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TUESDAY, MAY 13, 1986
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MR PATRICK WILLIAMSON, DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR MUNICIPAL
SERVICES, WILL ALSO IN JUNE, TAKE OVER FROM MR GREWAL AS COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS AND EXCISE.
BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES ON THESE OFFICERS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
MR IAN MACPHERSON, OBE, JP
AGED 56. JOINED THE HONG KONG CIVIL SERVICE IN MAY 1962 AFTER SERVICE IN TANGANYIKA. HE HAS HELD A NUMBER OF SENIOR POSTS, INCLUDING COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT, DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES, REGIONAL SECRETARY, NEW TERRITORIES, AND COMMISSIONER. ASSESSMENT OFFICE. MR MACPHERSON HAS BEEN IN HIS PRESENT POST OF SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT SINCE FEBRUARY 1985. HE WAS PROMOTED TO HIS PRESENT RANK OF SECRETARY, GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT IN JANUARY 1986.
MR HARNAM GREWAL, ED, JP
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AGED 48. JOINED THE CIVIL SERVICE IN SEPTEMBER 1962. MR GREWAL'S SERVICE INCLUDES APPOINTMENTS AS DISTRICT OFFICER TAI PO, DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, DIRECTOR OF NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES, AND AS A DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE. HAS BEEN IN HIS PRESENT POST OF COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS AND EXCISE SINCE JUNE 1984, AND WAS PROMOTED TO HIS PRESENT RANK OF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER STAFF GRADE A IN SEPTEMBER 1985.
MR PATRICK WILLIAMSON, JP
AGED 44. JOINED THE CIVIL SERVICE IN NOVEMBER 1964. HE HAS PREVIOUSLY SERVED IN THE FORMER NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, AS ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY, UMELCO, AND IN SECURITY BRANCH AS A PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY AND, LATER, AS DEPUTY SECRETARY. HE WAS ALSO COMMISSIONER FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE IN THE FORMER RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT AND HAS BEEN IN HIS PRESENT POST OF DEPUTY SECRETARY (RECREATION AND CULTURE), MUNICIPAL SERVICES BRANCH SINCE APRIL 1985. HE WAS PROMOTED TO HIS PRESENT RANK OF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER STAFF GRADE B IN APRIL 1978.
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