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APPOINTMENT OF HONORARY CONSUL OF IRISH REPUBLIC IN HONG KONG
DESMOND ANTHONY MARRON. BORN JUNE 1936 IN BELFAST. IRISH NATIONALITY. ADDRESSES: APT. 20-B CENTURY TOWER, 1 MAY ROAD, HONG KONG AND ST KEVIN'S COTTAGE, GLENDALOUGH, CO WICKLOW, IRELAND. EDUCATED ST MALACHY'S COLLEGE, BELFAST AND CITY OF LONDON COLLEGE, LONDON. MEMBER OF BRITISH INSTITUTE OF BANKERS. HOLDS DIPLOMAS IN CANTONESE. 30 YEARS BANKING EXPERIENCE IN ASIA BEING ORIGINALLY POSTED TO HONG KONG IN 1959, THEN TO VIETNAM, SINGAPORE AND MALAYSIA. SECONDED TO HONG KONG GOVERNMENT 1983-85, BEING APPOINTED GENERAL MANAGER TO A GOVERNMENT-OWNED BANK CHANG LUNG BANK LTD). CURRENTLY DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER OF STANDARD CHARTERED BANK'S CHINA AREA HEADQUARTERS, HONG KONG. 2.
THE EMBASSY HAVE ASKED FOR AN INDICATION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AS TO WHETHER THE APPOINTMENT WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE. GRATEFUL YOUR AGREEMENT.
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