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MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 1975

NEW COMMISSIONER OF INLAND REVENUE APPOINTED

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MR. RONALD GIDDY, DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF INLAND REVENUE, HAS BEEN PROMOTED TO COMMISSIONER OF INLAND REVENUE AS FROM TODAY. HE SUCCEEDS MR. FRANK RAINBOW WHO HAS RETIRED.

MR. GIDDY IS AN ASSOCIATE MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATION OF CERTIFIED ACCOUNTANTS AND A FELLOW OF THE HONG KONG SOCIETY OF ACCOUNTANTS.

HE FIRST JOINED THE INLAND REVENUE DEPARTMENT IN FEBRUARY 1962 AS AN ASSESSOR.' HE WAS PROMOTED TO SENIOR ASSESSOR IN APRIL 1963, CHIEF ASSESSOR IN NOVEMBER 1966, ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF INLAND REVENUE IN APRIL 1968 AND DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF INLAND REVENUE IN MAY 1972.

MR. GIDDY IS 44 YEARS OF AGE AND IS SINGLE.

IT WAS ALSO ANNOUNCED THAT MR. VICTOR LADD HAS BEEN APPOINTED DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF INLAND REVENUE TO FILL THE POST LEFT VACANT BY MR. GIDDY'S PROMOTION.

MR. LADD, WHO IS 47, JOINED THE GOVERNMENT AS AN ASSESSOR OF THE INLAND REVENUE DEPARTMENT IN AUGUST 1957.

HE WAS APPOINTED ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER IN 1971 AND HAS ACTED AS DEPUTY COMMISSIONER ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS SINCE THEN.

MR. LADD IS A CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT AND A FELLOW OF THE HONG KONG SOCIETY OF ACCOUNTANTS.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

COPIES OF MR. GIDDY'S PHOTOGRAPH ARE AVAILABLE FOR COLLECTION FROM THE GIS PRESS ROOM, BEACONSFIELD HOUSE, 6TH FLOOR.

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