TUESDAY, MAY 23, 1989
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SENIOR DIRECTORATE APPOINTMENTS
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THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (TUESDAY) THE FOLLOWING SENIOR DIRECTORATE APPOINTMENTS:
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MR PETER LOK KUNG-NAM, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF CIVIL AVIATION, SUCCEED MR J.T. THORPE AS DIRECTOR OF CIVIL AVIATION ON JUNE YEAR WHEN MR THORPE PROCEEDS ON END OF AGREEMENT LEAVE BEFORE THE GOVERNMENT.
MR R.A.F. SIEGEL, AIRPORT GENERAL MANAGER, WILL SUCCEED MR LOK AS DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF CIVIL AVIATION.
BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL NOTED ON THESE OFFICERS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
MR J.T. THORPE, OBE, JP
AGED 56, MR THORPE JOINED THE HONG KONG CIVIL SERVICE AS BRIEFING OFFICER IN THE CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENT IN 1956. HE BECAME THE DIRECTOR OF CIVIL AVIATION IN 1984. ON RETIREMENT, MR THORPE WILL HAVE COMPLETED NEARLY 33 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE GOVERNMENT.
MR PETER LOK KUNG-NAM, JP
TRAFFIC HE WAS AND TO AS
AGED 53, MR LOK JOINED THE CIVIL SERVICE AS AN AIR CONTROL ASSISTANT IN THE CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENT IN 1956. PROMOTED TO ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF CIVIL AVIATION IN JULY 1982 DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF CIVIL AVIATION IN MARCH 1988. MR LOK HAS ACTED DIRECTOR OF CIVIL AVIATION ON PREVIOUS OCCASIONS.
MR R.A.F.
SIEGEL
AGED 45, MR SIEGEL JOINED THE CIVIL SERVICE AS AN AIRPORT MANAGER IN THE CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENT IN 1973. HE WAS PROMOTED TO AIRPORT GENERAL MANAGER IN JULY 1982 AND HAS ACTED AS DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF CIVIL AVIATION ON PREVIOUS OCCASIONS.
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