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Secondment of senior government officials to CE's Office
The Government announced today (Tuesday) that Mr Michael Suen, Secretary for Home Affairs, and Mrs Irene Yau, Director of Information Services, will be seconded to the Chief Executive (designate)'s Private Office with effect from March 12, 1997.
The Hong Kong Government is committed to provide all necessary assistance and support to the Chief Executive (designate). In line with this commitment and in response to a request by the Chief Executive (designate), the Government has agreed to the secondment of Mr Suen and Mrs Yau.
Whilst on secondment, Mr Suen will assist the Chief Executive (designate) in his preparation for the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and its Government.
Mrs Yau is due to retire from the Civil Service in April and has agreed to postpone her retirement till the Handover at the end of June. She will be responsible for all information, publicity and public relations matters of the Chief Executive (designate)'s Office. A small team of information officers will be seconded to assist her.
Mrs Stella Hung, Deputy Secretary for Home Affairs will act in Mr Suen's place as the Secretary for Home Affairs and Mr Thomas Chan will take over from Mrs Yau as Director of Information Services, both with effect from March 12, 1997.
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39th meeting of JLG
The thirty-ninth meeting of the Sino-British Joint Liaison Group on Hong Kong will take place in London on March 18, 20 and 21.
The British team will be led by the Senior Representative, Mr Hugh Davies.
The other members of the British team will be Mr Nicholas Ng, Secretary for Constitutional Affairs, Hong Kong Government; Mr Alan Paul, Counsellor, Office of the British Senior Representative, Sino-British Joint Liaison Group; Mr Robert Peirce, Political Advisor, Hong Kong Government; and Mr Sherard Cowper-Coles, Head of Hong Kong Department in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
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