FRIDAY, MAY 12, 1989
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NEW COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT NAMED
THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (FRIDAY} THAT MR GORDON SIU, POSTMASTER GENERAL, WILL SUCCEED MR JAMES SO AS COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT.
MR SO HAS BEEN DESIGNATED TO BECOME DIRECTOR OF URBAN SERVICES IN AUGUST.
BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES ON MR SIU AND MR SO ARE AS FOLLOWS:
MR GORDON SIU KWING-CHUE. JP
AGED 43. MR SIU JOINED THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE IN 1968. HE HAS SERVED IN A NUMBER OF DEPARTMENTS AND BRANCHES.
MORE RECENTLY HE HAS SERVED AS MUSIC ADMINISTRATOR (1977-79), PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE (1980-82), DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE [STAFF MANAGEMENT: (1982-85), SECRETARY GENERAL, OMELCO (1985-88) AND BECAME POSTMASTER GENERAL IN MARCH 1988.
HE WAS PROMOTED TO HIS PRESENT RANK OF ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF GRADE B1 IN DECEMBER 1988.
MR JAMES SO VIU-CHO, JP
OFFICER
HE WAS SERVED BRANCHI,
AGED 49. JOINED THE CIVIL SERVICE IN SEPTEMBER 1962. APPOINTED TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE IN AUGUST 1966 AND HAS IN A VARIETY OF DEPARTMENTS AND BRANCHES, INCLUDING FINANCE THE FORMER HOME AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT AND BRANCH, CIVIL SERVICE BRANCH AND TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT.
MORE RECENTLY HE HAS SERVED TEMPORARILY AS SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND INFORMATION (1986-87} AND BECAME COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT IN MAY 1987.
HE WAS PROMOTED TO HIS PRESENT RANK OF ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF GRADE 81 IN OCTOBER 1987.
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