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Monday, October 22, 1973
SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSIONER APPOINTED
Mr. Trevor Bedford, at present Deputy Secretary for Security in
the Colonial Secretariat, has been appointed Special Assistant to the
Commissioner for Anti-Corruption, Mr. Jack Cater.
He will head a special planning group set up to consider the
organisation of the new Anti-Corruption Commission, it was announced today.
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lir. Bedford, 39, studied law at university. He joined the Hong
Kong civil service in August 1960 as an administrative officer, and has
since held a number of responsible posts in various government departments.
He was District Officer of Taipo from 1966 to 1967. The following
year he attended the Joint Services Staff College and on his return from
leave was appointed Police Civil Secretary until 1972. Mr. Bedford recently
returned from a year's study at the Royal College of Defence Studies in
London.
He was awarded the M.B.E. last year.
Note to Editors:
Copies of Mr. Bedford's photograph will be available for collection in the G.I.S. Press boxes
later this evening.
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