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SATURDAY, JANUARY 9. 1988
NEW HONG KONG DIRECTOR FOR WESTERN U.S.
HEAD ITS WEST
1988.
THE GOVERNMENT HAS APPOINTED A NEW DIRECTOR TO COAST ECONOMIC AFFAIRS OFFICE WITH EFFECT FROM JANUARY 1,
THE NEW DIRECTOR, MR PETER JOHNSON, IS BASED IN TO LOOK AFTER HONG KONG INTERESTS IN THE WESTERN HALF STATES.
SAN FRANCISCO THE UNITED
OF
POSTING
MONTHS WITH
AGO
THE
HE SUCCEEDED MR BILLY LAM WHO SET UP THE OFFICE 18
ΤΟ HONG KONG FOR ANOTHER AND IS NOW RETURNING GOVERNMENT.
OF A
THE PROMOTION MR JOHNSON IS RESPONSIBLE FOR OVERSEEING
AND TRADE GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF HONG KONG, FOR DEALING WITH ECONOMIC
AND FOR FURTHERING HONG KONG'S ISSUES ON BEHALF OF THE TERRITORY,
AND AS A PIVOTAL ROLE IN THE RAPIDLY EXPANDING PACIFIC RIM ECONOMY, GATEWAY TO CHINA.
AN HONOURS DEGREE
BORN IN ENGLAND IN 1937, MR JOHNSON GAINED IN POLITICS, PHILOSOPHY AND ECONOMICS FROM OXFORD UNIVERSITY.
HE
THE HONG KONG JOINED
SERVICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE THE
IN GOVERNMENT IN 1967. DURING HIS 20 YEARS IN HONG KONG HE HAS SERVED
ALSO SPENT FOUR YEARS, A NUMBER OF POSTS IN THE GOVERNMENT. HE HAS FROM 1970-74, WITH THE TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL.
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF IN RECENT YEARS HE HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN
A DISTRICT OFFICER THE HONG KONG INDUSTRIAL ESTATES CORPORATION; AS
LARGE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE GENERAL ADMINISTRATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF A DISTRICT IN THE
THE FROM 1978-82; AND
PROMOTION INVESTMENT GOVERNMENT'S FROM 1983-86.
NEW WORLD-WIDE
TERRITORIES
INDUSTRIAL
HEADED
PROGRAMME
MR JOHNSON SPENT MANAGEMENT FOR THE
IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO HIS PRESENT ASSIGNMENT,
TRANSPORT PLANNING
18 MONTHS IN CHARGE OF WHOLE TERRITORY OF HONG KONG.
AND
1986,
THE HONG KONG ECONOMIC AFFAIRS OFFICE WAS OPENED IN JULY
BY THE LATE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE HONG KONG WEEK IN SAN FRANCISCO, GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, DURING A VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES.
SINCE ITS
WITH
CALIFORNIA,
THE OPENING,
OFFICE HAS ESTABLISHED EXCELLENT WASHINGTON, RELATIONSHIPS
STATE
IN GOVERNMENTS
AS MAJOR PRIVATE ORGANISATIONS OREGON, HAWAII AND COLORADO AS WELL AND THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY IN THESE STATES.
IT
HAS
KONG ASSOCIATIONS
AIM AT
FORGING
ALSO
HONG ESTABLISHED
AND SEATTLE WHICH ANGELES FRANCISCO, LOS ECONOMIC LINKS BETWEEN THESE MAJOR U.S. CITIES AND HONG KONG.
IN
SAN CLOSER
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