WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1987
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DIRECTORATE APPOINTMENTS
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THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT MR JOHN CHAN, LVO, OBE, JP. THE PRESENT DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION SERVICES, WILL TAKE OVER FROM MR ALAN SCOTT, CVO, CBE, JP WHEN HE LEAVES IN EARLY APRIL TO TAKE UP HIS APPOINTMENT AS GOVERNOR OF THE CAYMAN ISLANDS.
MR CHAN WILL VACATE HIS PRESENT POST ON FEBRUARY 2, 1987 AND BE ON ATTACHMENT TO THE DEPUTY CHIEF SECRETARY'S OFFICE TO FAMILIARISE HIMSELF WITH HIS NEW DUTIES.
MRS IRENE YAU, WHO IS CURRENTLY THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION SERVICES, WILL SUCCEED MR CHAN AS DIRECTOR.
SHE WILL BE REPLACED BY MR KEVIN MAK, WHO IS NOW DEPUTY REGIONAL SECRETARY (HONG KONG AND KOWLOON).
FOLLOWING ARE BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES ON THESE OFFICERS:
MR ALAN J. SCOTT, CVO, CBE, JP
AGED 53. MR SCOTT JOINED THE HONG KONG CIVIL SERVICE AS A SENIOR ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER IN SEPTEMBER 1971. HE SERVED INITIALLY AS ASSISTANT FINANCIAL SECRETARY AND PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT FINANCIAL SECRETARY AND BECAME SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE IN SEPTEMBER 1973.
HE BECAME SECRETARY FOR HOUSING IN 1977; WAS SECRETARY FOR INFORMATION FROM JULY 1980 TO JANUARY 1982, WHEN HE BECAME SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT.
HE HAS HELD HIS PRESENT POST OF DEPUTY CHIEF SECRETARY SINCE APRIL 1985.
MR JOHN CHAN CHO-CHAK, LVO, OBE, JP
AGED 43. MR CHAN JOINED THE CIVIL SERVICE AS AN EXECUTIVE OFFICER IT IN JULY 1964. HE BECAME AN ASSISTANT TRADE OFFICER TWO MONTHS LATER AND STAYED IN THE FORMER COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT UNTIL JANUARY 1970 WHEN HE WAS APPOINTED AN ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER.
HE THEN HELD VARIOUS POSTS IN THE ECONOMIC SERVICES BRANCH, THE FORMER HOME AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT AND SOCIAL SERVICES BRANCH.
FOLLOWING A SHORT BREAK IN HIS SERVICE, HE RETURNED TO SERVE AS A PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY IN THE SECURITY BRANCH AND THE CIVIL SERVICE BRANCH, AND AS A DEPUTY DIRECTOR IN THE TRADE DEPARTMENT.
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