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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1989

MR

AFTER A RESPECTABLE 11 YEARS OF WORK AT SEA,

TANG DECIDED TO HAVE A CHANGE AND LOOKED FOR A LAND-BASED JOB. THAT EXPLAINS WHY HE JOINED THE MARINE DEPARTMENT AS MARINE OFFICER IN 1967 AT THE AGE OF 32.

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AS THE SEAFARERS, ALSO PUT HIM

WORKING FOR THE THEN "MARDEP" AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN TO "OUSTANDING" GROUP.

DEPARTMENT

IN

IS THE MORE

THE

RECRUITED THEN, DEPARTMENT,

HE

"IT WAS BECAUSE OUT OF THE 13 MARINE OFFICERS I WAS ONE OF THE FIVE CHINESE OFFICERS TO JOIN SAID.

AREA (POWA)

MODEST WITH THE PROJECTS FOR WHICH HE HAD PUT HIS SHOULDER TO THE WHEEL, HE RECALLED STARTING THE PUBLIC CARGO WORKING SCHEME FROM SCRATCH.

EFFICIENTLY THE SEAFRONT,

EFFECTIVELY "IN ORDER TO REGULATE BOTH

AND LOADING AND UNLOADING OF GOODS FROM VESSELS ALONG THE LONG THE GOVERNMENT HAD PLANS TO SET UP PCWA'S WELL BEFORE 1974.

"AFTER MUCH PLANNING AND NEGOTIATING FOR LAND AND 30 FORTH,

CHAI THE FIRST PCWA WAS SET UP IN WAN

IN 1974 AND THE SUBSEQUENT BEEN AND ARE PHASES OF DEVELOPMENT HAVE

STILL GOING ON WELL AS ENVISAGED,' MR TANG SAID WITH A HINT OF SATISFACTION.

ANOTHER AREA WHICH HE HAS VENTURED INTO 18 THE PORT AN INPUT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY STUDY (PDSS), WHICH PROVIDES PADS (OR PORT AND AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY STUDY.

"IN FACT. AS EARLY AS 1988 WE HAD THE IDEA OF DEVELOPING THE

AREA AND PUT THEM FORWARD IN WESTERN HARBOUR

THE EXPOSHIP (AN EXHIBITION FOR THE MARITIME INDUSTRY) WHICH THEN BECAME THE OF PDSS," MR TANG SAID.

BLUEPRINT

IS MEMORY THE LAST PROJECT TO BE ETCHED IN HIS BOAT CLEARANCE OPERATION IN YAU MA TEI TYPHOON SHELTER YEAR.

THE DWELLING IN JULY THIS

"I BELIEVE THE OPERATION WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IF

SEVERAL FOR THE CONCERTED EFFORTS OF THE

DEPARTMENTS

SAID.

NOT

INVOLVED.'

M

HE

WITH AN AMPLE MARITIME EXPERIENCE, MR TANG ALSO LET

BEEN A EXPERTISE GO GLOBAL. IN FACT HE HAS

CONSULTANT MARITIME SEVERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS ORGANISATIONS FOR MANY YEARS.

HIS

TO

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"I HOPE I CAN CONTINUE TO SERVE IN THE CONSULTANCY FIELD RETIREMENT,' HE SAID.

AFTER

THE DIRECTOR OF MARINE, MR DERICK HALL, TODAY (FRIDAY)

PRESENTED A GIFT TO MR TANG AT A CEREMONY COLLEAGUES.

ATTENDED

BY MANY OF

HIS

THANKING MR