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Monday, January 28, 1974

SENIOR BERMUDA POST FOR MR, LLOYD

Mr. L.M. Davies To Take Over As Secretary For Security

Mr. Peter Lloyd, Secretary for Security, is to be appointed Deputy

Governor of Bermuda, it was announced today.

He will leave Hong Kong in early March and take up his new post

at the end of April this year.

Succeeding him as Secretary for Security will be Mr. Levis M. Davies who is at present working as Deputy Secretary in the Environment Branch of

the Colonial Secretariat.

Mr. Lloyd came to Hong Kong in 1971 and was Defence Secretary prior to his appointment as Secretary for Security. He was previously Colonial Secretary of the Seychelles from 1961 to 1966 and Chief Secretary of Fiji from

1966 to 1970.

Mr. Davies, who is 51 years old, arrived in Hong Kong last November and has since been attached to the Environment Branch as Deputy Secretary.

He joined the Overseas Civil Service in 1948 and was Chief Secretary of the Western Pacific High Commission from 1965 to 1970, and Deputy Governor

of the Bahamas from 1970 to 1973.

As Secretary for Security, Mr. Davies will be responsible for co- ordinating policy and programmes covering external security, emergencies, internal law and order, immigration, prisons, narcotics and fire services.

Copies of Mr. Davies' photograph are boxed

Note to Editors:

for collection.

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