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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22. 1989
SENIOR CIVIL SERVICE APPOINTMENTS
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN TODAY
(WEDNESDAY)
ANNOUNCED THE
FOLLOWING SENIOR CIVIL SERVICE APPOINTMENTS:-
MR BARRIE WIGGHAM, SECRETARY, GENERAL DUTIES WILL SUCCEED MR HARNAM GREWAL AS SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE ON APRIL 1, 1990. MR GREWAL WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE CIVIL SERVICE;
ON APRIL 1, 1990 THE GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH WILL MERGE WITH CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS BRANCH. MR MICHAEL SUEN WILL CONTINUE AS SECRETARY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS.
THE SPOKESMAN ALSO ANNOUNCED
TAKE PLACE IN BARLY JANUARY, 1990:-
FOLLOWING POSTINGS WHICH WILL
MR BRIAN CHAU TAK-HAY, SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE WILL BECOME DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF TRADE;
MR MICHAEL SZE CHO-CHEUNG, BECOME DIRECTOR OF MARINE;
DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF TRADE WILL
MRS ELIZABETH WONG CHIEN CHI-LIEN, DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE WILL BECOME SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE;
MR MICHAEL CARTLAND, DEPUTY SECRETARY. TRADE AND INDUSTRY WILL BECOME DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE;
MR JOSEPH WONG WING-PING, DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR CIVIL SERVICE WILL BECOME DEPUTY SECRETARY, TRADE AND INDUSTRY;
ON
MR DERICK HALL. ACTING DIRECTOR OF MARINE WILL SUCCEED MR PETER CHAN AS MARINE ADVISER. MR CHAN WILL BE PROCEEDING LEAVE PENDING RETIREMENT IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1990.
THE FOLLOWING ARE BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES ON THE OFFICIALS
INVOLVED:
MR BARRIE WIGGHAM
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AGED 52. MR WIGGHAM JOINED THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE IN HE HAS SERVED IN A NUMBER OF DEPARTMENTS AND BRANCHES INCLUDING URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, ECONOMIC BRANCH, FINANCE BRANCH, HOME AFFAIRS AND INFORMATION BRANCH AND GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH. MORE RECENTLY HE HAS SERVED AS DEPUTY SECRETARY. HOME AFFAIRS AND INFORMATION BRANCH (1976 79). COMMISSIONER, RECREATION AND CULTURE (1979 83), REGIONAL SECRETARY (HONG KONG AND KOWLOON). CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION (1983 86) AND BECAME SECRETARY, GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH IN 1986. BEFORE HIS APPOINTMENT AS SECRETARY FOR GENERAL DUTIES. HE WAS SECONDED AS COUNSELLOR IN THE BRITISH AMBASSY PEKING IN 1986. HE WAS PROMOTED ΤΟ PRESENT RANK OF SECRETARY GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT IN DECEMBER 1986.
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/MR BRIAN