WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1981
SIR JACK TO HEAD LONDON OFFICE
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SIR JACK CATER, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, WILL BE GOING TO LONDON TO TAKE UP THE APPOINTMENT OF HONG KONG COMMISSIONER TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN ANNOUNCED TODAY.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE HAS APPROVED THE APPOINTMENT OF SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE TO SUCCEED SIR JACK AS CHIEF SECRETARY AND OF MR JOHN BREMRIDGE TO BE FINANCIAL SECRETARY.
SIR JACK WILL HAND OVER HIS DUTIES IN EARLY NOVEMBER TO SIR PHILIP.
BEFORE RETURNING TO HONG KONG IN MID-MAY, MR BREMRIDGE, FORMER CHAIRMAN OF THE SWIRE GROUP IN HONG KONG, WILL BE ENGAGED ON AN
INTENSIVE PROGRAMME OF BRIEFINGS, VISITS AND ATTACHMENTS. HE WILL TAKE OVER THE POST OF FINANCIAL SECRETARY FROM SIR PHILIP AS FROM JUNE 1.
NOTE TO EDITORS.
COPIES OF A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH AND A PHOTOGRAPH OF
MR BREMRIDGE ARE ISSUED SEPARATELY.
ROYAL WEDDING STAMPS
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THE POSTMASTER GENERAL MR A.C. HEATHCOTE, HAS ANNOUNCED THAT THREE SPECIAL POSTAGE STAMPS WILL BE ISSUED TO COMMEMORATE THE MARRIAGE OF HRH THE PRINCE OF WALES TO LADY DIANA SPENCER.
FULL DETAILS OF THE DESIGNS, VALUES AND OTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE ISSUE WILL BE GIVEN NEARER THE WEDDING DAY.
FLOWER SHOW IN NT NORTH DISTRICT
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A FOUR-DAY FLOWER SHOW WILL OPEN IN NEW TERRITORIES NORTH DISTRICT ON MARCH 21 AT FANLING PLAYGROUND.
THE SHOW IS THE FIFTH TO BE HELD IN THE DISTRICT. ON DISPLAY WILL BE MORE THAN 80 SPECIES OF FLOWERS, AS WELL AS HIGH-CLASS ROSES GROWN LOCALLY AND OVERSEAS.
THERE WILL BE COMPETITIVE SECTIONS TO INCLUDE CUT FLOWERS, SCENTED CUT FLOWERS, POT PLANTS, MINIATURE POT PLANTS, ORCHIDS AND BONSAI TYPE PLANTS.
ABOUT 700 ENTRANTS WILL TAKE PART IN THE COMPETITIONS. EIGHTEEN NON-COMPETITIVE EXHIBITORS INCLUDING THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT, HAVE ALSO BEEN INVITED TO ENTER,
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