TUESDAY, MAY 20, 1980
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RETIREMENT OF LONG-SERVING CAS STAFF
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TWO LONG-SERVING MEMBERS OF THE CIVIL AID SERVICES STAFF WHO HAVE HELPED SET UP THE CAS CADET CAMP AT YUEN TUN AND HELPED PROVIDE FACILITIES AT KAI TAK NORTH FOR THE REFUGEES CAMP WILL BE RETIRING THIS WEEK.
THEY ARE MR WONG WING-WO AND MR LEE KAN-YUEN WHO TOGETHER HAVE HAD A COMBINED SERVICE OF 48 YEARS WITH THE GOVERNMENT.
MR WONG JOINED THE CAS IN 1953 AS A CARETAKER AND IS NOW A STAFF SERGEANT IN THE CADET CORPS.
HE IS A SPECIALIST IN HEAVY RESCUE AND HAS UNDERTAKEN MANY HAZARDOUS MISSIONS OVER THE YEARS.
HE HAS ALSO BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN DEVELOPING THE CADET CORPS' 23.5 HECTARE SITE AT YUEN TUN WHERE MANY OF THE FACILITIES WERE INSTALLED UNDER HIS WATCHFUL SUPERVISION.
HIS FATHERLY GUIDANCE WILL BE SADLY MISSED IN THE CORPS.
MR LEE WAS EMPLOYED BY THE CAS IN 1959 AS A LABOURER BUT HIS SKILL IN METAL WORK, MASONRY AND CARPENTRY WAS QUICKLY RECOGNISED. HE WAS PROMOTED TO ARTISAN THE NEXT YEAR.
A VERY SKILFUL WORKER HIMSELF, HE CARRIED OUT WITH A SMALL STAFF IN ALMOST RECORD TIME MANY REPAIRS JOBS AT THE OLD RAF CAMP SO THAT IT COULD BE READY TO RECEIVE VIETNAMESE REFUGEES WHEN THE CAS FIRST SET UP A CAMP FOR THEM AT KAI TAK NORTH.
MR LEE HAS ALSO HELPED TO SET UP THE MANY FACILITIES AT THE YUEN TUN CADET CAMP.
NOTE TO EDITORS1
THE CAS CHIEF STAFF OFFICER, MR JOHN FORTUNE WILL PRESENT FAREWELL GIFTS TO MR WONG AND MR LEE ON BEHALF OF THEIR COLLEAGUES THIS FRIDAY (MAY 23), THE PRESENTATION CEREMONY WILL BE HELD AT THE CAS HEADQUARTERS AT CAROLINE HILL AT PM. YOU ARE WELCOME TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE CEREMONY.
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