TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 1988
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APPOINTMENT OF NEW DIRECTOR OF PROTOCOL ANNOUNCED
THE GOVERNMENT TODAY (TUESDAY) ANNOUNCED THE APPOINTMENT OF AIR COMMODORE VIVIAN LLOYD WARRINGTON AS THE NEW DIRECTOR OF PROTOCOL SUCCEEDING SIR MARK HEATH.
SIR MARK WILL PROCEED ON END-OF-AGREEMENT LEAVE FROM MAY 18.
AIR COMMODORE WARRINGTON WAS BORN IN SWANSEA, UK, AND IS YEARS OLD.
HE OBTAINED A M.A. DEGREE FROM MAGDALENE COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY IN 1960 AND IS ALSO A GRADUATE OF THE ROYAL STAFF COLLEGE, THE NATIONAL DEFENCE COLLEGE AND THE ROYAL DEFENCE STUDIES.
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CAMBRIDGE AIR FORCE COLLEGE OF
HE JOINED THE ROYAL AIR FORCE IN SEPTEMBER 1957 AND HAS BEEN DEPLOYED THROUGHOUT EUROPE, THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, THE NEAR AND FAR EAST, AFRICA AND AUSTRALIA.
HIS CURRENT APPOINTMENT WITH THE ROYAL AIR FORCE IS DIRECTOR OF PERSONAL SERVICES WHERE HE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PROTOCOL AND CEREMONIAL FUNCTIONS IN THE ROYAL AIR FORCE. HE LAST VISITED HONG KONG IN 1982.
AIR COMMODORE WARRINGTON IS MARRIED WITH ONE SON AND ONE DAUGHTER. HE WILL ARRIVE IN HONG KONG ON MAY 13.
EMERGING MIDDLE CLASS OF SIGNIFICANCE TO HK'S FUTURE
IN HONG KONG SOCIETY THE SINGLE MOST SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT
HONG KONG DURING THE PAST 20 YEARS HAS BEEN THE EMERGENCE OF A LOCAL
MIDDLE CLASS, THE CHINESE
DIRECTOR OF THE HONG KONG BCONOMIC
MR PETER AFFAIRS OFFICE IN SAN FRANCISCO,
JOHNSON, SAID YESTERDAY (APRIL 25 SAN FRANCISCO TIME).
AND ADDRESSING A LUNCHEON MEETING OF THE ASIAN BUSINESS LEAGUE THE CALIFORNIA EXPORT FINANCE OFFICE IN SAN FRANCISCO, MR JOHNSON SAID UNNOTICED UNTIL HE BELIEVED THIS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT HAD GONE LARGELY RECENTLY.
MOTOR
OF "IT IS, HOWEVER,
PROFOUND SIGNIFICANCE FOR HONG KONG'S FUTURE, FOR THIS IS THE GROUP WHO ARE ALSO GOING TO PROVIDE THE AND THE BACKBONE FOR HONG KONG'S FUTURE PROGRESS.
"THEY ARE ALSO THOSE
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MARKETABLE ELSEWHERE,
WITH EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS HE TOLD HIS AUDIENCE OF FINANCIAL BANKERS AND BUSINESS EXECUTIVES.
WHICH ARE CONSULTANTS,
/REITERATING THE