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FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 1985

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COST-SAVING FLOATING BOOM WINS AWARD

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A MARINE DEPARTMENT INSPECTOR WAS COMMENDED BY THE SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE, MR MARTIN ROWLANDS, TODAY (FRIDAY) FOR HIS INNOVATIVE DESIGN OF Á FLOATING BOOM WHICH WON AN AWARD UNDER THE GOVERNMENT'S STAFF SUGGESTIONS SCHEME.

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LAST AUGUST, MR LEUNG CHUN-MING PUT FORWARD A SUGGESTION TO THE GOVERNMENT'S STAFF SUGGESTIONS SCHEME FOR THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF A FLOATING BOOM TO PROTECT SWIMMING AREAS FROM POLLUTION. THE BOOM HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY INSTALLED BY THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT REPULSE BAY BEACH AND MAY BE INTRODUCED AT OTHER BEACHES.

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AT A CEREMONY HELD AT THE MARINE DEPARTMENT'S HEADQUARTERS, MR ROWLANDS PRESENTED A CERTIFICATE OF COMMENDATION. MR LEUNG HAD ALREADY RECEIVED A CASH AWARD OF $1 500.

+MR LEUNG HAS DEMONSTRATED CONSIDERABLE INVENTIVENESS IN AN AREA OF WORK IN WHICH HE IS NOT EMPLOYED. HE HAS DEVOTED A GREAT DEAL OF HIS OWN TIME TO DEVELOPING HIS IDEA AND I CONGRATULATE HIM,+ SAID MR ROWLANDS.

MR ROWLANDS STRESSED THAT IN THE PRESENT FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS ON CIVIL SERVICE GROWTH, THE GOVERNMENT'S STAFF SUGGESTIONS SCHEME TOOK ON AN EVEN GREATER SIGNIFICANCE AND HE HOPED THAT STAFF IN ALL DEPARTMENTS WOULD SUPPORT IT.

THE CIVIL SERVICE SUGGESTIONS SCHEME PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES TO CIVIL SERVICE STAFF TO PROPOSE IMPROVEMENTS TO METHODS OF WORK AND TO SUGGEST WAYS BY WHICH SAVINGS CAN BE ACHIEVED. IT ALSO ENCOURAGES STAFF TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE OPERATION OF THE SERVICE OUTSIDE THE LIMITS OF THE IR NORMAL RESPONSIBILITIES.

PRESENT AT THE PRESENTATION CEREMONY WERE THE DIRECTOR OF MARINE, MR CHAN YUE-YAN, SENIOR OFFICERS AND STAFF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MARINE DEPARTMENT AND MEMBERS OF THE STAFF SUGGESTIONS COMMITTEE.

SHA TIN PROMOTES CIVIC INTEREST

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A THREE-SESSION TRAINING COURSE HAS BEEN ORGANISED FOR UPCOMING COMMUNITY LEADERS IN SHA TIN, AS PART OF THE DISTRICT BOARD'S EFFORTS TO PROMOTE CIVIC-MINDEDNESS.

PARTICIPANTS, MAINLY MEMBERS OF MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES AND YIN NGAI SOCIETIES, WILL ATTEND THE FIRST SESSION IN THE SHA TIN DISTRICT OFFICE ON SUNDAY (JANUARY 20) AND THE OTHER TWO ON JANUARY 23 AND 27.

THE SUBJECTS