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MONDAY, JUNE 26, 1978

RESIDENTIAL SITES ON LANTAU FOR SALE

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THREE PRIME RESIDENTIAL LOTS ON SOUTH LANTAU FOR TWO-STOREY PRIVATE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR SALE TOMORROW (TUESDAY) AT A PUBLIC AUCTION AT THE ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICE IN INTERNATIONAL BUILDING.

THE SITES LOCATED AT CHEUNG SHA, NEAR THE SOUTH LANTAU HOSPITAL AND CLOSE TO THEIR STRETCH OF SOUTH LANTAU BEACHES, COMMAND A PANORAMIC SEA VIEW AND ARE AT A VERY SCENIC SETTING ADJACENT TO THE COASTAL PROTECTION AREA WHICH COVERS THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF THE ISLAND.

THE THREE LOTS - MEASURING 3,317, 1,068 AND 1,113 SQUARE METRES RESPECTIVELY ARE AMONG THE LAST OF 14 IN THE LAYOUT NEAR THE HOSPITAL.

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NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE PUBLIC AUCTION WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICE, 5TH FLOOR, INTERNATIONAL BUILDING, HONG KONG AT 10.30 A.M. TOMORROW. OFFICERS FROM THE PUBLIC RELATIONS UNIT OF THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION WILL BE ON HAND TO ASSIST PRESS REPRESENTATIVES.

PWD BUILDING SURVEYOR RETIRES

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MR. D.H. PARSONS, GOVERNMENT BUILDING SURVEYOR, WILL PROCEED ON PRE-RETIREMENT LEAVE ON JULY 1 AFTER NEARLY 18 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

AT A CEREMONY HELD TODAY (MONDAY) AT MURRAY BUILDING, THE P.W.D.'S DIRECTOR OF BUILDING DEVELOPMENT, MR. JACK STEAN. PRESENTED MR. PARSONS WITH A FAREWELL GIFT ON BEHALF OF HIS COLLEAGUES IN THE DEPARTMENT.

MR. STEAN RECALLED THAT MR. PARSONS, KNOWN TO HIS COLLEAGUES AS +DUGGIE+, FIRST JOINED THE GOVERNMENT AS A BUILDING SURVEYOR

IN 1960 AND WAS ONE OF THE SURVEYORS WHO SERVED IN THE DANGEROUS BUILDINGS DIVISION IN ITS EARLY YEARS.

IN MAY, 1966, HE WAS PROMOTED TO SENIOR BUILDING SURVEYOR.

+HE WAS GIVEN SPECIAL DUTIES IN MARCH, 1971, IN CONNECTION WITH THE CHONG HING INQUIRY WHICH LATER DEVELOPED INTO THE POST OF TECHNICAL SECRETARY,+ MR. STEAN SAID.

MR. PARSONS WAS PROMOTED TO CHIEF BUILDING SURVEYOR IN SEPTEMBER 1972 AND TO THE PRESENT RANK IN JANUARY LAST YEAR.

+THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER,+ MR. STEAN SAID, +HE HAS PUT HIS HEART AND SOUL INTO HIS WORK AND IN DOING SC HAS KEPT UP A CONSUMING INTEREST IN HIS WORK.+

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