TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1976
SENIOR GOVERNMENT POSTINGS ANNOUNCED
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A NUMBER OF SENIOR POSTINGS IN THE GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION WERE ANNOUNCED TODAY.
MR. ERIC P. HO, WHO DURING 1976 HAS BEEN ATTENDING THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF DEFENCE STUDIES IN LONDON, WILL SHORTLY TAKE OVER FROM MR. MORRIS MORGAN AS DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR SOCIAL SERVICES.
MR. HO WILL SUCCED MR. F.X. LI AS SECRETARY FOR SOCIAL SERVICES NEXT YEAR WHEN THE LATTER BECOMES SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS.
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MR. HO, WHO IS 49, BECAME AN ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER IN 1957. HIS MOST RECENT APPOINTMENT WAS DIRECTOR OF HOME AFFAIRS, FROM OCTOBER 1973 TO JANUARY 1976. PREVIOUSLY HE HELD A NUMBER OF SENIOR POSTS IN DEPARTMENTS AND THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT, INCLUDING ASSISTANT FINANCIAL SECRETARY, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY.
MR. MORGAN WILL BE POSTED TO THE NEW TERRITORIES AS A DEPUTY SECRETARY TO TAKE OVER FROM MR. J.W. CHAMBERS WHO WILL GO ON LEAVE IN MARCH.
MR. J.R. TODD, AT PRESENT DEPUTY DISTRICT OFFICER, TSUEN WAN, IS POSTED AS A DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES IN PLACE OF MR. E.B. WIGGHAM, WHO HAS BECOME DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR INFORMATION IN PLACE OF MR. DAVID FORD.
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PRESS CONFERENCE ON COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORT STUDY
NOTE TO EDITORS:
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A PRESS CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD IN THE GIS THEATRE, BEACONSFIELD HOUSE, 5TH FLOOR, AT 3 P.M. TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY) TO ANNOUNCE DETAILS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORT STUDY.
THE PRESS CONFERENCE WILL BE GIVEN BY MR. DEREK JONES, SECRETARY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, AND REPRESENTATIVES
OF THE CONSULTANTS WHO CARRIED OUT THE STUDY, MESSRS WILBUR SMITH AND ASSOCIATES.
"YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE CONFERENCE.
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