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FM HONG KONG 271055Z FEBRUARY 81
TO PRIORITY HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON TELEGRAM NUMBER 352 OF 27 FEBRUARY
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FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF DRAFT PRESS RELEASE: FOR ISSUE
AT 1700 HOURS ON WEDNESDAY MARCH 4, 1981).
1. SIR JACK CATER, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, WILL BE GOING TO LONDON TO TAKE UP THE APPOINTMENT OF HONG KONG COMMISSIONER TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN ANNOUNCED
TODAY.
2. THE SECRETARY OF STATE HAS APPROVED THE APPOINTMENT OF SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE TO SUCCEED SIR JACK AS CHIEF SECRETARY AND MR JOHN BREMRIDGE TO BE FINANCIAL SECRETARY.
3. SIR JACK WILL HAND OVER HIS DUTIES IN EARLY NOVEMBER TO
SIR PHILIP.
4. BEFORE RETURNING TO HONG KONG IN MID-MAY, MR BREMRIDGE, FORMER CHAIRMAN OF THE SWIRE GROUP, WILL BE ENGAGED ON AN INTENSIVE
PROGRAMME OF BRIEFINGS, VISITS AND ATTACHMENTS, HE WILL TAKE OVER THE POST OF FINANCIAL SECRETARY FROM SIR PHILIP AS FROM
JUNE 1.
NOTE TO EDITORS: A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH AND A PHOTOGRAPH OF MR BREMRIDGE ARE ISSUED SEPARATELY.
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THIS TELEGRAM WAS NOT ADVANCED
LIMITED
HK & GD
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SIR E YOUDE MR DONALD
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HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE, LONDON
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