TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 1900
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SENIOR DIRECTORATE POSTINGS ANNOUNCED
THE GOVERNMENT TODAY (TUESDAY) ANNOUNCED THE FOLLOWING SENIOR DIRECTORATE POSTINGS:
MR PATRICK WILLIAMSON, COMMISSIONER FOR CUSTOMS AND EXCISE, WILL TAKE OVER FROM MR STEUART WEBB-JOHNSON AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF HONG KONG TO THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, BRUSSELS, WHEN THE LATTER RETIRES IN DECEMBER THIS YEAR.
MR WILLIAMSON WILL SPEND SOME TIME FAMILIARISING HIMSELF WITH MATTERS HANDLED BY HONG KONG GOVERNMENT'S OVERSEAS OFFICES BEFORE TAKING OVER FROM MR WEBB-JOHNSON,
MR CLIVE OXLEY, DEPUTY SECRETARY (LANDS AND PLANNING) OF THE PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS BRANCH, WILL SUCCEED MR WILLIAMSON AS COMMISSIONER FOR CUSTOMS AND EXCISE IN OCTOBER.
AGED 49, MR WILLIAMSON JOINED THE HONG KONG CIVIL SERVICE IN NOVEMBER 1964 AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER. HE WAS PROMOTED TO SENIOR ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER IN FEBRUARY 1971, TO ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER STAFF GRADE C IN MAY 1973, TO ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER STAFF GRADE B IN APRIL 1978, TO ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER STAFF GRADE B1 IN SEPTEMBER 1986, AND TO HIS PRESENT RANK OF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER STAFF GRADE A IN DECEMBER 1989.
MR WILLIAMSON HAS HELD A VARIETY OF SENIOR APPOINTMENTS INCLUDING ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY OF THE FORMER UMELCO OFFICE FROM SEPTEMBER 1977 TO JANUARY 1979. HK WAS THEN ON SECONDMENT TO THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE FROM JANUARY 1979 TO JULY 1982.
HE WAS DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR SECURITY FROM AUGUST 1982 TO AUGUST 1983, COMMISSIONER FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE FROM AUGUST 1983 TO MARCH 1985 AND DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR MUNICIPAL SERVICES FROM MARCH 1986 TO JUNE 1986. HE BECAME COMMISSIONER FOR CUSTOMS AND EXCISE IN JUNE 1986.
MR OXLEY, AGED 54, JOINED THE HONG KONG CIVIL SERVICE IN JUNE 1969 AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER. HE WAS PROMOTED TO SENIOR ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER IN AUGUST 1975, TO ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER STAFF GRADE C IN MARCH 1978, TO ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER STAFF GRADE B IN APRIL 1985, AND TO HIS PRESENT RANK
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER STAFF GRADE B1 IN DECEMBER 1989.
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DURING HIS CAREER MR OXLEY HAS HELD A VARIETY OF BBNIOR APPOINTMENTS, INCLUDING DEPUTY COMMISSIONER FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE FROM MARCH 1984 TO SEPTEMBER 1984, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF BROADCASTING FROM SEPTEMBER 1984 TO MARCH 1987, DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR MUNICIPAL SERVICES FROM MARCH 1987 TO OCTOBER 1989, AND HIS PRESENT POST OF DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS FROM OCTOBER 1989.
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