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Commercial Affairs) in Washington; controlling and
coordinating the various activities the Hong Kong
Government undertakes directly in the United States;
maintaining contact with the offices of the Trade
Development Council and the Hong Kong Tourist
Association in the United States; disseminating
information about Hong Kong and establishing personal
contacts with individuals and organisations with a view to improving Hong Kong's image throughout the United
States. The officer selected to fill this post is
Mr W. Dorward who will take up this appointment in
April next year. The expansion of the present role
of our Brussels Office, which is already headed up by
an officer with the diplomatic rank of Minister, will
follow later on.
26.
The reorganisation of the Secretariat will
become effective as soon as possible and a working group
under the chairmanship of the Director, Councils and
Administration Branch is now working out all the detailed
arrangements relating to schedules of business, staffing,
accommodation and official membership of advisory and
administrative committees (and I would like to see some
pruning here), subject to one over-riding proviso that
there is to be no net increase in staff as a result of
these changes.
27.
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Other changes will undoubtedly become necessary fairly soon. For instance, it may be necessary to create
a small unit within the Secretariat, probably attached to the Councils and Administration Branch and responsible
directly to the Chief Secretary, to coordinate the use of Government's scientific and technical resources, (excluding
those in the engineering and medical fields), in a more
efficient and effective manner.
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