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MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 1974

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RETIREMENT OF COMMISSIONER OF INLAND REVENUE

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MR. FRANK RAINBOW, COMMISSIONER OF INLAND REVENUE, WILL PROCEED ON PRE-RETIREMENT LEAVE ON JANUARY 27 AFTER 22 YEARS OF SERVICE IN THE GOVERNMENT.

MR. RAINBOW, WHO IS 56, FIRST JOINED THE CIVIL SERVICE AS AN ASSESSOR (GRADE 1) IN THE INLAND REVENUE DEPARTMENT IN JUNE 1952.

HE WAS PROMOTED TO CHIEF ASSESSOR IN 1960, ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER IN 1964 AND DEPUTY COMMISSIONER IN 1971. TWO YEARS LATER, HE WAS APPOINTED COMMISSIONER OF INLAND REVENUE.

MR. RAINBOW IS A FELLOW OF THE INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS IN ENGLAND AND WALES AND A FELLOW OF THE HONG KONG SOCIETY OF ACCOUNTANTS.

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HE WAS APPOINTED OBE IN THE QUEEN'S NEW YEAR HONOURS LIST.

DURING HIS ABSENCE, MR. RONALD GIDDY, DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF INLAND REVENUE, WILL ACT AS COMMISSIONER.

MR. GIDDY FIRST JOINED THE GOVERNMENT IN 1962. AFTER SUCCESSIVE PROMOTIONS HE BECAME DEPUTY COMMISSIONER IN 1972.

HE IS ALSO AN ASSOCIATE OF THE ASSOCIATION OF CERTIFIED ACCOUNTANTS AND A FELLOW OF THE HONG KONG SOCIETY OF ACCOUNTANTS.

BEFORE STARTING HIS LOCAL LEAVE, MR. RAINBOW WILL BE PRESENTED WITH A RETIREMENT GIFT ON WEDNESDAY (JANUARY 15).

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO SEND A REPORTER AND/OR PHOTOGRAPHER TO COVER THE PRESENTATION WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE INLAND REVENUE DEPARTMENT SPORTS RECREATION ROOM, ROOM 601, CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES. WEST WING, AT 4 PM ON WEDNESDAY (JANUARY 15).

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