XN000022-1980-10-03 — Page 5

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1980

AT A DEPARTMENTAL FAREWELL DINNER HELD LAST (THURSDAY) EVENING, THE SECRETARY FOR SOCIAL SERVICES, MR ERIC HO PAID TRIBUTE TO MR LEE FOR HIS ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE SOCIAL WELFARE FIELD.

IN HIS LONG ASSOCIATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT, MR HO SAID, GREAT STRIDES HAVE BEEN MADE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF BOTH SOCIAL SECURITY AND DIRECT WELFARE SERVICES IN WHICH MR LEE HAS BEEN PERSONALLY INVOLVED.

HE DESCRIBED MR LEE AS A +TRUE PRACTITIONER OF THE SKILLS

OF HIS PROFESSION IN HIS DEALINGS WITH PEOPLE OF WHATEVER STATION.

+HE IS INVARIABLY POLITE, HELPFUL, CONCERNED ABOUT THE WELFARE OF OTHERS AND RECEPTIVE TO ADVICE. NO ONE HAS EVER SEEN HIM LOSE HIS TEMPER, EXCEPT POSSIBLY HIS WIFE, HE SAID.

HE HAS TAKEN GREAT PAINS TO ESTABLISH CLOSE TIES WITH THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR, AT SOME EXPENSE TO HIS PRIVATE LIFE, HE ADDED.

ON BEHALF OF THE STAFF OF THE DEPARTMENT, MR HO PRESENTED HIM WITH A FRAMED CHINESE SCROLL AS A SOUVENIR.

MARRIED WITH TWO SONS AND THREE DAUGHTERS, MR LEE GRADUATED FROM THE LONDON UNIVERSITY WITH A BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE AND LATER OBTAINED HIS BACHELOR AND MASTER DEGREES, BOTH IN SOCIAL WORK, AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO.

HE WAS APPOINTED AN OFFICIAL JUSTICE OF THE PEACE IN 1970, NOMINATED AN OFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL IN 1976, AND, IN RECOGNITION OF HIS DISTINGUISHED SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY, AWARDED THE COMMANDER OF THE MOST EXCELLENT ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE (CBE) IN 1977.

FURTHER WORK ON WEST KOWLOON CORRIDOR

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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TODAY AWARDED A $78 MILLION CONTRACT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN ELEVATED ROADWAY FROM TAI KOK TSUI TO SHAM SHUI PO AND ASSOCIATED GROUND LEVEL ROADS.

MR K.C. YEUNG, CHIEF ENGINEER, CONSULTANTS MANAGEMENT DIVISION OF THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE, SIGNED THE CONTRACT ON BEHALF OF THE PWD, AND MR JAMES HOLLAND FÖR FRANK I CONTRACTORS LTD.

COMMENTING ON THE PROJECT, MR YEUNG SAID IT MARKED THE BEGINNING OF ANOTHER PHASE OF CONSTRUCTION OF THE OVER $400 MILLION WEST KOWLOON CORRIDOR, WHICH WOULD PROVIDE WHEN FULLY COMPLETED A PRIMARY DISTRIBUTOR HIGHWAY SERVING THE MAJOR TRAFFIC MOVEMENTS FROM THE CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL TO WEST KOWLOON.

+IT WILL BE A VERY DESIRABLE BY-PASS FOR TRAFFIC PASSING THROUGH THE CONGESTED TAI KCK TSUI AND SHAM SHUI PO AREAS, HE ADDED.

/WORKS UNDER