WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1983
DEPUTY REGIONAL SECRETARY (NEW TERRITORIES) MR PETER NG (ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT SINCE FEBRUARY 1980) FROM LATE NOVEMBER 1983.
COUNSELLOR (HONG KONG AFFAIRS), HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE, GENEVA - MR MICHAEL CARTLAND (DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF TRADE SINCE AUGUST 1982) SOME TIME IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1984.
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT TO THE CHIEF SECRETARY -
MRS CAROL VALENTINE (ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, TAI PO) FROM LATE OCTOBER 1983.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
FOLLOWING ARE BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES ON THE OFFICERS (EXCEPT MR GREWAL'S, WHICH WAS INCLUDED IN THE ANNOUNCEMENT ON HIS APPOINTMENT AS COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS AND EXCISE ISSUED ON JULY 22), AND THE RELEVANT EXTRACTS FROM THE CHIEF SECRETARY'S SPEECH-
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
MR EDWARD BARRIE WIGGHAM, JP
AGED 46. GRADUATE OF OXFORD UNIVERSITY. JOINED GOVERNMENT IN SEPTEMBER 1961. PROMOTED TO PRESENT RANK OF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER STAFF GRADE B1(AOSGB1) IN JULY 1983. HAS SERVED IN URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, THE FORMER CUSTOMS AND INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT, ECONOMIC SERVICES BRANCH, FINANCE BRANCH, HOME AFFAIRS AND INFORMATION BRANCH, AND IS NOW IN RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT.
MR PATRICK JOHN WILLIAMSON, JP
AGED 42. GRADUATE OF LONDON UNIVERSITY, JOINED GOVERNMENT IN NOVEMBER 1964. PROMOTED TO PRESENT RANK OF AOSGB IN APRIL 1978. HAS SERVED IN NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, HOME AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT, CONSUMER COUNCIL, UMELCO, FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE AND IS NOW IN SECURITY BRANCH.
MR GERALD ADRIAN HIGGINSON, AE, JP
AGED 40. JOINED GOVERNMENT IN MARCH 1966. PROMOTED TO PRESENT RANK OF AOSGB IN APRIL 1982. HAS SERVED WITH THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE, DEFENCE BRANCH, NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, IN THE GOVERNMENT SECRÉTARIAT AND IS NOW IN GOVERNMENT HOUSE.
/MR ALISTAIR