TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 1985
NEW DIRECTOR OF PROTOCOL APPOINTED
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THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY THE APPOINTMENT OF SIR MARK HEATH AS DIRECTOR OF PROTOCOL, IN SUCCESSION TO SIR JOHN CURLE WHO IS RETIRING IN JUNE.
SIR MARK HEATH, KCVO, CMG, AGED 58, IS A MEMBER OF HER MAJESTY'S DIPLOMATIC SERVICE. HE FIRST JOINED THE (THEN) FOREIGN OFFICE IN 1950 AND HAS SINCE SERVED IN VARIOUS DIPLOMATIC POSTS, INCLUDING JAKARTA, COPENHAGEN, SOFIA, OTTAWA, AND OECD (PARIS). SINCE 1982, HE HAS BEEN HM AMBASSADOR TO THE HOLY SEE.
SALE OF STANLEY SITE FURTHER POSTPONED
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THE SALE OF A SITE AT STANLEY MARKET ROAD ON WHICH AN OLD BANYAN TREE IS PERCHED HAS BEEN FURTHER DEFERRED.
THE 570-SQUARE METRE SITE WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR AUCTION ON MARCH 1, BUT THE SALE WAS POSTPONED TO APRIL 18 FOR FURTHER STUDIES BECAUSE OF CONCERN EXPRESSED BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC OVER THE FATE OF THE BANYAN TREE.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE LANDS DEPARTMENT SAID THE SECOND POSTPONEMENT WAS REQUIRED TO ALLOW TIME FOR A DETAILED RE-PLANNING STUDY. THE STUDY WOULD DETERMINE WHETHER, AND IF SO TO WHAT EXTENT, THE SITE COULD BE COMMERCIALLY DEVELOPED WITHOUT FELLING THE BANYAN TREE. OTHER POSSIBLE USES OF THE SITE WOULD ALSO BE EXAMINED.
+RELEVANT ASPECTS WHICH WILL ALSO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT INCLUDE THE PRESENT HEALTH OF THE TREE, THE PLANNED WIDENING OF STANLEY MARKET ROAD, THE LIKELY TIMING OF THIS IMPROVEMENT, AND DEMAND FROM DEVELOPERS FOR THIS TYPE OF SITE,+ HE SAID.
A FINAL DECISION WILL BE MADE ON CONCLUSION OF THE DETAILED STUDY.
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