XN000022-1983-01-04 — Page 7

TUESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1983

6

RETIREMENT OF PRINCIPAL SUPPLIES OFFICER

* * *

PRINCIPAL SUPPLIES OFFICER, MR JOHN W.P. CHAO WILL BE RETIRING SHORTLY AFTER 29 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE GOVERNMENT.

TO MARK THE OCCASION, THE DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT SUPPLIES, MR ROY KILVERT WILL PRESENT MR CHAO WITH A RETIREMENT GIFT ON BEHALF OF HIS FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES AT A DINNER PARTY AT THE OLYMPIA RESTAURANT IN NORTH POINT ON FRIDAY (JANUARY 7).

MR CHAO JOINED THE SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT IN 1953 AS AN ASSISTANT SUPPLIES OFFICER AND WORKED HIS WAY UP THROUGH A SERIES OF PROMOTIONS.

HE BECAME PRINCIPAL SUPPLIES OFFICER IN 1978, AND HAS SERVED AS ACTING CONTROLLER OF GOVERNMENT SUPPLIES SINCE DECEMBER 1981.

RETIREMENT FOR 14 OFFICERS WHO SERVED 425 YEARS

*****

A CEREMONY TO MARK THE RETIREMENT OF 14 OFFICERS OF THE GOVERNMENT DOCKYARD WHO TOGETHER PUT IN MORE THAN 425 YEARS OF SERVICE, WILL BE HELD ON FRIDAY (JANUARY 7).

THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF MARINE, MR ALAN J.S. LACK WILL OFFICIATE AT THE CEREMONY AND PRESENT GIFTS TO THE OFFICERS.

THE CEREMONY WILL BE HELD ON THE FIFTH FLOOR CANTEEN OF THE DOCKYARD AT 395 CANTON ROAD, KOWLOON, STARTING AT 2.30 PM.

LONGEST-SERVING OF THE OFFICERS IS A SENIOR COXSWAIN WHO HAS BEEN WITH THE MARINE DEPARTMENT FOR MORE THAN 35 YEARS.

FOUR OTHER OFFICERS — A SUPERVISOR OF ENGINE CREW, A WATCHMAN, A SENIOR LAUNCH MECHANIC AND A SENIOR COXSWAIN, HAVE SERVED THE DOCKYARD FOR 34 YEARS EACH.

AND THE REST, THREE SENIOR COXSWAINS, TWO SAILORS, A LAUNCH MECHANIC, A LAUNCH MECHANIC III, A MECHANICAL INSPECTOR I AND A WORK SUPERVISOR I HAVE WORKED FROM 23 TO 32 YEARS.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE WELCOME TO COVER THE RETIREMENT CEREMONY FOR 14 OFFICERS OF THE GOVERNMENT DOCKYARD TO BE HELD ON THE FIFTH FLOOR CANTEEN OF THE DOCKYARD AT 395 CANTON ROAD, KOWLOON. THE CEREMONY WILL BEGIN AT 2.30 PM ON FRIDAY (JANUARY 7).

INTERVIEWS WITH THE OFFICERS MAY BE ARRANGED IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE CEREMONY,