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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1985

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IMPERIAL SERVICE MEDAL AWARDED

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A SENIOR LAUNCH MECHANIC OF THE MARINE DEPARTMENT,

MR CHEUNG TAK-MING, HAS BEEN AWARDED THE IMPERIAL SERVICE MEDAL BY THE QUEEN ON HIS RETIREMENT AFTER 34 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE GOVERNMENT, THE DIRECTOR OF MARINE, MR CHAN YUE-YAN, ANNOUNCED TODAY (FRIDAY).

MR CHEUNG JOINED THE DEPARTMENT AS A SEAMAN CLASS II IN 1950. HE WAS PROMOTED TO SEAMAN CLASS I IN 1956 AND STOKER CLASS I IN 1960. IN 1968 HE WAS APPOINTED LAUNCH MECHANIC CLASS II AND IN 1981, SENIOR LAUNCH MECHANIC.

+THROUGHOUT HIS YEARS OF SERVICE, MR CHEUNG PERFORMED HIS DUTIES WITH COMPLETE DEVOTION, AND HIS EFFICIENT SERVICE WAS MUCH VALUED BY THE DEPARTMENT, MR CHAN SAID.

CLEAN AND GREEN SCHEME LAUNCHING

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THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, DR JOHN RIDDELL-SWAN, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE LAUNCHING OF THE POPULAR CLEAN AND GREEN SCHEME, ORGANISED BY THE COUNTRY PARKS AUTHORITY FOR THE THIRD YEAR, TOMORROW (SATURDAY) AT 10.30 AM AT THE PAK TAM CHUNG, SAI XUNG, CAR PARK,

ALSO PRESENT WILL BE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNTRY PARKS BOARD PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMITTEE, MR HOWARD YOUNG, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CLEAN AND GREEN SCHEME WORKING GROUP, MR WILLIAM WAN, MISS AEROBIC BEAUTY, MISS JANE MA, AND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION SERVICES, MR PETER MOSS.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE OPENING CEREMONY AT THE PAK TAM CHUNG CAR PARK IN SAI KUNG TOMORROW (SATURDAY) AT 10.30 AM.

TRANSPORT WILL BE PROVIDED AND MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES SHOULD ASSEMBLE AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE OF THE CANTON ROAD GOVERNMENT OFFICES, 393 CANTON ROAD, KOWLOON BY 9.15 AM.

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