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FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 1988

HE GAINED PROMOTION IN THE HIGHLY

AIR

TECHNICAL FIELD OF TRAFFIC CONTROL, AND LATER MOVED INTO THE SPECIALISED AREA OF AIR SERVICES. HE WAS PROMOTED TO ASSISTANT DIRECTOR IN CHARGE OF THE AIR SERVICES DIVISION IN 1978.

MR LATHAM WAS APPOINTED DEPUTY DIRECTOR IN 1984 AND HAS ACTED

AS DIRECTOR OF CIVIL AVIATION ON MANY OCCASIONS.

HE HAS REPRESENTED THE GOVERNMENT IN VARIOUS ROUNDS OF NEGOTIATIONS FOR AIR SERVICES WITH FOREIGN STATES, AND PLAYED A PROMINENT ROLE IN ESTABLISHING THE BASE FOR HONG KONG'S POLICY ON AIR SERVICES.

HE IS TO BE SUCCEEDED BY MR PETER LOK, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF CIVIL AVIATION.

ALSO RETIRING IS THE CONTROLLER OF AVIATION SAFETY, MR IAN HUTCHINSON, WHO HAS BEEN WITH THE DEPARTMENT FOR 17 YEARS.

MR HUTCHINSON WAS A FIGHTER BEFORE BECOMING AN AIR TRAFFIC GOVERNMENT.

PILOT IN THE ROYAL AIR FORCE, CONTROL OFFICER IN THE BRITISH

HE JOINED THE CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENT AS AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL OFFICER IN 1970, LATER TRANSFERRED TO OPERATIONS OFFICER IN 1975 AND WAS PROMOTED ΤΟ HEAD THE AVIATION SAFETY DIVISION AS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF CIVIL AVIATION IN 1982.

HE IS HELD IN HIGH ESTEEM BY COLLEAGUES IN THE DEPARTMENT AND AVIATION PROFESSIONALS, FOR HIS EXPERTISE AND DEDICATED SERVICES IN MAINTAINING STANDARDS, AMID THE FAST-EXPANDING AVIATION INDUSTRY IN HONG KONG.

MR PETER BIRKETT, CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER, WILL TAKE OVER AS CONTROLLER OF AVIATION SAFETY,

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OLD AGE ALLOWANCE TO BE RAISED IN APRIL

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THE OLD AGE ALLOWANCE FOR SENIOR CITIZENS AGED 70 OR ABOVE

$255 WILL BE INCREASED FROM

A MONTH то $320 FROM APRIL 1, THE REGIONAL SOCIAL WORK OFFICER (NEW TERRITORIES), MR CARLOS LEUNG, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

MR LEUNG WAS SPEAKING AT A SPRING PARTY OF WONG FUNG TING HOSTEL FOR THE ELDERLY AND LEUNG LEE SAU YU RECREATIONAL CENTRE FOR THE ELDERLY OF THE WOMEN'S WELFARE CLUB, EASTERN DISTRICT, HONG KONG, IN SHEUNG SHUI.

MR LEUNG