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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1981

WITH THE HELP OF THE GOVERNMENT AND CONTRIBUTIONS FROM VARIOUS AGENCIES AND CHURCH BODIES, ST SIMON GRADUALLY BROADENED ITS SCOPE INTO EDUCATION, SOCIAL WORK AND MEDICAL SERVICES.

LATER, LADY CATER VISITED THE YUEN LONG HOME FOR THE AGED BLIND AT ON NING ROAD WHERE SHE WAS GREETED ON ARRIVAL BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND, MR K. STUMPF, AND THE SUPER INTENDENT OF THE HOME, MRS L.K. KOO.

THE HOME PROVIDES 24-HOUR RESIDENTIAL CARE TO BLIND PERSONS OVER 60 YEARS OF AGE AND ORGANISES REGULAR GROUP ACTIVITIES FOR THEM.

WOMEN.

THE HOME NOW HOUSES A TOTAL OF 74 RESIDENTS, 30 MEN AND 44

TUEN MUN PROJECT MANAGER RETIRES

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MR STAN BARDEN, PROJECT MANAGER OF TUEN MUN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, WILL PROCEED ON PRE-RETIREMENT LEAVE EARLY NEXT MONTH AFTER 21 YEAR'S SERVICE WITH THE DEPARTMENT.

TO MARK HIS RETIREMENT, MR DAVID MCDONALD, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, TODAY PRESENTED MR BÅRDEN WITH A SOUVENİR ON BEHALF OF HIS FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES.

MR BARDEN SERVED IN MALAYA BEFORE HE CAME TO HONG KONG IN DECEMBER, 1959. HE WAS POSTED TO THE THEN ROADS OFFICE AND TRANSFERRED LATER TO THE TRAFFIC ENGINEERING DIVISION AND BECAME SENIOR ENGINEER IN CHARGE OF THE TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT SURVEY UNIT.

IN 1969, HAVING ACTED AS CHIEF ENGINEER, TRAFFIC ENGINEERING, HE WAS ATTACHED FOR FOUR AND A HALF MONTHS TO THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CONSULTANTS, WILBUR SMITH AND ASSOCIATES, IN SAN FRANCISCO, AND BECAME GOVERNMENT MASS TRANSIT ENGINEER IN 1973.

IN BOTH 1974 AND 1975 HE ACTED AS DIRECTOR OF MASS TRANSIT STUDIES.

MR BARDEN RETURNED TO HIGHWAYS OFFICE IN 1976 AS GOVERNMENT HIGHWAY ENGINEER AND IN 1978 WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AS PROJECT MANAGER (TUEN MUN) WHERE HIS KNOWLEDGE OF TRAMWAYS AND MASS TRANSIT PROVED INVALUABLE IN THE PLANNING OF THE TUEN MUN LIGHT RAIL TRANSPORT SYSTEM.

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