PR 13 $4000055
香港政府
GIS 新聞處
DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN
SUPPLEMENT
Friday, March 23, 1973
MR. LUDDINGTON APPOINTED HIGH COMMISSIONER, WESTERN PACIFIC
Her Majesty The Queen has been pleased to approve the appointment
of Mr. Donald Collin Cumyn Luddington, at present Secretary for Home Affairs,
Hong Kong, as High Commissioner Western Pacific, in succession to Sir Michael
Gass, K.C.M.G., on the expiry of his present term of office.
Mr. Luddington was born in 1920 and educated at Dover College and
St. Andrew's University where he obtained a Master of Arts degree, He is
married and has one son and one daughter.
He joined the Hong Kong Government Service in 1949 and became District
Officer, Tai Po. Since then he has served in various posts including Clerk
of Councils, Administrative Secretary, Royal Hong Kong Police, Defence Secretary,
Deputy Director of Commerce and Industry and District Commissioner, New Territories.
He assumed his present post as Secretary for Home Affairs in May, 1971.
During the Second World War Mr. Luddington served as an officer in
the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry and Royal Armoured Corps.
A member of the Legislative Council, he is also Honorary Colonel of
the Royal Hong Kong Regiment.
The date on which Mr. Luddington will take up his new appointment will
be announced later.
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Release time: 7.30 p.m.
Issued by Government Information Services, Beaconsfield House. Hong Kong. Tel: 5-233191
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