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MONDAY, JUNE 22, 1981

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PWD ENGINEERS SERVED LONG AND WELL

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TWO CHIEF ENGINEERS OF THE CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT ARE RETIRING AFTER SERVING IN THE GOVERNMENT FOR A COMBINED TOTAL OF 55 YEARS.

THEY ARE MR TSANG NAI-LOK, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE PORT WORKS DIVISION, AND MR CHAN YAN, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND AIRPORT DIVISION.

TO MARK THEIR RETIREMENT, MR EDDIE SHORT, ACTING DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT, TODAY (MONDAY) PRESENTED THEM WITH SOUVENIRS ON BEHALF OF THEIR COLLEAGUES.

MR SHORT RECALLED THAT MR TSANG JOINED THE PORT WORKS DIVISION OF THE PWD'S CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE AS AN APPRENTICE ENGINEER IN 1953.

HE WAS PROMOTED TO ENGINEER IN JANUARY 1960, AND TO SENIOR ENGINEER IN JULY, 1967. HE BECAME CHIEF ENGINEER IN AUGUST, 1973.

+OVER THE PAST 27 YEARS, MR TSANG RENDERED HIS SERVICE MAINLY IN TWO MAJOR BRANCHES OF CIVIL ENGINEERING, NAMELY PORT WORKS AND HIGHWAYS, MR SHORT SAID.

+THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER IN PWD, MR TSANG HAS BEEN RESPECTED FOR HIS HIGH STANDARD OF PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE, THE INTEGRITY AND THOROUGHNESS WITH WHICH HE HAS CARRIED OUT HIS DUTIES.+

MR CHAN YAN JOINED THE DRAINAGE WORKS DIVISION OF THE CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE IN 1954 AS AN APPRENTICE ENGINEER, WORKING ON THE DESIGN OF THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM IN CONNECTION WITH HUNG HOM RECLAMATION.

HE WAS PROMOTED TO ENGINEER IN AUGUST, 1962 AND TO SENIOR ENGINEER IN SEPTEMBER, 1969. HE WAS PROMOTED TO CHIEF ENGINEER

IN AUGUST, 1973.

MR SHORT SAID: +MR CHAN WAS AWARDED A TRAINING SCHOLARSHIP IN 1963 AND SPENT ONE YEAR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, OBTAINING HIS DIPLOMA IN PUBLIC HEALTH ENGINEER ING.

+SINCE THAT TIME HE HAS SPENT MUCH OF HIS CAREER IN THE DRAINAGE OFFICE AND IS A SPECIALIST IN SEWAGE DISPOSAL AND RELATED PUBLIC HEALTH ENGINEERING MATTERS.+

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