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NEW DIRECTOR FOR ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES DEPT

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MR PAUL CORSER OF ARCHITECTURAL SERVICE ON JANUARY 30

THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (TUESDAY) THAT

MR JOSE

MENG-CAN AS DIRECTOR LEI WILL SUCCEED SERVICES AFTER MR LEI RETIRES FROM THE CIVIL NEXT YEAR.

AN

ASSISTANT ARCHITECT

JOINED THE CIVIL SERVICE AS AGED 60, MR LEI ARCHITECT IN 1955. HE WAS PROMOTED TO PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT IN 1984 AND TO DIRECTOR OF ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES IN 1986.

ON HIS RETIREMENT, MR LEI SERVICE WITH THE GOVERNMENT.

WILL HAVE COMPLETED 35 YEARS OF

BUILDING SURVEYOR IN

MR CORSER JOINED THE CIVIL SERVICE AS A 1962. HE WAS PROMOTED TO GOVERNMENT MAINTENANCE SURVEYOR IN TO DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES IN 1986.

MR CORSER, 55, HAS ACTED AS DIRECTOR OF ARCHITECTURAL ON PREVIOUS OCCASIONS.

1977 AND

SERVICES

LADY WILSON COMMENDED DIOCESAN GIRLS' SCHOOL

LADY

WILSON TODAY

CAN GIRLS'

SAID A WELL-RUN SCHOOL (TUESDAY) CONTRIBUTE TO SOCIETY THE VALUE OF GOOD EDUCATION AND DIOCESAN SCHOOL IS JUST SUCH A SCHOOL.

SPEAKING

THE AT

OPEN

LADY THE SINCE

DIOCESAN CHANGE WAS ONLY MADE

DAY,

SCHOOL'S 130TH ANNIVERSARY SAID WILSON

HONG KONG HAD COME A VERY LONG WAY GIRLS'

WAS FOUNDED AND MUCH OF THE SCHOOL POSSIBLE BY RISING STANDARDS IN EDUCATION.

SHE SAID THIS SCHOOL HELPED SET THOSE STANDARDS.

"I AM A TEACHER BY PROFESSION. I BELIEVE PASSIONATELY VALUE OF GOOD EDUCATION, AND THE CONTRIBUTION WHICH A WELL-RUN CAN MAKE TO SOCIETY. THIS IS JUST SUCH A SCHOOL," SHE SAID.

IN THE SCHOOL

THE

ON THE SCHOOL'S STRENGTHS, LADY WILSON SAID ONE OF IT WAS EMPHASIS ON A WELL-BALANCED, ALL ROUND EDUCATION, THAT TOOK ACCOUNT OF ALL ASPECTS OF A STUDENTS'S DEVELOPMENT.

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CLASSROOM STUDIES ARE CONSIDERED IMPORTANT. SO TOO ARE

CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES.'

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"TO QUOTE JUST ONE EXAMPLE THE DIOCESAN GIRLS' KNOWN FOR WINNING AN IMPRESSIVE NUMBER OF PRIZES AT THE

SHE ADDED. KONG SCHOOLS' MUSIC AND SPEECH FESTIVAL,

EXTRA-

SCHOOL IS WELL ANNUAL HONG

/LADY WILSON