WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 1986
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SENIOR DIRECTORATE APPOINTMENTS
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THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (WEDNESDAY) A FURTHER SERIES OF SENIOR DIRECTORATE APPOINTMENTS AND MOVEMENTS AS FOLLOWS:
MR CHAU CHAM-SON WILL BE DIRECTOR OF BUILDINGS AND LANDS. MR CHAU HAS BEEN DIRECTOR OF BUILDING DEVELOPMENT SINCE JANUARY 1984.
MR KENNETH KWOK WAI-KAI WILL BE DIRECTOR OF TERRITORY DEVELOPMENT. MR KWOK HAS BEEN DIRECTOR OF NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT SINCE JANUARY 1986.
MR JOSEPH LEI MENG-CAN WILL BE DIRECTOR OF ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES. MR LEI HAS BEEN PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT ARCHITECT SINCE JANUARY 1984.
THE APPOINTMENTS WILL TAKE EFFECT ON APRIL 11, 1986 WHEN THE REORGANISATION OF THE LANDS AND WORKS GROUP OF DEPARTMENTS WILL BE IMPLEMENTED.
DR RICHARD BUTLER, THE POLICE ADMINISTRATION OFFICER, WILL TAKE OVER FROM MR COLIN GREENFIELD AS COMMISSIONER FOR CENSUS AND STATISTICS THIS MONTH.
MR COLIN GREENFIELD WILL BECOME THE GOVERNMENT'S DATA
PROCESSING MANAGER.
MR KEITH BROADBRIDGE, CURRENTLY A DEPUTY SECRETARY IN TRANSPORT BRANCH, WILL TAKE OVER FROM DR BUTLER AS THE POLICE ADMINISTRATION OFFICER IN THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE.
BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES ON THESE OFFICERS FOLLOW:
MR CHAU CHAM-SON, JP
AGED 53. MR CHAU JOINED THE CIVIL SERVICE IN JANUARY 1960 AS AN ASSISTANT PLANNING OFFICER. HE SERVED IN VARIOUS SENIOR POSTS IN THE LANDS DEPARTMENT BEFORE BECOMING PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT TOWN PLANNER IN 1978. HE WAS APPOINTED ON TRANSFER AS DIRECTOR OF BUILDING DEVELOPMENT IN JANUARY 1984.
/MR KENNETH