Saturday, June 9, 1973
SENIOR GOVERNMENT POSTINGS ANNOUNCED
Two senior government appointments were announced today.
The Establishment Secretary, Mr. S.T. Kidd, has been appointed
Commissioner of the Hong Kong Government Office in London and will take
up his duties later in the year.
Mr. A.J. Scott, will take over the post of Secretary for the
Civil Service, which is to be created following recommendations made in
the McKinsey report.
Mr. Kidd, aged 47, who succeeds Mr. M. Wright as the Hong Kong
Commissioner in London, first joined the Hong Kong Government in 1950.
He was appointed Senior Administrative Officer in 1959 and became Deputy
District Commissioner, New Territories, the same year.
Re was appointed Principal Assistant Colonial Secretary in
1965 and Establishment Secretary in 1970. Since then he has acted as
Deputy Colonial Secretary and Colonial Secretary on a number of occasions.
The Commissioner co-ordinates the many activities undertaken
by the Hong Kong Government in Britain, including the dissemination of
information on Hong Kong; liaison with Hong Kong residents in Britain; and
the review of commercial and industrial developments and their possible
effect on Hong Kong's interests.
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