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THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1981

COMMENTING ON THE BOOKLET MR EDDIE SHORT, ACTING DIRECTOR FOR ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT SAID THAT IT WOULD BE A USEFUL GUIDE ON HIGHWAY DEVELOPMENTS TO STUDENTS, VISITORS AND OTHERS.

+THIS INFORMATION SHOULD BRING HOME TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC MANY OF THE ACHIEVEMENTS THAT HONG KONG CAN BE PROUD OF IN DEVELOPING A MODERN SYSTEM OF HIGHWAYS, HE SAID.

+WE HAVE DONE A LOT IN THIS FIELD AND CERTAINLY ARE TRYING TO DO MORE, OUR PROGRAMMES FOR HIGHWAY DEVELOPMENT ARE AMONG THE MOST AMBITIOUS FOR A CITY OF COMPARATIVE POPULATION OR SIZE,+ HE SAID.

MR SHORT ADDED THAT HIS DEPARTMENT WOULD SPEND ABOUT $730 MILLION ON HIGHWAYS CAPITAL WORKS (INCLUDING THE WORKS TO BE CARRIED OUT FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT) THIS FINANCIAL YEAR.

HOSPITAL ARCHITECT RETIRES

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MR EDWIN WONG, GOVERNMENT ARCHITECT IN THE ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, WILL PROCEED ON PRE-RETIREMENT LEAVE TOMORROW AFTER 24 YEARS OF SERVICE IN THE DEPARTMENT.

TO MARK HIS RETIREMENT, THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, MR JACK STEAN, TODAY PRESENTED HIM WITH A SOUVENIR ON BEHALF OF HIS FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES IN THE DEPARTMENT.

MR WONG FIRST JOINED THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AS AN ARCHITECT IN JULY 1957.

HE WAS PROMOTED TO SENIOR ARCHITECT IN 1967, TO CHIEF ARCHITECT IN 1972 AND TO HIS PRESENT RANK IN OCTOBER 1977. IN JANUARY LAST YEAR, HE WAS APPOINTED AS AN OFFICIAL JUSTICE OF PEACE.

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IN HIS SPEECH, MR STEAN SAID THAT MR WONG IS KNOWN AND RESPECTED IN HONG KONG AND INDEED INTERNATIONALLY AS THE AUTHORITY ON HONG KONG HOSPITALS DESIGN. +

IN MANY ARCHITECTS' AND MEDICAL ADMINISTRATORS' OFFICES AROUND THE WORLD, HE ADDED, MR WONG PERSONIFIED THE HONG KONG HOSPITALS BUILDING EFFORT.

MR STEAN RECALLED THAT MR WONG HAD WORKED IN HOSPITAL DESIGN SINCE HIS FIRST APPOINTMENT IN JULY 1957 AND HE HAD GIVEN A GREAT DEAL TO THE DEPARTMENT, TO THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AND TO THE HONG KONG COMMUNITY IN THAT FIELD THROUGH HIS UNIQUE INVOLVEMENT.

+HIS PROFESSIONAL ISM, HIS EXPERIENCE, HIS WISDOM, HIS WHOLE-HEARTED DEVOTION HAVE BEEN INVALUABLE, HE SAID.

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