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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1980

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TWO OFFICERS OF BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE RETIRE

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TWO SENHOR OFFICERS OF THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE ARE RETIRING AFTER SERVING IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT FOR A COMBINED TOTAL OF 48 YEARS.

THEY ARE MR HO HON-CHU, GOVERNMENT STRUCTURAL ENGINEER AND MR JOHN HSI YU-HUNG, CHIEF BUILDING SURVEYOR.

MR HO FIRST JOINED THE ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE OF THE PWD AS AN ENGINEERING DRAFTSMAN IF IN 1952. HE WAS PROMOTED TO STRUCTURAL ENGINEER IN 1959 AND SENIOR STRUCTURAL ENGINEER IN 1967.

MR HO WAS LATER TRANSFERRED TO THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE WHERE HE BECAME CHIEF STRUCTURAL ENGINEER IN 1973. HIS POST WAS RETITLED GOVERNMENT STRUCTURAL ENGINEER IN 1977.

MR HSI JOINED THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE IN 1959 AS AN ASSISTANT BUILDING SURVEYOR. HE BECAME BUILDING SURVEYOR IN 1964 AND SENIOR BUILDING SURVEYOR IN 1972. HE REACHED HIS PRESENT RANK IN 1976.

AT A CEREMONY HELD AT THE PWD'S CONFERENCE ROOM THIS (FRIDAY) MORNING, MR E.T. KENNARD, PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT BUILDING SURVEYOR, ON BEHALF OF HIS COLLEAGUES, PRESENTED THEM WITH SOUVENIRS.

IN A SEPARATE CEREMONY LAST EVENING, MR KENNARD PRESENTED A RETIREMENT GIFT TO MR TSE CHI, AN OFFICE ASSISTANT OF THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE.

MR TSE IS RETIRING AFTER SERVING THE DEPARTMENT FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS.

HE FIRST JOINED THE BOO IN 1939 AS A MESSENGER AND WAS PROMOTED TO OFFICE ASSISTANT IN 1957. HE RETIRED IN 1972 BUT WAS IMMEDIATELY RE-EMPLOYED. BECAUSE OF HIS EXAMPLARY SERVICE, HE WAS AWARDED THE BRITISH EMPIRE MEDAL IN THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY HONOURS LAST YEAR.

LABOUR DEPARTMENT HOLDS SOCCER TOURNAMENT ******

THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S ANNUAL DEPARTMENTAL SOCCER

TOURNAMENT WILL KICK OFF TOMORROW (SATURDAY).

COMPETING FOR THE HENDERSON SHIELD ARE A TOTAL OF SEVEN TEAMS FROM THE LABOUR OFFICERS' ASSOCIATION LABOUR INSPECTORS ASSOCIATION- ADMINISTRATION DIVISION APPRENTICESHIP

DIVISION PROSECUTIONS AND TRAINING DIVISION AND MINES DIVISION.

THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR J.N. HENDERSON, WILL PRESENT PRIZES TO THE WINNER AND RUNNERS-UP ON MARCH 8.

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