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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1980

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DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION APPOINTED

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FOLLOWING THE APPOINTMENT OF MR COLVYN HAYE AS DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, THE GOVERNMENT TODAY ANNOUNCED THAT MR MICHAEL LEUNG WOULD BE POSTED TO THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AS DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION WITH EFFECT FROM DECEMBER 8.

MR LEUNG, 42 YEARS OF AGE, ENTERED THE CIVIL SERVICE IN 1961 AS A CERTIFICATED MASTER AFTER GRADUATING FROM NORTHCOTE TEACHERS TRAINING COLLEGE. HE LEFT HIS TEACHING JOB IN 1962 TO STUDY HISTORY IN HONG KONG UNIVERSITY.

IN 1965 MR LEUNG WAS APPOINTED AS ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER AND STARTED HIS ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE IN FINANCE BRANCH. THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY A SERIES OF POSTINGS TO NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, HOME AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT AND OTHER BRANCHES IN THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT, PUNCTUATED BY A DEVELOPMENT TRAINING COURSE IN OXFORD UNIVERSITY IN 1966,

MR LEUNG WAS PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER STAFF GRADE B IN APRIL THIS YEAR AND IS CURRENTLY DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR SOCIAL SERVICES.

TAI PO HAWKER CLEARANCE AND RE-ORDERING EXERCISE

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THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAD SMOOTHLY CARRIED OUT A HAWKER CLEARANCE AND RE-ORDER ING EXERCISE AT PO YICK STREET, TAI PO TODAY TO IMPROVE THE GENERAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE AREA AND TO COINCIDE WITH A PROPOSED TRAFFIC RE-ARRANGEMENT SCHEME FOR THE TOWN.

TO FREE PO YICK STREET FROM HAWKER OBSTRUCTION, ALL ELIGIBLE HAWKERS ARE NOW RESITED AT LUK HEUNG LANE NEARBY WHICH IS NOT OPEN TO VEHICULAR TRAFFIC, TO CONTINUE THEIR BUSINESS, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID.

ALL ELIGIBLE HAWKERS WHO FORMERLY CONDUCTED THE IR TRADES ON PO YICK STREET AND WHO HAD BEEN SURVEYED ARE INVOLVED IN THE EXERCISE.

NEW LICENCES HAD BEEN ISSUED TO THE ELIGIBLE HAWKERS TO ENABLE THEM TO TRADE LEGALLY ON THE NEW SITES, SAID THE SPOKESMAN.

+ IN ORDER TO FACILITATE FUTURE CLEANSING OF LUK HEUNG LANE, HAWKERS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO PUT UP FIXED STRUCTURES, HE ADDĒD.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE HAWKERS WOULD ONLY BE ALLOWED TO RUN THE IR BUSINESS WITHIN SPECIFIED HOURS UNDER THE TERMS OF THE IR LICENCE.

+THESE ARRANGEMENTS ARE CONSIDERED TO BE IN KEEPING WITH THE IR PREVIOUS TRADING PATTERN AT PO YICK STREET, HE SAID.

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