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THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1987

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LAST TREE PLANTING DAY ON SUNDAY

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MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE REMINDED THAT SUNDAY (MAY 10) WOULD BE THEIR LAST CHANCE TO TAKE PART IN THE 1987 COMMUNITY TREE PLANTING SCHEME ORGANISED BY THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT.

THOSE INTERESTED SHOULD GO TO DESIGNATED PLANTING SITES BETWEEN 9 AM AND 4 PM ON THAT DAY WHEN TREE SEEDLING WOULD BE AVAILABLE FREE FOR PLANTING.

THE SEVEN COUNTRY PARK PLANTING SITES ARE TAI MO SHAN, BRIDE'S POOL, MUI WO, POKFULAM, QUARRY BAY, PAK TAM CHUNG AND CLEAR WATER BAY.

THE DEPARTMENT'S SENIOR COUNTRY PARKS OFFICER, MR S.P. LAU, SAID THAT UP TO LAST SUNDAY, MORE THAN 16 500 PEOPLE HAD PARTICIPATED IN THE SCHEME TO PLANT MORE THAN 20 000 TREES.

THE 1987 COMMUNITY TREE PLANTING SCHEME, ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR ALL SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS IN APRIL, WAS EXTENDED TO COVER THE FIRST TWO SUNDAYS IN MAY TO MEET INCREASING REQUESTS FROM THE PUBLIC.

RETIRING OFFICER'S SERVICE COMMENDED

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A SENIOR ENGINEER, MR TONG TAK-LEUNG, WAS PRESENTED A LETTER OF VALEDICTION TODAY (THURSDAY) FOR HIS 29 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE GOVERNMENT.

AT A PRESENTATION CEREMONY TO MARK HIS RETIREMENT, THE COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT, MR PETER LEEDS, PRAISED MR TONG FOR HIS GOOD AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE DEPARTMENT AND THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.

MR TONG FIRST JOINED THE CIVIL SERVICE AS AN APPRENTICE ENGINEER IN THE THEN PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IN SEPTEMBER 1958. TWO YEARS LATER, HE BECAME ASSISTANT ENGINEER AND WAS PROMOTED TO HIS PRESENT RANK IN SEPTEMBER 1981.

HE FIRST RETIRED IN 1984 WHEN HE WAS 55, BUT WAS RE-EMPLOYED AS SENIOR ENGINEER IN THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT.

BEFORE HIS RETIREMENT, MR TONG HAS BEEN HANDLING TRAFFIC ENGINEERING MATTERS ON HONG KONG ISLAND PARTICULARLY IN THE EASTERN AND SOUTHERN DISTRICTS.

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