TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 1985
MR VICTOR ALFRED LADD, CBE,
CBE, JP
AGED 57. MR LADD JOINED THE HONG KONG CIVIL SERVICE IN AUGUST 1957 AS AN ASSESSOR IN THE INLAND REVENUE DEPARTMENT. HE FIRST BECAME ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF INLAND REVENUE IN FEBRUARY 1971, AND WAS FURTHER PROMOTED TO DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF INLAND REVENUE IN JANUARY 1975 AND TO HIS PRESENT RANK OF COMMISSIONER OF INLAND REVENUE IN SEPTEMBER 1979. SERVED IN THE INLAND REVENUE DEPARTMENT THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER IN THE CIVIL SERVICE AND WILL HAVE COMPLETED 28 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT ON HIS RETIREMENT IN AUGUST THIS YEAR.
MR ANTHONY AU-YEUNG FU, JP
MR LADD HAS
AGED 50. MR AU-YEUNG JOINED THE CIVIL SERVICE IN AUGUST 1965 AS AN ASSESSOR IN THE INLAND REVENUE DEPARTMENT, AND HAS BEEN SERVING IN THAT DEPARTMENT FOR THE PAST 19 YEARS. HE WAS PROMOTED TO ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF INLAND REVENUE IN OCTOBER 1976 AND TO HIS PRESENT SUBSTANTIVE RANK OF DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF INLAND REVENUE IN SEPTEMBER 1979. MR AU-YEUNG HAS ACTED AS COMMISSIONER OF INLAND REVENUE ON MANY PREVIOUS OCCASIONS.
MR OSMAN GHAFUR, JP
AGED 48. MR GHAFUR JOINED THE CIVIL SERVICE IN APRIL 1955 AS A CLERK. HE LATER JOINED THE INLAND REVENUE DEPARTMENT IN MARCH 1963 AS AN ASSISTANT ASSESSOR. HE WAS PROMOTED TO ASSESSOR IN JUNE 1964, TO SENIOR ASSESSOR IN APRIL 1971, TO CHIEF ASSESSOR IN OCTOBER 1976 AND TO HIS PRESENT SUBSTANTIVE RANK OF ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF INLAND REVENUE IN SEPTEMBER 1979. HE HAS ON PREVIOUS OCCASIONS ACTED AS DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF INLAND REVENUE.
GOVERNMENT GEARED TO MEET TELECOMMUNICATIONS ADVANCES ******
GOVERNMENT HAS COMPLETED A REVIEW OF THE POLICIES ADOPTED TO ADMINISTER RADIO-COMMUNICATION SERVICES IN HONG KONG AND MANY CHANGES ARE ABOUT TO BE IMPLEMENTED, THE POSTMASTER GENERAL, MR H.G. ARDLEY, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
THE RAPID INCREASE IN THE DEMAND FOR SUCH SERVICES, COUPLED WITH RAPID ADVANCES IN TECHNOLOGY, HAD NECESSITATED A REVIEW OF THE POLICIES SO AS TO ENSURE THEIR HEALTHY DEVELOPMENT WHICH WAS VITAL TO THE ECONOMIC WELL-BEING OF HONG KONG, HE ADDED.
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