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TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 1994
MRS KATHERINE FOK APPOINTED SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE
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THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (TUESDAY) THAT MRS KATHERINE FOR LO SHIU-CHING, CURRENTLY COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, HAS BEEN APPOINTED SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE WITH EFFECT FROM SEPTEMBER 1, 1994.
SHE WILL SUCCEED MRS ELIZABETH WONG CHIEN CHI-LIEN, WHO HAS BEEN DIRECTED TO RETIRE IN THE INTEREST OF LOCALISATION.
MR LAM WOON-KWONG, CURRENTLY DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, WILL TAKE OVER AS COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR TOWARDS THE END OF 1994.
BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES ON THESE OFFICERS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
MRS ELIZABETH WONG CHIEN CHI-LIEN, CBE, ISO, JP
MRS WONG, 56, JOINED THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE IN 1969 AND ROSE TO HER PRESENT RANK OF SECRETARY IN 1991.
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DURING THE EARLY YEARS OF HER CAREER, SHE HELD APPOINTMENTS SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, FINANCE BRANCH, THE FORMER MUSIC ADMINISTRATION OFFICE AND THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT.
FROM 1983 TO 1987, SHE WAS DEPUTY SECRETARY IN HOME AFFAIRS BRANCH, THE THEN LANDS AND WORKS BRANCH AND THE FORMER MUNICIPAL SERVICES BRANCH.
SHE WAS DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE FROM 1987 TO 1990 WHEN SHE WAS APPOINTED TO HER PRESENT POST OF SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE.
MRS KATHERINE FOK LO SHIU-CHING, OBE, JP
MRS FOK, 52, JOINED THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE IN 1962 AND ROSE TO HER PRESENT RANK OF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER STAFF GRADE A IN 1993.
SHE SERVED IN A NUMBER OF DEPARTMENTS AND BRANCHES INCLUDING LABOUR DEPARTMENT, SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, FINANCE BRANCH, THE THEN HOME AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT AND URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
SHE WAS SECRETARY GENERAL TO THE THEN OFFICE OF MEMBERS OF
AND EXECUTIVE
1991 LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS (OMELCO) FROM 1988 TO SECRETARY GENERAL TO THE STANDING COMMISSION ON CIVIL SERVICE SALARIES
UP TOOK OF SERVICE FROM 1991 TO 1992, WHEN SHE AND CONDITIONS
HER PRESENT APPOINTMENT AS COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR.
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/MR LAM WOON-KWONG, JP