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SUNDAY, MARCH 6, 1983

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WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT LUNAR NEW YEAR FUN FAIR

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MORE THAN 4 500 CHILDREN AND THEIR PARENTS HAD AN AFTERNOON OF FUN AND GAMES AT THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT'S 21ST ANNUAL LUNAR NEW YEAR CHILDREN'S FUN FAIR TODAY (SUNDAY).

THE DIRECTOR OF WATER SUPPLIES, MR TOM TOMLINSON, AND HIS WIFE MRS JUNE TOMLINSON OFFICIATED AT THE OPENING CEREMONY HELD AT WAH YAN COLLEGE, KOWLOON.

THE PROGRAMME INCLUDED SONGS AND DANCES, ACROBATIC AND MAGIC SHOWS, LION DANCES AND BAND PERFORMANCES,

THE CANNON BALL EXPRESS+ WAS THERE AS IN PREVIOUS YEARS TO TAKE CHILDREN ROUND THE FUN FAIR GROUNDS.

NINETEEN GAMES STALLS WERE ORGANISED BY VARIOUS DIVISIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT.

MR TOMLINSON PRESENTED THE HONG KONG WATERWORKS MERIT AWARDS TO FOUR STAFF MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT.

THE AWARD TAKES THE FORM OF A SILVER MEDAL INCORPORATING THE WATERWORKS CREST AND IS PRESENTED ANNUALLY TO OFFICERS OF THE RANK OF WORKS SUPERVISOR AND BELOW WHO HAVE DURING THE PREVIOUS YEAR SHOWN THEMSELVES TO BE WORTHY OF SPECIAL RECOGNITION EITHER ON THE BASIS OF GENERAL MERIT AND ATTENTION TO DUTIES, OR ON THE BASIS OF NOTEWORTHY CONDUCT OR PERFORMANCE OF DUTIES IN A PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.

THE RECIPIENTS WERE MR NG MOO OF WASTE DETECTION (ISLAND DIVISION), MR CHIU SHING OF HEADWORKS ISLAND DIVISION) AND MR YEUNG NAM-KWONG AND MR WONG BING OF MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL DIVISION (OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE).

MR TOMLINSON ALSO PRESENTED LONG SERVICE CERTIFICATES TO MR YEE CHIW-KEE AND MR HO CHI-KEUNG WHO WERE RETIRING AFTER A COMBINED SERVICE OF 59 YEARS WITH THE DEPARTMENT.

THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF WATER SUPPLIES, MR WONG KWOK-LAI, WHO IS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE WATERWORKS WELFARE FUND COMMITTEE ORGANISER OF THE FUN FAIR, AND HIS WIFE OFFICIATED AT THE CEREMONY.

MR CHAN PUI-WAH, SENIOR ENGINEER (DESIGN) OF THE DEPARTMENT, WAS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE FUN FAIR ORGANISING COMMITTEE.

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