FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1978
UMELCO ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY TO BE SECONDED TO FCO *******
MR. PATRICK WILLIAMSON, THE ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY OF UMELCO OFFICE IS BEING SECONDED TO THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE (FCO) IN LONDON IN JANUARY NEXT YEAR TO WORK AS THE HEAD OF THE HONG KONG SECTION IN THE HONG KONG AND GENERAL DEPARTMENT.
THIS WILL BE THE FIRST TIME AN OFFICER FROM THE HONG KONG CIVIL SERVICE HAS WORKED IN THE FCO.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (FRIDAY) THE NEW ARRANGEMENT WAS DESIGNED TO FACILITATE CLOSER WORKING RELATIONS BETWEEN THE FCO AND THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT.
MR. WILLIAMSON, AGED 37, WAS FIRST APPOINTED TO THE HONG KONG ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE IN 1964. HE SERVED IN THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, HOME AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT, THE CONSUMER COUNCIL AND THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT PRIOR TO TAKING UP HIS PRESENT POST IN MAY LAST YEAR.
THE NEW ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY OF THE UMELCO OFFICE WILL BE MR, MAURICE SARGANT, AGED 49. HE JOINED THE HONG KONG GIVIL SERVICE IN 1950 AS AN EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND IS CURRENTLY A PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY IN THE SECURITY BRANCH OF THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT.
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