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Tuesday, October 9, 1973
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S SECRETARY RETIRING
Mr. George Oakes, Secretary of the Education Department, is
retiring shortly.
He will be presented with a gift from his colleagues. The Director
of Education, Mr. J. Canning, will make the presentation on Thursday
(October 11).
Mr. Oakes was in the Army for seven years from 1939 to 1946 when
he served in North Africa and Italy. After leaving the Army he joined
the Foreign Service and was attached to the British Embassy in Paris
and the British Legation in Budapest for a total period of four years.
In 1950 he took up an appointment in the East African Branch of
the former Colonial Office, now known as the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
His career in the Executive Grade began in October 1953 when he
joined the Western Pacific High Commission, working his way up to Office
Superintendent in 1956.
Mr. Oakes was transferred to the Hong Kong Government in November
1961 as an Executive Officer Class I, He was promoted to Senior Executive
Officer Class II in 1963, to Senior Executive Officer Class I in 1966 and
to his present rank of Chief Executive Officer in 1969.
Before joining the Education Department as Secretary in December 1969, Mr. Oakes served in the Social Welfare Department, the Trade Development
Council and the Government Training Division.
/Mr. Oakes,