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Friday, October 19, 1973
ERIC HO APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF HOME AFFAIRS
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The appointment of Mr. E.P. Ho as Director of Home Affairs is
announced in today's government gazette.
He will head the Home Affairs Department, which includes the
City District Offices.
The change in title of the Secretariat of Home Affairs follows the
recent re-organisation of the Colonial Secretariat as a result of which the
Secretary for Home Affaire now heads the Home Affairs and Information
Branch of the Colonial Secretariat, but is no longer responsible for the
everyday management of the department,
Mr. Ho has had a long and distinguished career in the public service,
having served in a number of senior posts in various government departments.
His last post was in the Commerce and Industry Department, where he
recently acted as Director for some six months.
Born in Hong Kong, Mr. Ho received his early schooling in St.
Joseph's College until the outbreak of the war. In 1946, he won the
government's scholarship to the University of Hong Kong where be obtained
a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1950.
On graduation, he was selected for training under the Colonial
Welfare and Development Scheme and underwent three years' training with the
Board of Inland Revenue, London.
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