FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1985
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APPOINTMENT TO LONDON POST CONFIRMED
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IN ANOTHER OF ITS SERIES OF ANNOUNCEMENTS OF SENIOR DIRECTORATE APPOINTMENTS THE GOVERNMENT CONFIRMED TODAY THAT MR ALBERT LAM CHI-CHIU WILL SHORTLY TRANSFER TO THE LONDON OFFICE AS DEPUTY COMMISSIONER.
MR LAM HAS BEEN DEPUTY REGIONAL SECRETARY (HONG KONG AND KOWLOON) IN THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION SINCE APRIL 1982, AND IS CURRENTLY ACTING SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION.
MR LAM IS EXPECTED TO LEAVE FOR LONDON IN MID-AUGUST AND WILL REPLACE MR STEUART WEBB-JOHNSON WHO HAS BEEN DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, LONDON OFFICE FOR THE PAST SEVEN YEARS.
MR WEBB-JOHNSON WILL BE TAKING SOME HOLIDAY PRIOR TO RETURNING TO HONG KONG LATER IN THE YEAR.
MR MAYER NG CHAK-LAM HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS DEPUTY REGIONAL SECRETARY (HONG KONG AND KOWLOON) IN MR LAM'S PLACE.
FOLLOWING ARE BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES ON THESE OFFICERS: MR ALBERT LAM CHI-CHIU, JP (AGED 45) HAS SERVED IN A NUMBER OF IMPORTANT DIRECTORATE POSITIONS, INCLUDING ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF URBAN SERVICES (1974-78), PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE (1978-79), ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL, STANDING COMMISSION ON CIVIL SERVICE SALARIES AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE (1979-81) AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF HOME AFFAIRS (1981-82) AND DEPUTY REGIONAL SECRETARY (HK-KOWLOON) SINCE 1982. IN 1973-74 MR LAM ATTENDED THE FOREIGN SERVICE COURSE AT OXFORD UNIVERSITY AND IN 1983 HE UNDERTOOK FURTHER SENIOR MANAGEMENT TRAINING IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.
HIS PRESENT RANK IS ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER STAFF GRADE B.
MR STEUART WEBB-JOHNSON (AGED 52) JOINED THE CIVIL SERVICE AS
AN ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER IN 1956. IN THE EARLY PART OF HIS CAREER HE SERVED MAINLY AS AN ASSISTANT SECRETARY IN THE (THEN) COLONIAL SECRETARIAT (1957-70), AND AS A DISTRICT OFFICER IN THE NEW TERRITORIES (1961-67). HE WAS FIRST POSTED TO LONDON AS AN ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER IN THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE IN 1970. HIS CURRENT RANK IS ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER STAFF GRADE B.
MR MAYER NG CHAK-LAM, JP (AGED 46) HAS HELD A WIDE VARIETY OF POSTS IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE. IN RECENT YEARS HE HAS BEEN A PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY, FIRST IN CIVIL SERVICE BRANCH (1977-80) AND THEN IN HOME AFFAIRS BRANCH (1980-85). AND THEN DURING THE LATTER POSTING HE ACTED FOR PERIODS AS DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS. MR NG'S PRESENT RANK IS ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER STAFF GRADE C.
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