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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1978

POPULAR EDUCATIONIST RETIRES AFTER 28 YEARS WITH GOVT.

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MR. N.M. HO, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (PROFESSIONAL} AND A POPULAR FIGURE IN THE LOCAL EDUCATION CIRCLE, IS RETIRING AFTER 28 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE GOVERNMENT. HE WILL BE GOING ON PRE-RETIREMENT LEAVE AS FROM TOMORROW (SATURDAY).

• IN A CEREMONY TODAY (FRIDAY), MR. KENNETH TOPLEY, DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, PRESENTED HIM WITH A COLOUR TELEVISION AS A MEMENTO ON BEHALF OF THE STAFF OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.

MR. TOPLEY SAID: THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER IN THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, MR. HO HAS PROVED TO BE A CAPABLE TEACHER AND AN EFFICIENT ADMINISTRATOR.

+HIS WORK HAS ALWAYS REFLECTED HIS STRONG SENSE OF LOYALTY AND INTEGRITY, AND HIS COMPETENT MANNER HAS COMMANDED THE RESPECT AND CO-OPERATION OF ALL THOSE WHO HAVE COME INTO CONTACT WITH HIM.+

MR. HO RECEIVED HIS EDUCATION IN HONG KONG AND ENGLAND. HE OBTAINED HIS B.A. DEGREE IN JULY, 1949 FROM THE MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY, AND HIS TEACHER'S DIPLOMA (MANCHESTER) THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

HE JOINED THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT ON SEPTEMBER 25, 1950, AND WORKED HIS WAY UP TO ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION ON JUNE 12, 1966. HE WAS PROMOTED TO HIS PRESENT RANK ON AUGUST 23, 1971, AND ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS HAD ACTED AS DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION.

MR. HO WAS AWARDED THE 0.B.E. EARLIER THIS YEAR FOR HIS SIGN IF ICANT CONTRIBUTION TO EDUCATION IN HONG KONG.

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