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TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 1974

NEW HEAD FOR INDUSTRY DIVISION

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MR. ALEC PURVES HAS RETURNED TO THE COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT TO HEAD THE INDUSTRY DIVISION AFTER EIGHT MONTHS' WORK IN THE OIL SUPPLIES UNIT, WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED LAST NOVEMBER.

THE UNIT WAS SET UP AS AN EMERGENCY MEASURE AFTER THE CUT- BACK IN MIDDLE EAST OIL PRODUCTION CREATED THE POSSIBILITY OF REDUCED SUPPLIES TO HONG KONG.

MR. PURVES TOOK OVER AS DIRECTOR OF OIL SUPPLIES IN APRIL, REPLACING MR. ROY PORTER WHO IS NOW DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY CADMINISTRATION AND INDUSTRY).

NOW THAT HONG KONG'S OIL SUPPLY SITUATION IS BACK TO NORMAL, THE ORIGINAL UNIT HAS BEEN SCALED DOWN TO A SMALL GROUP WHICH WILL WORK WITHIN THE INDUSTRY DIVISION OF THE COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT.

ITS FUNCTION WILL BE TO MONITOR THE MONTHLY SUPPLY SITUATION

AND ALSU THE QUANTITIES HELD IN STOCK.

MR. PURVES HAS TAKEN OVER AS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (INDUSTRY) FROM MR. JUSTIN YUE WHO IS RETURNING TO COMMERCIAL RELATIONS WORK.

PRESS CONFERENCE ON TRANSPORT GREEN PAPER

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NOTE TO EDITORS:

A PRESS CONFERENCE DEALING WITH THE GREEN PAPER ON TRANSPORT WILL BE HELD AT 11 A.M. TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY) IN THE 35. UM THEATRE OF THE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES, 5TH FLOOR, BEACONSFIELD HOUSE.

SM ATTENDING WILL BE MR. JAMES ROJSON, SECRETARY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, MR. DRIAN WILSON, COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT, MR. AUGUSTINE CHUI, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF HOME AFFAIRS, AND MR. JOSEPH WONG, ASSISTANT SECRETARY, ENVIRONMENT BRANCH.

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FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES ASSIGNED TO DOVER THE CONFERENCE, ADVANCE COPIES OF THE GREEN PAPER WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THEM IN THE 35 MM THEATRE FROM 10 A.M. ONWARDS, BUT SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN AWAY UNTIL AFTER THE CONFERENCE.

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