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Action Taken
No6.31 /P.P.3/
YOUR TELNO 794 AND TELECON SIR D ROBERTS/MCLAREN OF 29 JUNE:
HONG KONG APPOINTMENTS.
1. NEWS DEPARTMENT WILL ISSUE THE FOLLOWING PRESS RELEASE
AT THE FCO NEWS CONFERENCE AT 11.3OZ TODAY:
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HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN HAS BEEN PLEASED TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT
OF SIR DENYS TUDOR EMIL ROBERTS KBE QC, PRESENTLY CHIEF SECRETARY OF HONG KONG, AS CHIEF JUSTICE OF HONG KONG. SIR DENYS WILL RETIRE AS CHIEF SECRETARY ADOUT THE END OF SEPTEMBER THIS
YEAR AND TAKE UP HIS NEW APPOINTMENT ON THE RETIREMENT OF THE
PRESENT CHIEF JUSTICE, SIR GEOFFREY BRIGGS QC, IN MAY 1979.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
HAS APPROVED THE APPOINTMENT OF MR JACK CATER CBE, PRESENTLY COMMISSIONER AGAINST CORRUPTION, TO REPLACE SIR DENYS ROBERTS
AS CHIEF SECRETARY IN SEPTEMBER.
SIR DONALD LUDDINGTON KBE CMG CVO, PRESENTLY CHAIRMAN OF THE PUBLIC SERVICES COMMISSION, HONG KONG, WILL BECOME COMMISSIONER AGAINST CORRUPTION EARLY IN JULY WHEN MR CATER GOES ON LEAVE.
2. LOCAL ANNOUNCEMENT SHOULD CONFORM TO THE TIMING OF FCQ
ANNOUNCEMENT OR MAY BE ISSUED TO THE PRESS EARLIER IF YOU PREFER, SUBJECT TO EMBARGO UNTIL THAT TIME. AS DISCUSSED WITH SIR D ROBERTS, PARAGRAPH 1 OF YOUR PRESS RELEASE SHOULD BE RECAST TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF THE FACT THAT HER MAJESTY APPROVES.. THE CJ APPOINTMENT AND THE SECRETARY OF STATE THAT OF THE CS.
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