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FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1988

THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT BOARD WHOLE PROJECT,

HAS ALLOCATED

$60,000 FOR THE

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE "SOCIAL SERVICES IN KWUN TONG" EXHIBITION AT 11.30 AM ON SUNDAY (JANUARY 24) AT THE TELFORD GARDENS PODIUM, KOWLOON BAY.

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DEATH OF FORMER GOVERNMENT ENGINEER

MR STANLEY BARDEN, WHO RETIRED FROM PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT ENGINEER IN 1984, DIED IN WEEK. HE WAS 63.

THE GOVERNMENT AS A ENGLAND EARLIER THIS

MR BARDEN WAS IN HOSPITAL FOR A SHORT TIME AT HIS HOMETOWN AT SHREWSBURY, SHROPSHIRE, BEFORE HE PASSED AWAY. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE AND TWO DAUGHTERS.

MR BARDEN FIRST CAME TO THE FAR EAST IN 1951 AS AN ENGINEER WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IN SINGAPORE, AFTER SERVICE WITH THE ROYAL AIR FORCE.

HE JOINED THE HONG KONG PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IN 1959 WORKING IN THE ROADS OFFICE AND WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE IN THE GOVERNMENT SERVICE TO SPECIALISE IN TRAFFIC ENGINEERING AND TRANSPORT PLANNING. HE WAS PROMOTED TO CHIEF ENGINEER IN 1969 AT WHICH TIME HE HEADED THE TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT SURVEY UNIT OF THE THEN ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.

IN THE EARLY 1970'S MR BARDEN WAS CLOSELY INVOLVED WITH THE PLANNING OF THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY SYSTEM, AND IN 1974 HE WAS APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF MASS TRANSIT STUDIES.

HE WAS PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT ENGINEER IN 1978 AND IN 1981 WAS AWARDED THE ISO IN RECOGNITION OF HIS LONG AND OUTSTANDING SERVICE.

MR BARDEN WAS A FELLOW OF THE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS AND WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE UNION CHURCH.

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