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MR JACOBS WILL RELINQUISH HIS DUTIES AS SECRET RY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES IN JANUARY 1986 AND WILL SPEND ABOUT FOUR MONTHS FAMILIAR IS ING HIMSELF WITH HIS NEW RESPONSIBILITIES BEFORE TAKING OVER FROM SIR JOHN.
THE GOVERNMENT ALSO ANNOUNCED A RELATED SERIES OF MOVEMENTS OF OTHER SENIOR STAFF.
THESE ARE:
MR JOHN YAXLEY TO SUCCEED MR JACOBS AS SECRETARY FOR
ECONOMIC SERVICES-
MR YEUNG KAI-YIN TO REPLACE MR YAXLEY AS DIRECTOR OF I INDUSTRY=
MR T.H. BARMA WILL BE SECONDED TO THE HONG KONG EXPORT
CREDIT INSURANCE CORPORATION AS COMMISSIONER IN PLACE OF MR K.Y. YEUNG- AND
MR HAIDER H.T. BARMA WILL BECOME DEPUTY SECRETARY (CIVIL
SERVICE) APPOINTMENTS IN PLACE OF MR T.H. BARMA.
BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES ON THESE OFFICERS ARE ANNEXED.
PIERS JACOBS, OBE, JP
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
AGED 52. JOINED THE CIVIL SERVICE AS A LEGAL ASSISTANT IN APRIL 1962 AND WAS SUBSEQUENTLY PROMOTED TO REGISTRAR GENERAL IN MARCH 1976. HE TRANSFERRED TO BECOME AN ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER STAFF GRADE A IN SEPTEMBER 1982 AND WAS PROMOTED TO HIS PRESENT RANK OF SECRETARY, GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT IN OCTOBER 1933. HE HAS BEEN THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES SINCE SEPTEMBER 1982.
JOHN YAXLEY, JP
AGED 49. JOINED THE HONG KONG CIVIL SERVICE AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER STAFF GRADE C IN JUNE 1977 AFTER SOME FOURTEEN YEARS SERVICE IN OTHER DEPENDENT TERRITORIES AND TWO YEARS ATTACHMENT TO THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE. HE WAS PROMOTED TO HIS PRESENT RANK OF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER STAFF GRADE A IN SEPTEMBER 1985. HIS EXPERIENCE INCLUDES SERVICE AS AN ASSISTANT FINANCIAL SECRETARY AND PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT FINANCIAL SECRETARY IN THE FINANCE BRANCH, AND AS POLICE ADMINISTRATION OFFICER IN THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE. HE HAS BEEN THE DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY SINCE JANUARY 1983.
/K.Y. YEUNG