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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1980,

PORT WORKS CHIEF ENGINEER RETIRES

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MR HOWARD CHAMBERLAIN, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE PWD PORT WORKS DIVISION, WILL RETIRE NEXT WEEK AFTER NEARLY 26 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE DEPARTMENT.

AT A CEREMONY HELD TODAY (WEDNESDAY) AT MURRAY BUILDING, THE DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT, MR DAVID STEAD PRESENTED MR CHAMBERLAIN WITH A SOUVENIR ON BEHALF OF HIS COLLEAGUES IN THE DEPARTMENT.

MR STEAD RECALLED THAT MR CHAMBERLAIN FIRST JOINED THE PORT WORKS DIVISION OF THE PWD'S CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE IN AUGUST 1954 AS ENGINEER RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE STAR FERRY PIERS.

SINCE THEN, HE HAS SPENT PRACTICALLY HIS ENTIRE CAREER IN PORT WORKS, EXCEPT FOR 18 MONTHS IN THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE.

MR CHAMBERLAIN WAS PROMOTED TO SENIOR ENGINEER IN NOVEMBER 1961 AND TO THE PRESENT RANK IN SEPTEMBER IN 1966.

+THROUGHOUT HIS ENTIRE CAREER IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, HE HAS MAINTAINED A HIGH STANDARD OF PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE, AS WELL AS A STRONG SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY,+ MR STEAD SAID.

+HIS SPECIALISED KNOWLEDGE IN MARINE ENGINEERING WORK HAS BEEN A GREAT ASSET TO THE DEPARTMENT AND HAS CONTRIBUTED MUCH TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF HONG KONG.+

IN RECOGNITION OF HIS MANY YEARS OF DEVOTED SERVICE TO THE GOVERNMENT AND TO THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG, MR CHAMBERLAIN WAS RECENTLY AWARDED THE MBE.

OUTSIDE THE OFFICE, MR CHAMBERLAIN HAD BEEN A CLARINETTIST WITH THE PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA FOR TEN YEARS. ALSO HE WAS FOR SOME YEARS AN INSPECTOR OF THE AUXILIARY POLICE.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

PRISON OFFICERS RECEIVE RANK INSIGNIA

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TWENTY-TWO OFFICER CADETS OF THE PRISONS DEPARTMENT WHO HAVE RECENTLY BEEN PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF OFFICER WILL RECEIVE THE IR APPOINTMENT LETTER AND RANK INSIGNIA AT A CEREMONY TO BE HELD IN THE PRISON OFFICERS CLUB IN STANLEY TOMORROW (THURSDAY).

THE CEREMONY WILL BE PERFORMED BY THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF PRISONS, MR CHAN WA-SHEK.

YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE PRESENTATION CEREMONY WHICH WILL START AT 2 PM. PRESS TRANSPORT WILL BE PROVIDED LEAVING THE PRISONS DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS, GUARDIAN HOUSE, 32 01 KWAN ROAD, WAN CHAI AT 1.15 PM SHARP.

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