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BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1985
MR MARTIN ROWLANDS, CBE, JP
AGED 59. MR ROWLANDS JOINED THE CIVIL SERVICE AS A CADET OFFICER CLASS II IN OCTOBER 1952. HE SERVED INITIALLY IN THE (THEN) RESETTLEMENT DEPARTMENT AND AS CHIEF STAFF OFFICER OF THE CIVIL AID SERVICES.
HE SUBSEQUENTLY BECAME AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF URBAN SERVICES, AND ALSO SERVED FOR SUBSTANTIAL PERIODS AT SENIOR LEVELS IN THE (THEN) COLONIAL SECRETARIAT AND THE HOME AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT. IN DECEMBER 1974 MR ROWLANDS BECAME THE DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION AND SERVED IN THIS CAPACITY FOR OVER THREE YEARS.
HE HAS BEEN THE SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE SINCE MARCH 1978 AND WAS PROMOTED TO HIS PRESENT RANK OF SECRETARY, GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT IN OCTOBER 1979. ON HIS RETIREMENT MR ROWLANDS WILL HAVE SERVED WITH THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT FOR 33 YEARS AND WILL BE 60 YEARS OLD.
MR DAVID FORD, LVO, OBE, JP
AGED 50. MR FORD JOINED THE HONG KONG CIVIL SERVICE AS DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION SERVICES IN JUNE 1972, AND WAS APPOINTED AS DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION SERVICES IN SEPTEMBER 1972.
AFTER A TWO YEAR SECONDMENT TO THE UNITED KINGDOM GOVERNMENT HE RETURNED TO HONG KONG AS SECRETARY FOR INFORMATION IN JANUARY 1979. HE THEN SERVED AS COMMISSIONER, LONDON OFFICE BETWEEN JULY 1980 AND DECEMBER 1981. HE WAS APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF HOUSING IN JULY 1983 AND SECRETARY FOR HOUSING IN FEBRUARY 1985.
MR FORD WAS PROMOTED TO HIS PRESENT RANK OF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER STAFF GRADE A IN AUGUST 1981,
MR T.H. BARMA, JP
AGED 52. MR BARMA JOINED THE CIVIL SERVICE AS AN EXECUTIVE OFFICER IN JULY 1967, AND BECAME AN ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER IN AUGUST 1968. HE HAS EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE PARTICULARLY IN THE (FORMER) HOME AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT, FINANCE BRANCH, AND POST OFFICE WHERE HE WAS DEPUTY POSTMASTER GENERAL.
MR BARMA HAS BEEN THE DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE IN CHARGE OF APPOINTMENTS SINCE MARCH 1984 AND WAS PROMOTED TO HIS PRESENT RANK OF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER STAFF GRADE B IN APRIL 1982.
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