE AND HAS THE DISTINCTION OF HAVING WON THE RACE IN 1968, + SAID MR. MCDONALD.

+HE WILL AGAIN BE PARTICIPATING IN THE RACE NEXT WEEK, THIS TIME SAILING HIS OWN YACHT.

+AFTER THE RACE, HE WILL GO BACK TO NEW ZEALAND FOR A SHORT HOLIDAY AND WILL PROBABLY RETURN TO HONG KONG TO WORK WITH A CONSULTANTS FIRM OR MIGHT EVEN SET UP HIS OWN PRACTICE.+

MR. MCDONALD

PRESENTED MR. MEYERS WITH A SOUVENIR ON

BEHALF OF HIS COLLEAGUES IN THE DEPARTMENT.

AT ANOTHER CEREMONY, MR. NICKY CHAN, PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT HIGHWAY ENGINEER, PRESENTED A GIFT TO MR. WILLIE MACDONALD, HIGHWAYS SUPER INTENDENT, WHO HAS SERVED THE DEPARTMENT FOR 26 YEARS.

MR. MACDONALD WAS AWARDED THE M.B.E. IN JUNE 1974 FOR HIS OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE IN DEALING WITH THE AFTERMATH. OF THE RAINSTORMS IN 1966 AND 1972 AND HIS UNFAILING ENTHUSIASM IN HIS WORK.

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