THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1979
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DIRECTOR OF T.1.C. RETIRING IN OCTOBER
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THE DIRECTOR OF TRADE, INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS, MR. DAVID JORDAN, WILL BE RETIRING IN OCTOBER 1979.
HE WILL BE SUCCEEDED BY MR. W. DORWARD, COMMISSIONER OF TRADE, INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS, WHOSE PROMOTION HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS.
MR. JORDAN WILL BE 55 IN OCTOBER AND WILL HAVE COMPLETED 28 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT.
HE WAS FIRST APPOINTED AS A CADET OFFICER IN JULY 1951, AND HAS SINCE HELD MANY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS, INCLUDING DEPUTY ECONOMIC SECRETARY, DEPUTY FINANCIAL SECRETARY AND DEFENCE SECRETARY, BEFORE BEING APPOINTED TO HIS PRESENT POST IN 1972.
MR. DORWARD, 49, WAS FIRST APPOINTED AS AN EXECUTIVE OFFICER IN JANUARY 1954. HE JOINED THE TRADE OFFICER GRADE IN APRIL 1957 AND ROSE TO HIS PRESENT RANK IN JULY 1977.
FROM JULY 1974 TO JANUARY 1976, WHILE SERVING AS DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, MR. DORWARD WAS POSTED TO THE GENEVA OFFICE AS AN ALTERNATE AND LATER A FULL MEMBER OF THE GATT TEXTILES SURVEILLANCE BODY.
HE HAS ACTED AS DIRECTOR OF TRADE, INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS ON MANY OCCASIONS.
GOVERNOR TO ATTEND SCOUT RALLY
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, IN HIS CAPACITY AS CHIEF SCOUT OF HONG KONG, WILL ATTEND THE ANNUAL ST. GEORGE'S DAY SCOUT RALLY AT THE DIOCESAN BOYS' SCHOOL FOOTBALL GROUND AT 4 P.M. ON SATURDAY.
SIR MURRAY WILL TAKE THE SALUTE AT A PARADE OF 200 SCOUT LEADERS AND SCOUTS, ADDRESS A GATHERING OF 8,000 AND PRESENT AWARDS TO 30 SCOUT LEADERS AND ADMINISTRATORS.
THE RALLY WILL ALSO FEATURE RE-AFFIRMATION OF THE SCOUT PROMISE AND A GRAND HOWL+ BY CUBS.
THE EVENT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A FELLOWSHIP DINNER IN THE EVENING.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE,
SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, IN HIS CAPACITY AS CHIEF SCOUT OF HONG KONG, WILL ATTEND THE ANNUAL ST. GEORGE'S DAY SCOUT RALLY AT THE DIOCESAN BOYS' SCHOOL FOOTBALL GROUND AT 4 P.M. ON SATURDAY.
MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES ARE INVITED TO COVER THE RALLY.
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