WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1990
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FOREIGN SECRETARY TO VISIT HK
THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH
SECRETARY,
THE
HURD, CBE, MP, AND MRS HURD WILL VISIT HONG KONG FROM 16.
RT HON DOUGLAS JANUARY 13 TO
HURD THIS WILL BE THE FIRST VISIT THAT MR KONG SINCE BECOMING FOREIGN SECRETARY ALTHOUGH HE A GREAT DEAL OF TIME WORKING ON HONG KONG ISSUES.
HAS MADE TO HONG HAS BEEN SPENDING
THE GOVERNOR AND
BE HAVING DISCUSSIONS HE WILL
WITH EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, AND MANY OTHERS IN HONG KONG, IS DOING AND CAN DO IN THE FUTURE FOR HONG KONG.
ABOUT WHAT
HIS BRITAIN
TWO SENIOR DIRECTORATE APPOINTMENTS ANNOUNCED
THE GOVERNMENT TODAY (WEDNESDAY) DIRECTORATE APPOINTMENTS.
ANNOUNCED
TWO SENIOR
ASPREY, WILL
THE DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR ALISTAIR SUCCEED MR GEOFFREY BARNES AS THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY ON FEBRUARY 26 THIS YEAR. MR BARNES WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE CIVIL SERVICE.
THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF MARINE, MR IAN STRACHAN, WILL SUCCEED MR ASPREY AS THE DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR SECURITY IN MARCH.
IN 1965. AGED 45, MR ASPREY JOINED THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE HE HAS HELD VARIOUS POSTS IN THE FORMER COUNCILS BRANCH, THE FORMER NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION,
CIVIL SERVICE BRANCH AND THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE
MORE RECENTLY HE HAS SERVED AS DEPUTY DIRECTOR IN THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT (1980-83); ASSISTANT DIRECTOR IN THE FORMER
AND GOVERNMENT HOUSE ADMINISTRATION BRANCH (1983-84); PRIVATE SECRETARY,
WORKS BRANCH (1984-86); AND DEPUTY SECRETARY IN THE FORMER LANDS AND (1986-87).
COUNCILS
MR ASPREY WAS SENT ON AN OVERSEAS COURSE IN 1988-89 AND BECAME HE WAR PROMOTED THE DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR SECURITY IN FEBRUARY 1989. TO HIS PRESENT
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER STAFF GRADE A ON
RANK OF
DECEMBER 1, 1989.
JOINED
THE ADMINISTRATIVE
MR STRACHAN, AGED 45, 1971. HE HAS SERVED IN A NUMBER OF DEPARTMENTS AND BRANCHES.
SERVICE
IN
/MOVE RECENTLY