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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1979

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SAID MR. TUCKER +HE IS A HIGHLY EXPERIENCED AND A VERY CONSCIENTIOUS WORKER. ALTHOUGH HE HAS HAD NO OPPORTUNITY TO DEMONSTRATE MERIT IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION, HE HAS ALWAYS WILLINGLY RESPONDED WHENEVER URGENT WORK HAS BEEN REQUIRED IN THE WORKSHOPS.+

MR. LAI TAI-WING WHOSE MAIN DUTY IS DRIVING VANS WAS DESCRIBED BY MR. TUCKER AS +A MOST CO-OPERATIVE MOTOR DRIVER.+

+IN ADDITION TO HIS DRIVING DUTIES HE IS ALWAYS WILLING TO ASSIST WITH GENERAL HEAVY WORK ON SITE, AND HE GIVES A HELPING HAND WHENEVER HE IS CALLED UPON TO DO SO,+ THE DIRECTOR SAID.

THE PRESENTATION OF THE MEDALS, KNOWN AS THE KIRKWOOD AWARDS, STARTED IN 1967 WITH DONATIONS FROM TEXTILE AND ENGINEERING FIRMS IN MEMORY OF THE LATE MR. W.K. KIRKWOOD, A FORMER WATERWORKS ENGINEER.

THESE AWARDS ARE GIVEN ANNUALLY TO STAFF OF THE RANK OF WORKS SUPERVISOR AND BELOW WHO HAVE DISTINGUISHED THEMSELVES BY THEIR GENERAL CAPABILITIES, AND ATTENTION TO DUTIES, OR BY THEIR NOTEWORTHY CONDUCT, OR PERFORMANCE OF DUTY IN A PARTICULAR INSTANCE.

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FUN FAIR FOR USD STAFF AT FA HUI PARK

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HUNDREDS OF STAFF AND THEIR FAMILIES OF THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT THIS (SUNDAY) AFTERNOON ATTENDED THE DEPARTMENT'S ANNUAL FUN FAIR AT FA HUI PARK.

THERE WERE ABOUT 20 GAMES STALLS IN ADDITION TO VARIETY SHOWS PROVIDED BY TELEVISION AND RADIO STARS.

MR. BRIAN WILSON, DIRECTOR OF URBAN SERVICES, IN OFFICIATING THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE FUN FAIR SAID SUCH OCCASIONS COULD HELP TO ENCOURAGE A FEELING OF DEPARTMENTAL SOLIDARITY AND TO PROMOTE A FEELING OF IDENTITY WITH THE DEPARTMENT.

HE POINTED OUT THAT SINCE THE USD IS THE LARGEST CIVILIAN DEPARTMENT IN THE GOVERNMENT, WITH A STRENGTH OF NEARLY 19,000, IT WAS NOT SURPRISING THAT MANY STAFF HAD NO CONTACT WITH EACH OTHER.

+ONE OF THE OBJECTS OF THIS FUN FAIR IS TO ENCOURAGE STAFF TO MEET EACH OTHER IN DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES TO EVERYDAY WORK, AND TO GIVE FAMILIES AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE AS WELL,+ MR. WILSON SAID.

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