FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 1985
SIR PHILIP TO RETIRE
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THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE PUBLIC SERVICE IN JUNE 1985 AFTER SERVING AS CHIEF SECRETARY FOR THREE-AND-A-HALF YEARS. SIR PHILIP, WHO PREVIOUSLY HAD A DISTINGUISHED CAREER AS FINANCIAL SECRETARY FROM 1971 TO 1981, WILL BE 60 ON JULY 6.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE HAS APPROVED THE APPOINTMENT OF MR DAVID AKERS-JONES TO SUCCEED SIR PHILIP AS CHIEF SECRETARY. MR AKERS-JONES HAS SERVED AS SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES AND SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION FOR THE PAST 11 YEARS.
MR AKERS-JONES WILL BE SUCCEEDED AS SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION IN EARLY FEBRUARY BY MR DONALD LIAO, WHO HAS BEEN SUCCESSIVELY DIRECTOR OF HOUSING AND SECRETARY FOR HOUSING FOR THE PAST 11 YEARS, MR LIAO WILL ALSO BE APPOINTED AN OFFICIAL MEMBER OF EXECUTIVE COUNCIL. HE WILL CONTINUE TO BE A NOMINATED MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AS SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION.
MR LIAO WILL BE SUCCEEDED AS SECRETARY FOR HOUSING BY MR DAVID FORD WHO IS AT PRESENT DIRECTOR OF HOUSING. MR PANG YUK-LING AT PRESENT DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF HOUSING (CONSTRUCTION) WILL ACT AS DIRECTOR OF HOUSING.
IN ANOTHER SERIES OF POSTINGS THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED THAT MR IAN MACPHERSON WILL TAKE OVER FROM MR ALAN SCOTT AS SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT IN FEBRUARY, MR MACPHERSON HAS BEEN REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS. HE SERVED AS COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT FROM 1974 TO 1978.
MR MACPHERSON WILL BE SUCCEEDED AS REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES BY DR JAMES HAYES, AT PRESENT DEPUTY COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR. HIS SUCCESSOR AS DEPUTY COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR WILL BE MR DARWIN CHEN, WHO HAS BEEN DIRECTOR OF CULTURAL SERVICES IN THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS,
AFTER A PERIOD OF LEAVE, MR ALAN SCOTT WILL RETURN AT THE END OF APRIL TO A TEMPORARY POST OF SECRETARY (SPECIAL DUTIES) IN THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT. SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF FINANCE COMMITTEE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, A NEW POST OF DEPUTY CHIEF SECRETARY WILL BE CREATED IN ABOUT JUNE, AND MR SCOTT APPOINTED TO IT.
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