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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1980

RETIREMENT OF IRD ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER

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THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF INLAND REVENUE, MR CHOW KING-CHO! IS RETIRING AFTER 24 YEARS SERVICE WITH THE INLAND REVENUE DEPARTMENT.

MR V.A.

IN A FAREWELL CEREMONY THIS AFTERNOON, THE COMMISSIONER LADD PRESENTED MR CHOW WITH A SOUVENIR ON BEHALF OF HIS COLLEAGUES.

MR CHOW JOINED GOVERNMENT SERVICE IN 1947 AND WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE DEPARTMENT AS TAX INSPECTOR IN 1956,

HE BECAME ASSISTANT ASSESSOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR AND AFTER THREE PROMOTIONS WAS MADE CHIEF ASSESSOR IN 1972. HE WAS APPOINTED ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER IN 1975.

AT THE CEREMONY MR LADD THANKED MR CHOW FOR HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT. DURING HIS SERVICE, MR CHOW HAS WITNESSED A TREMENDOUS GROWTH IN ACTIVITIES, PARTICULARLY IN THE SALARIES TAX UNIT, HE SAID.

WHEN HE WAS IN CHARGE, THE NUMBER OF ACTIVE FILES INCREASED BY SOME 190 PER CENT TO 485 000 AND THE NUMBER OF SECTIONS UNDER HIS CONTROL INCREASED FROM 15 TO 35.

+TO MEET CHANGES OF THIS MAGNITUDE, MR CHOW FACED BUT SUCCESSFULLY OVERCAME MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS WHICH FULLY TAXED HIS RESOURCEFULNESS AND LEADERSHIP,+ MR LADD SAID.

SECOND CLASS AIRMAIL TO VIETNAM SUSPENDED *****

THE POST OFFICE ANNOUNCES THAT DUE TO LIMITED AIRCRAFT SPACE ON THE ROUTE TO HO CHI MINH CITY, SECOND CLASS AIRMAIL ITEMS SUCH AS PRINTED PAPERS, SMALL PACKETS AND POSTCARDS FOR THE SOCIAL IST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM CAN NO LONGER BE ACCEPTED IN THE POST.

AIRMAIL LETTERS INCLUDING REGISTERED LETTERS WILL, HOWEVER, STILL BE ACCEPTED.

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