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THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1994

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LONG SERVING MARKETING STAFF RETIRE

THIRTEEN STAFF MEMBERS OF THE FISH AND VEGETABLE MARKETING ORGANISATIONS (F/VMO), WHO HAVE AMONG THEMSELVES CHALKED UP A TOTAL OF 293 YEARS OF SERVICE, RETIRED TODAY (THURSDAY).

NINE OF THEM ARE FROM THE FISH MARKETING ORGANISATION (PMO) MARKETING ORGANISATION (VMO).

AND THE REST FROM THE THE VEGETABLE

THEY HAVE SERVED AN AVERAGE OF OVER 22 YEARS EACH.

TWO FMO STAFF MEMBERS AND ONE VMO EMPLOYEE HAVE EACH SERVED FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS. THE VMO STAFF, MR SO CHI-KEI, HAS SERVED 42 YEARS IN THE ORGANISATION.

AT A CEREMONY HELD AT THE CHEUNG SHA WAN WHOLESALE VEGETABLE MARKET, THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, DR LAWRENCE LEE, PRESENTED THEM WITH SOUVENIRS AND PRAISED THEM FOR THEIR LOYALTY AND SUPPORT OVER THE YEARS.

"THEIR HARD WORK AND DEVOTION TO THE JOB HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE EFFICIENT OPERATION OF BOTH ORGANISATIONS, DR LEE SAID.

"THEIR FINE PERFORMANCE IN THEIR WORK AND ACHIEVEMENTS HAVE, INDEED, SET GOOD EXAMPLES ΤΟ OTHER COLLEAGUES OF THE TWO ORGANISATIONS," HE ADDED.

AT THE CEREMONY, DR LEE ALSO PRESENTED A CHEQUE FOR $2,000 AND A COMMENDATION CERTIFICATE TO A VMO EMPLOYEE, MR WAN CHAN-WAH, IN RECOGNITION FOR HIS MERITORIOUS SUGGESTIONS UNDER THE F/VMO STAFF

SUGGESTIONS SCHEME.

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IMMIGRATION OFFICERS AWARDED LONG SERVICE INSIGNIA

SIXTEEN MEMBERS OF THE IMMIGRATION SERVICE WERE AWARDED THE LONG SERVICE INSIGNIA.

то MARK THE OCCASION, A PRESENTATION CEREMONY WAS HELD AT THE IMMIGRATION HEADQUARTERS AND OFFICIATED BY THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION, MR JOHN YEUNG HIN-CHUNG, TODAY (JULY 28).

CHIEF IMMIGRATION OFFICER MR STEPHEN HUNG KWOK-WAH WAS THE SECOND CLASP TO HIS MEDAL FOR HIS 30 YEARS OF DEDICATED

AWARDED SERVICE.

PRINCIPAL IMMIGRATION OFFICER MR MAK KWAI-YUN AND 14 OTHERS WERE EACH PRESENTED THE FIRST CLASP SIGNIFYING 25 YEARS OF SERVICE.

AT THE PRESENTATION CEREMONY, MR YEUNG SAID THE AWARD OF THE HONG KONG SERVICES MEDAL WAS TO HONOUR THOSE WHO HAD RENDERED LONG AND MERITORIOUS SERVICE AS MEMBERS OF THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT.

HE ALSO CONGRATULATED ALL RECIPIENTS AND THANKED THEM FOR THEIR MANY YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE.

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