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THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1988

CLASSES WILL BE HELD EVERY SATURDAY FROM JULY 30 TO SEPTEMBER 3 AT THE ABERDEEN INDOOR COMPLEX GAMES HALL.

INSTRUCTORS WILL BE APPOINTED BY THE ASSOCIATION, RACKETS AND BALLS WILL BE PROVIDED.

THE FEE FOR THE COURSE IS 20. APPLICATION FORMS MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE RSS HEAD OFFICE, 11/F, WING ON CENTRE, CENTRAL.

ENQUIRIES SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO TELEPHONE 5-458511,

MAN BEHIND MANY BUILDING PROJECTS RETIRES

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THE SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS, MR DAVID MCDONALD, WILL PROCEED ON PRE-RETIREMENT LEAVE TOMORROW AFTER 28 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE GOVERNMENT.

TO MARK THE OCCASION, THE SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS (DESIGNATE), MR CHAN NAI-KEONG, THIS AFTERNOON PRESENTED HIM WITH A SOUVENIR ON BEHALF OF HIS COLLEAGUES IN THE LANDS AND WORKS BRANCH.

SPEAKING AT THE FAREWELL RECEPTION, MR CHAN SAID MR MCDONALD HAD WORKED FOR A PRIVATE ARCHITECTURAL FIRM IN DUNDEE BEFORE JOINING THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT IN 1955.

IN HONG KONG, MR MCDONALD WAS INVOLVED IN THE PLANNING AND DESIGN OF MANY IMPORTANT BUILDING PROJECTS, INCLUDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE RAILWAY STATION, MULTI-STOREY CAR PARK AND THE HONG KONG COLISEUM ABOVE THE HUNG HOM RAILWAY TERMINUS FOR WHICH HE PRODUCED THE ORIGINAL FEASIBILITY STUDY.

IN 1972, MR MCDONALD BECAME PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT ARCHITECT. FIFTEEN MONTHS LATER, HE BECAME DIRECTOR OF BUILDING DEVELOPMENT, AND IN JANUARY 1974 DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.

+SINCE THEN HE HAS BEEN AT THE HELM OF PUBLIC WORKS ACTIVITIES FOR UNDOUBTEDLY THE MOST INTENSE DECADE OF BUILDING AND ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT IN HONG KONG'S HISTORY, MR CHAN SAID. + THE ENORMOUS INCREASE IN WORKLOAD EVENTUALLY LED TO HIS OVERSEEING OF THE REORGANISATION OF THE FORMER PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IN SIX AUTONOMOUS DEPARTMENT - ITSELF NO SMALL ACHIEVEMENT.+

MR CHAN SAID THAT OVER THE YEARS MR MCDONALD WON THE RESPECT OF ALL FOR HIS ABILITY AND INTEGRITY. IN RECOGNITION OF HIS SERVICE, HE WAS APPOINTED A COMPANION OF THE ORDER OF ST MICHAEL AND ST GEORGE IN 1978.

+MR MCDONALD CAN BE JUSTIFIABLY PROUD OF HIS ACHIEVEMENTS AND HIS CONTRIBUTION TO THE WELFARE AND SOCIAL NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG,+ HE ADDED.