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Mr David LIN Huo-fu, JP

Mr Lin was first appointed to the Labour Department as an Assistant Labour Officer in 1957. He was promoted to Labour Officer in 1965, to Senior Labour Officer in 1968

and to Assistant Commissioner for Labour in 1973. During his period of service he has acquired a wide breadth of experience which he has always put to good use. As Assistant Commissioner he has played a very important part in the drafting and imple- menting of several major pieces of legislation dealing with workmen's compensation, pneumoconiosis compensation and industrial safety. As Chairman of the Labour Advisory Board Committee on Industrial Safety and Accident Prevention he has also made a valuable contribution towards encouraging the development of a voluntary industrial safety movement in Hong Kong and has done much to persuade employers to parti- cipate more actively in this field.

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Mrs Connie SOO MOK Sau-ha, JP

Mrs Soo was first appointed as a Woman Labour Officer in 1956, having previously been a Co-operative Officer. She was promoted to Labour Officer in 1959, to Senior Labour Officer in 1969 and to Assistant Commissioner for Labour in 1979. She has served in most divisions of the Department and has acquired a wide breadth of knowledge and experience which she has always put to good use. She has made a parti- cularly useful contribution in recent years towards building up a network of Local Employment Service offices by which employers are assisted in filling vacancies and job-seekers in finding employment. She has also helped to establish a Selective Placement Service for disabled persons. Her knowledge of the general labour scene in Hong Kong, and of women's conditions of employment in particular, has proved to be of great value to the Labour Department. Although due to retire in 1980, her service has been extended for a further

two years.