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TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 1989
SENIOR DIRECTORATE STAFF CHANGES ANNOUNCED
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THE GOVERNMENT TODAY (TUESDAY) ANNOUNCED THE FOLLOWING SENIOR DIRECTORATE STAFF CHANGES WHICH WILL HAVE IMMEDIATE EFFECT:
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MR KENNETH KWOK WAI-KAI, DIRECTOR OF TERRITORY DEVELOPMENT, TO TAKE UP THE DUTIES OF SECRETARY FOR WORKS (DESIGNATE);
DR NIP KAM-FAN, DIRECTOR OF CIVIL ENGINEERING SERVICES, SUCCEED MR KWOK AS DIRECTOR OF TERRITORY DEVELOPMENT;
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DR E. W. BRAND, PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEER, TO FILL THE POST OF DIRECTOR OF CIVIL ENGINEERING SERVICES VICE DR NIP; AND
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MR C. R. SAUNDERS, PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT ENGINEER, UNDERTAKE THE DUTIES OF DIRECTOR OF DRAINAGE SERVICES (DESIGNATE).
MR KWOK WILL HEAD THE NEW WORKS BRANCH WHEN IT IS SET UP IN SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR AS SECRETARY FOR WORKS.
AT THAT TIME, MIR GRAHAM BARNES WILL BECOME PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LAND. UNTIL THEN HE WILL PRESENT POST OF SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS.
THE APPOINTMENTS FOLLOW ORGANISATION CHANGES RESULT OF AN INTERNAL GOVERNMENT STUDY TO CONSIDER THE THE FUNCTIONS PRESENTLY CARRIED OUT BY THE SECRETARY WORKS.
SECRETARY FOR REMAIN IN HIS
PROPOSED AS A REGROUPING OF OF LANDS AND
BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES ON THE OFFICERS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
MR KENNETH KWOK WAI-KAI
AGED 57. MR KWOK JOINED THE HONG KONG CIVIL SERVICE AS AN ENGINEER IN APRIL 1960.
DEPUTY
DIRECTOR
HIE WAS PROMOTED TO DEVELOPMENT IN JUNE 1983 AND TO HIS PRESENT TERRITORY DEVELOPMENT IN JANUARY 1986.
OF NEW TERRITORIES RANK OF DIRECTOR OF
DR NIP KAM-FAN
AGED 56. DR NIP JOINED THE HONG KONG APPRENTICE ENGINEER IN AUGUST 1956.
CIVIL SERVICE AS
AN
HE WAS PROMOTED TO PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT ENGINEER IN FEBRUARY 1981 AND TO DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT IN OCTOBER 1984. HE HAS BEEN THE DIRECTOR OF CIVIL ENGINEERING SERVICES SINCE JUNE 1986.
/DR E.