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Thursday, November 8, 1973
SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES APPOINTED
Mr. Derek J.C. Jones has been appointed acting Secretary for
Economic Services and will assume his duties later this month when he
returns from leave.
His appointment completes the list of secretary posts recommended
in the McKinsey report.
Before coming to Hong Kong, Mr. Jones worked in the Cabinet Office,
the Foreign Office and the Colonial Office in the United Kingdom from
1950 to 1967.
Between 1967 and 1971, in Geneva, he was a member of the British
Mission to GATT with special responsibility for Hong Kong affairs.
He transferred to Hong Kong in 1971, and has since worked in the
Economics Branch of the Colonial Secretariat as Deputy Economic Secretary.
Mr. Jones, 46, is married with four children.
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