FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 1980
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SENIOR APPOINTMENTS
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SIR DONALD LUDDINGTON, COMMISSIONER OF THE INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION WILL BE RETIRING IN NOVEMBER THIS YEAR AND WILL BE SUCCEEDED BY MR PETER WILLIAMS.
MR JOHN CHAMBERS WILL SUCCEED MR WILLIAMS AS SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE STANDING COMMISSION ON CIVIL SERVICE SALARIES AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE.
THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR THOMAS LEE CHUN-YON, WILL ALSO BE RETIRING LATER THIS YEAR, HE WILL BE SUCCEEDED BY MR SELWYN ALLEYNE.
SIR DONALD LUDDINGTON WILL BE RETIRING AFTER 38 YEARS OF CROWN SERVICE. FOLLOWING MILITARY SERVICE DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR HE WAS APPOINTED A CADET OFFICER IN HONG KONG IN 1949. AMONG THE SENIOR POSTS HE HELD WERE DEFENCE SECRETARY, NEW TERRITORIES DISTRICT COMMISSIONER AND SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS. IN 1973 HE WAS APPOINTED GOVERNOR OF THE SOLOMON ISLANDS. IN 1977 HE RETURNED TO HONG KONG AS CHAIRMAN OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION. IN 1978 HE WAS APPOINTED COMMISSIONER AGAINST CORRUPTION. SIR DONALD HAS SERVED ON BOTH THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS. HE ALSO SERVED AS HONORARY COLONEL OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG REGIMENT.
MR PETER WILLIAMS, WHO WILL SUCCEED AS COMMISSIONER AGAINST CORRUPTION, IS AGED 53. HE FIRST JOINED THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AS A CADET OFFICER IN 1953. HIS APPOINTMENTS HAVE INCLUDED DEFENCE SECRETARY, DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR SOCIAL SERVICES, SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATION, AND COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR. HE HAS SERVED AS A MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. HE RETIRED FROM THE CIVIL SERVICE IN 1978 BUT RETURNED TO HONG KONG IN 1979 AS THE FIRST SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE NEW STANDING COMMISSION ON CIVIL SERVICE SALARIES AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE.
MR JOHN CHAMBERS IS AGED 48 AND JOINED THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT SERVICE IN 1955 AS A CADET OFFICER. MOST OF HIS SERVICE HAS BEEN SPENT IN THE HOME AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT, THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION AND THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT. HE HAS BEEN DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR SOCIAL SERVICES SINCE 1977 AND HAS ACTED AS SECRETARY FOR SOCIAL SERVICES ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS.
MR THOMAS LEE WILL BE RETIRING AFTER 28 YEARS' SERVICE WITH THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, WHICH HE JOINED AS AN ASSISTANT PROBATION OFFICER IN 1952. HE WAS PROMOTED PRINCIPAL SOCIAL WELFARE OFFICER IN 1963, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE IN 1970 AND TO DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE IN 1971. HE HAS BEEN DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE SINCE 1974 AND HAS BEEN AN OFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
MR SELWYN ALLEYNE IS AGED 49. HE FIRST JOINED THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AS AN ASSISTANT EDUCATION OFFICER IN 1956. HE WAS APPOINTED A CADET OFFICER IN THE SAME YEAR AND HAS SERVED SINCE IN THE RESETTLEMENT DEPARTMENT, THE HOME AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT, THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT. HIS TWO MOST RECENT APPOINTMENTS HAVE BEEN AS DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF URBAN SERVICES AND DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE. HE HAS ACTED AS SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE,
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