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FRIDAY, JULY 28. 1989

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LEADING FIGURE IN COUNTRY PARK DEVELOPMENT RETIRES

* * *

STAFF OF THE

AGRICULTURE AND

FISHERIES

GATHERED DEPARTMENT

BID FAREWELL ΤΟ HONG KONG'S COUNTRY PARKS

TOGETHER AT A DINNER PARTY THIS (FRIDAY) EVENING TO

OF DEVELOPMENT A LEADING FIGURE IN THE SYSTEM.

HE IS THE DEPARTMENT'S

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (CONSERVATION

AND

COUNTRY PARKS). 57-YEAR-OLD MR K.C. IU. WHO HAS PLAYED A VITAL PART IN

THE OF DEVELOPMENT

21 COUNTRY PARKS IN THE THE DESIGNATION AND TERRITORY OVER THE LAST TWO DECADES.

OFFICER. APPOINTED

THE

TO THE FIRST LOCAL

FORESTRY OFFICER RANKS TO HIS GRADE TO HAVE RISEN THROUGH THE

PRESENT POSITION OF YEARS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR. MR IU IS RETIRING EARLY NEXT MONTH AFTER 33 OF SERVICE WITH THE DEPARTMENT.

OF MR IU. THE PAID TRIBUTE

SPEAKING AT THE FAREWELL PARTY HELD IN HONOUR DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES. DR LAWRENCE LEE. TO MR IU'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF FORESTRY.

MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION WORK PARK DEVELOPMENT AND SERVICE.

MR IU FIRST JOINED THE GOVERNMENT IN 1955 AS BECAME THE FIRST LOCAL FIELD OFFICER IN 1958.

COUNTRY

DURING HIS

AN OVERSEER AND

AND

COURSE IN NEW ZEALAND AFTER A TWO-YEAR FOREST RANGER'S FURTHER STUDIES IN THE MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES IN THE COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY. HE WAS APPOINTED A FORESTRY OFFICER IN 1972.

MR IU WAS PROMOTED TO SENIOR FORESTRY OFFICER IN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR IN 1985.

DR LEE NOTED THAT MR IU WAS INSTRUMENTAL OF THE SUMMER FORESTRY WORK CAMP WHICH PROVIDES ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN COUNTRYSIDE CONSERVATION PEOPLE.

AN

1980 AND ΤΟ

IN THE INTRODUCTION AN OPPORTUNITY FOR WORK BY THE YOUNG

IMPORTANT ROLE IN

KONG'S

COUNTRY LAND AREA EDUCATION OF

"IN THE LAST 18 YEARS. K.C. HAS PLAYED

AND

OF HONG MANAGEMENT THE SUCCESSFUL DEVELOPMENT PARKS. WHICH NOW COVER SOME 40 PER CENT OF THE TERRITORY'S AND HAVE BECOME A MAJOR RESOURCE FOR THE RECREATION AND ALL SECTORS AND AGE GROUPS OF THE COMMUNITY.

HE SAID.

HAD DISPLAYED AS WELL AS A STRONG

THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER. THE DIRECTOR SAID. MR IU A VERY HIGH STANDARD OF INTEGRITY AND LOYALTY SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY AND DEDICATION IN DISCHARGING HIS DUTIES.

"THE TIME HAS NOW COME WHEN.

IN THE

TRADITION BEST

TO RESPONSIBILITIES

OF HIS A YOUNGER AT THE NICE WORKED SO

HARD

THESE PROFESSION. HE MUST PASS ON GENERATION. HOWEVER. HE CAN LOOK BACK WITH SATISFACTION AND POPULAR COUNTRY PARKS THAT HE AND HIS STAFF HAVE FOR.

A

WORK FRIEND

"I SHOULD LIKE TO THANK K.C. PERSONALLY FOR HIS DEDICATED IN THE DEPARTMENT AND TO SAY THAT HE WILL BE MISSED BOTH AS AND AS A COLLEAGUE." DR LEE ADDED.

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