RESTRICTED
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PRIORITY FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELEGRAM NUMBER 540
TO HONG KONG
15 AUGUST 1969
(HONG KONG 25/1)
RESTRICTED.
M.1.P.T.
REORGANISATION OF HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN LONDON. FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF PRESS RELEASE FOR ISSUE HERE ON 29
AUGUST, BEGINS.
QUOTE THE GOVERNMENT OF HONG KONG TODAY ANNOUNCED THAT AFTER CONSULTATION WITH THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE IT HAS DECIDED THAT THE VARIOUS HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN LONDON SHOULD BE CO-ORDINATED IN ONE ORGANISATION UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE HEAD OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE HERE.
THIS OFFICER WILL IN FUTURE BE KNOWN AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMISSIONER FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF HONG KONG IN LONDON,
QUOTE THE POSITION IS AT PRESENT HELD BY MR. P.C.M. SEDGWICK, C.M.G. WHO WAS APPOINTED HEAD OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE FOUR YEARS AGO AFTER HOLDING A NUMBER OF SENIOR POSTS IN THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT. HE IS DUE TO RETIRE AT THE END OF THIS MONTH AND WILL BE SUCCEEDED AS ADMINISTRATIVE COMMISSIONER BY MR. A.M.J. WRIGHT, C.M.G., UNTIL RECENTLY DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS IN THE COLONY.
QUOTE THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN LONDON WHICH ARE AFFECTED BY THIS REORGANISATION ARE THE HONG KONG STUDENTS OFFICE AND THE HONG KONG CHINESE LIAISON OFFICE, BOTH AT PRESENT LOCATED AT ABBEY HOUSE, VICTORIA STREET: AND HONG KONG HOUSE, A RESIDENTIAL HOTEL AND CLUB FOR HONG KONG STUDENTS AT LANCASTER GATE.
QUOTE THE OFFICE WILL CONTOL AND CO-ORDINATE THE ACTIVITIES OF THE VARIOUS AGENCIES AND WILL CONTINUE TO LIAISE WITH THOSE
DEPARTMENTS OF HER MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT WHICH DEAL WITH MATTERS OF
CONCERN TO THE COLONY. IT WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO DISSEMINATE
INFORMATION ON HONG KONG AND TO ADVISE THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT
ON COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENTS IN THIS COUNTRY.
RESTRICTED
/QUOTE TRADE
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HKK 25/1
(1968-9)