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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1977
NEW PRINTING DEPARTMENT CHIEF APPOINTED
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THE GOVERNMENT PRINTER, MR. J.R. LEE, WILL GO ON LEAVE PRIOR TO RETIREMENT FROM THE HONG KONG CIVIL SERVICE IN MARCH NEXT YEAR, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN ANNOUNCED TODAY.
MR. D.R. RICK, PRESENTLY ASSISTANT GOVERNMENT PRINTER,
WILL SUCCEED MR. LÉE AS GOVERNMENT PRINTER.
MR. LEE, AGED 56, HAS BEEN IN THE PRINTING DEPARTMENT FOR 22 YEARS SINCE 1955 WHEN HE JOINED THE DEPARTMENT AS A SUPERINTENDENT. IN 1961, HE WAS PROMOTED TO ASSISTANT GOVERNMENT PRINTER AND HAS BEEN SERVING AS GOVERNMENT PRINTER FROM 1970. HE IS MARRIED WITH ONE DAUGHTER.
MR. RICK, AGED 45, WAS ENGAGED IN THE PRODUCTION OF PERIODICALS IN THE U.K. PRINTING AND PUBLISHING INDUSTRY BEFORE HE CAME TO HONG KONG. HE IS A CITY AND GUILDS BRONZE MEDALLIST IN BINDERY AND FINISHING ASPECTS OF THE TRADE.
HE FIRST CAME TO HONG KONG AS A SUB-INSPECTOR IN THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE IN APRIL, 1955, AND WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE PRINTING DEPARTMENT IN 1961 AS AN ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT. HE WAS PROMOTED TO SUPER INTENDENT IN APRIL 1965 AND TO HIS PRESENT RANK IN MARCH 1974.
MR. RICK, HAVING BEEN TRAINED AT THE PUBLIC RECORDS OFFICE LONDON AND AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM, IS A SPECIALIST IN THE RESTORATION OF OLD BOOKS AND DOCUMENTS. HIS OTHER INTERESTS LIE IN JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINTS, MODEL PERIOD SHIPS AND ORCHID GROWING. HE IS MARRIED WITH A SON AND A DAUGHTER.
INTERIM REPORT ON MAF CREDIT LIMITED SUBMITTED
TO FINANCIAL SECRETARY
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AN INTERIM REPORT ON THE AFFAIRS OF MAF CREDIT LIMITED HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, MR. PHILIP HADDON-CAVE, BY MR. MICHAEL J. JOHNSON OF MESSRS, ARTHUR ANDERSON AND COMPANY.
MR. JOHNSON, A CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT, WAS APPOINTED BY THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY ON AUGUST 2 TO INVESTIGATE THE COMPANY UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE COMPANIES ORDINANCE.
A COPY OF THE REPORT HAS ALSO BEEN SUBMITTED TO MAF CREDIT LIMITED IN ACCORDANCE WITH A SECTION OF THE COMPANIES ORDINANCE.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT SHAREHOLDERS OF MAF CREDIT LIMITED OR ITS SUBSIDIARIES CAN APPLY TO THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY FOR A COPY OF THE REPORT WHICH WILL COST $116 EACH.
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