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THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1974.

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SECRETARY OF CONSUMER COUNCIL NAMED

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MR. PATRICK WILLIAMSON, DISTRICT OFFICER OF YUEN LONG, *HAS BEEN TEMPORARILY SECONDED TO SERVE AS ADMINISTRATIVE

SECRETARY OF THE NEWLY ESTABLISHED CONSUMER COUNCIL.

IN HIS NEW POST, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, MR. WILLIAMSON WILL WORK CLOSELY WITH SIR YUET-KEUNG KAN, CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL, TO GET THE COUNCIL OPERATING AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

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HIS IMMEDIATE TASK WILL BE TO ESTABLISH AN OFFICE AND TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE STAFFING REQUIREMENTS OF THE COUNCIL.

IN ANNOUNCING MR. WILLIAMSON'S APPOINTMENT TODAY, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THE HOVE WAS AN INTERIM MEASURE TO HELP THE COUNCIL GET OFF THE GROUND AS SPEEDILY AS POSSIBLE, PENDING ITS DEVELOPMENT INTO AN EFFECTIVE BODY COMPOSED SOLELY OF NON- "OFFICIAL MEMBERS REPRESENTING A WIDE CROSS SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY.

THE SPOKESMAN REITERATED THE GOVERNMENT'S FULL BACKING TO THE COUNCIL, AND SAID SUPPORT VOULD BE PROVIDED IN THE FORM OF FINANCE, SECRETARIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE HELP. THE SERVICES OF GOVERNMENT OFFICERS AND DEPARTMENTS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE TO THE COUNCIL IF NEEDED, HE SAID, ADDING THAT MR. WILLIAMSON'S SECONDMENT WAS A

FIRST STEP IN THIS REGARD.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT WITH HIS EXPERIENCE AND CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, PARTICULARLY AS A DISTRICT

OFFICER IN THE EU TERRITORIES AND AS A CDO IN KOWLOON,

WILLIAMSON IS VERY VELL SUITED FOR THE JOB.

MR.

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