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FRIDAY, JULY 4, 1980

OFFICE ASSISTANT AWARDED ISM

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AN OFFICE ASSISTANT OF THE MARINE DEPARTMENT, MR IP HO, HAS BEEN AWARDED THE IMPERIAL SERVICE MEDAL BY THE QUEEN ON HIS RETIREMENT AFTER 35 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE GOVERNMENT.

THE ANNOUNCEMENT WAS PUBLISHED IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE TODAY (FRIDAY).

MR IP WAS WITH THE MARINE DEPARTMENT THROUGHOUT HIS SERVICE, JOINING AS A MESSENGER IN 1945. HE WAS REGRADED TO OFFICE ASSISTANT IN 1976.

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KWAI CHUNG A VERY LIVELY AND VIBRANT PLACE

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KWAI CHUNG IS A VERY LIVELY AND VIBRANT PLACE, TSUEN WAN TOWN MANAGER AND DISTRICT OFFICER, DR JAMES HAYES, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY) AT THE OPENING OF THE NEW KWAI CHUNG SUB-BRANCH OF EUROPEAN ASIAN BANK.

+UP TO 1970 THERE WERE ONLY SIX BANKING OFFICES IN KWAI CHUNG. HOWEVER, UP TO MID-MAY THIS YEAR, THE NUMBER HAD RISEN TO 54. THE INCREASE HAS BEEN PARTICULARLY MARKED DURING THE PAST THREE YEARS, DR HAYES SAID.

HE NOTED THAT IN 1961 THE POPULATION OF TSUEN WAN AS A WHOLE WAS ONLY 84 000. TODAY, KWAI CHUNG SUB-DISTRICT ALONE WAS POPULATED BY HALF A MILLION PEOPLE.

DR HAYES SAID THE AMOUNT OF GROSS LIGHT MANUFACTURING FLOOR SPACE IN THE WHOLE OF TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN IN 1965 WAS 960 000 SQUARE METRES AND THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THIS TYPE OF EMPLOYMENT, 36 381. THE RESPECTIVE FIGURES IN 1979 WERE 3.82 MILLION SQUARE METRES AND 142 821 WORKERS. ABOUT 63 PER CENT OF THE FLOOR SPACE WAS IN KWAI CHUNG SUB-DISTRICT.

THE NUMBER OF FACTORIES IN KWAI CHUNG REGISTERED WITH THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT IN 1976 WAS 1 700. AT THAT TIME, THE NUMBER OF FACTORIES IN TSUEN WAN SUB-DISTRICT WAS ALSO ABOUT 1 700.

HOWEVER, TODAY THE NUMBER OF FACTORIES IN KWAI CHUNG WAS OVER 7 000 AND IN TSUEN WAN SUB-DISTRICT, ABOUT 2 200, DR HAYES SAID.

ON THE KWAI CHUNG COMMUNITY, DR HAYES SAID IT HAD PRESENTED A SERIOUS CHALLENGE FOR THE DISTRICT OFFICE IN THAT NEARLY ALL THE ASSOCIATIONS OF ANY STANDING IN THE NEW TOWN BELONGED TO THE TSUEN WAN PART OF IT.

+WE, AND LOCAL RESIDENTS, HAVE HAD TO BUILD UP AN INFRASTRUCTURE OF LOCAL SOCIETIES TO CO-OPERATE WITH EACH OTHER AND WITH THE GOVERNMENT IN THE TASK OF BRINGING ORDER AND IDENTITY TO KWAI CHUNG.

/+ALREADY THERE