CONFIDENTIAL STAFF-IN-CONFIDENCE
CONFIDENTIAL
STAFF-IN-CONFIDENCE
FM BTC HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 68
OF 09103OZ FEBRUARY 89
IDI
074643
MDHIAN 1765
PERSONAL FOR MCLAREN, AUSS
MIPT: PETER HEAP
1.
FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF PROPOSED PRESS RELEASE:-
CHANGE OF SENIOR BRITISH TRADE COMMISSIONER
REG HOLLOWAY, SENIOR BRITISH TRADE COMMISSIONER IN HONG KONG AND
CONSUL GENERAL IN MACAO SINCE 1985, IS TO BE THE NEXT BRITISH CONSUL GENERAL IN LOS ANGELES. HE IS DUE TO LEAVE HONG KONG IN
MARCH AND TO TAKE UP HIS NEW APPOINTMENT IN MAY.
HIS SUCCESSOR IN HONG KONG AND MACAO WILL BE PETER HEAP, AT PRESENT
MINISTER AT THE BRITISH HIGH COMMISSION IN LAGOS.
MR HEAP, 53, WHO WILL ARRIVE IN HONG KONG TOWARDS THE END OF APRIL, HAS BEEN MINISTER IN LAGOS FOR TWO YEARS. PREVIOUSLY HE WAS THE
BRITISH HIGH COMMISSIONER IN THE BAHAMAS. HE JOINED THE FOREIGN SERVICE IN LONDON IN 1959. HE HAS ALSO SERVED IN DUBLIN, OTTAWA COLOMBO, NEW YORK AND CARACAS WHERE HE WAS COMMERCIAL COUNSELLOR.
DURING HIS TOURS IN LONDON HE HAS SPENT TIME WITH THE MINISTRY OF
DEFENCE AND IN THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE DEPARTMENTS
DEALING WITH SOUTH EAST ASIA AND WEST AFRICA. HIS LAST
APPOINTMENT IN LONDON WAS AS HEAD OF ENERGY, SCIENCE AND SPACE DEPARTMENT.
MR HEAP IS MARRIED AND HAS FOUR CHILDREN FROM A PREVIOUS MARRIAGE.
MR HOLLOWAY, 56 CAME TO HONG KONG IN DECEMBER 1985 FROM TORONTO
WHERE HE HAD BEEN BRITISH CONSUL GENERAL FOR FOUR YEARS. HE HAS ALSO SERVED IN GUYANA, MALTA AND NEPAL AND IN THE FCO DEPARTMENTS DEALING WITH INFORMATION, EAST AFRICA AND SOUTH ASIA. FOR TWO YEARS
HE WAS A DIPLOMATIC SERVICE OVERSEAS INSPECTOR. BEFORE JOINING THE
FCO IN 1964 HE WAS A JOURNALIST IN BRITAIN AND EAST AFRICA. HIS
WIFE, ANNA, WAS ALSO A JOURNALIST. THEY HAVE ONE DAUGHTER.
IN LOS ANGELES MR HOLLOWAY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR BRITISH INTERESTS