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MR SO JOINED THE CIVIL SERVICE AS AN ASSISTANT EDUCATION OFFICER IN SEPTEMBER 1962. HE BECAME AN ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER IN 1966 AND SERVED IN THE THEN RESETTLEMENT DEPARTMENT UNTIL 1967 WHEN HE WAS SENT TO OXFORD UNIVERSITY TO UNDERTAKE A COURSE ON PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND POLITICAL SCIENCE.
HE RETURNED IN THE SUMMER OF 1968 WHEN HE WAS POSTED ΤΟ THE FINANCE BRANCH OF THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT. HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE HOME AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT TO TAKE UP THE POST OF CITY DISTRICT OFFICER. WONG TAI SIN, IN 1969.
MR SO WAS APPOINTED CITY DISTRICT COMMISSIONER, KOWLOON, IN 1972 AND IN THE SAME YEAR PROMOTED TO SENIOR ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER.
IN 1973 HE WAS APPOINTED ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF URBAN SERVICES. AND PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER STAFF GRADE C THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
MR SO BECAME PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS IN 1976. HE HAD BEEN DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR INFORMATION FOR A SHORT PERIOD IN 1977 BEFORE BEING ATTACHED ΤΟ THE SECURITY BRANCH OF THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT FOR SPECIAL DUTIES IN 1978.
HE RESUMED HIS FORMER POST AS PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS IN MAY 1978 AND WAS APPOINTED DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE IN APRIL 1979. HE WAS PROMOTED ΤΟ THE RANK OF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER STAFF GRADE B IN APRIL 1980, AND то STAFF GRADE B1 IN OCTOBER 1987.
MR SO HAD SERVED IN GOVERNMENT HOUSE AS PRIVATE SECRETARY SINCE NOVEMBER 1981, FOR A SHORT PERIOD IN 1982, HE WAS ATTACHED TO THE SECURITY BRANCH OF THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT TO DEAL WITH THE VIETNAMESE REFUGEE PROBLEM.
HE WAS APPOINTED DEPUTY COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT IN JULY 1982. HE ACTED AS SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND INFORMATION BETWEEN APRIL 1986 AND APRIL 1987.
MR SO WAS APPOINTED COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT IN MAY 1987. TOOK UP THE POST AS DIRECTOR OF URBAN SERVICES FROM AUGUST 1, 1989.
MR SO WAS APPOINTED AN OFFICIAL JP IN 1978.
HE IS MARRIED AND HAS TWO CHILDREN.
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