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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1983

MR DON'S RESOURCEFULNESS AND VERSATILITY WERE PARTICULARLY NOTICEABLE DURING THE WATER EMERGENCIES IN 1960 WHEN HE WAS INVOLVED IN THE FIRST SCHEME TO RECEIVE WATER FROM CHINA.

IN 1973 HE WAS PLACED IN CHARGE OF THE THEN PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT'S SIDE OF THE OPERATION TO IMPORT 15 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER DAILY BY TANKERS FROM THE PEARL RIVER, MR MCDONALD SAID.

IN 1967, MR DON WAS PROMOTED TO CHIEF ENGINEER AND IN 1972 TO GOVERNMENT WATER ENGINEER (NEW WORKS).

HE WAS RESPONSIBLE DURING THIS PERIOD FOR TWO OTHER MAJOR WATER SUPPLY PROJECTS, THE HIGH ISLAND WATER SCHEME AND THE LOK ON PAI DESALTER, WHICH AT THE TIME WAS THE LARGEST IN THE WORLD.

IN 1973, HE BECAME THE FIRST PROJECT MANAGER FOR SHA TIN WHERE HE PLAYED A LEADING ROLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ENGINEERING INFRASTRUCTURE, PUBLIC FACILITIES AND PRIVATE SECTOR UNDERTAKINGS NECESSARY FOR A SELF-CONTAINED COMMUNITY OF WELL OVER HALF A MILLION PEOPLE, MR MCDONALD SAID.

+IT WAS LARGELY DUE TO HIS ORGANISATIONAL FLAIR AND QUALITIES LEADERSHIP THAT SPECTACULAR PROGRESS WAS MADE ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TOWN. +

MR DON REMAINED IN HIS SHA TIN POST UNTIL 1978 WHEN HE WAS APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT.

HE WAS APPOINTED AN OFFICIAL JUSTICE OF THE PEACE IN 1975 AND AN OFFICER OF THE ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE IN 1981.

EARLIER IN THE DAY, A FAREWELL LUNCHEON WAS GIVEN IN HONOUR OF TWO SENIOR STAFF MEMBERS OF THE LANDS AND WORKS BRANCH WHO ARE LEAVING GOVERNMENT SERVICE AT THE END OF THIS MONTH,

THEY ARE THE GEOTECHNICAL AND MATERIALS ADVISER, MR STANLEY RODIN, AND THE CHIEF TREASURY ACCOUNTANT, MR STEWART DUNLOP.

MR RODIN, WHO IS LEAVING AT THE END OF HIS CURRENT CONTRACT, HAS BEEN SERVING AS A GEOTECHNICAL CONSULTANT TO THE GOVERNMENT SINCE 1977 FOLLOWING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE GEOTECHNICAL CONTROL OFFICE THE SAME YEAR.

MR DUNLOP, WHO IS RETIRING AFTER 16 YEARS OF SERVICE, FIRST JOINED THE GOVERNMENT AS A TREASURY ACCOUNTANT IN APRIL 1966. BEFORE BECOMING A SENIOR TREASURY ACCOUNTANT IN 1972 MR DUNLOP HAD SERVED IN THE CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENT AND THE GENERAL POST OFFICE.

MR DUNLOP WAS PROMOTED TO CHIEF TREASURY ACCOUNTANT IN SEPTEMBER 1975. SICE THEN HE HAS SERVED IN THE THEN PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND THE LANDS AND WORKS BRANCH.

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