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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 1975

SENIOR MANAGEMENT OFFICIAL APPOINTED

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A SENIOR OFFICIAL WITH EXPERIENCE IN THE FIELD OF MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, MR. THOMAS LIMNA, HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE NEW DEPUTY SECRETARY IN CHARGE OF THE MANAGEMENT UNIT OF THE SECRETARIAT.

MR. LIMNA, 37, SUCCEEDS MR. E.I. (PETER) LEE WHO TAKES UP FULL-TIME DUTIES AS THE COMMISSIONER FOR MARCOTICS FROM TOMORROW (MAY 1).

MR. LIMNA, A CHARTERED ENGINEER, DEGAN HIS CAREER IN ENGINEERING CONSULTANCY IN THE 1950S. HE JOINED THE GREATER LONDON COUNCIL (THE LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL AS IT WAS THEN KNOWN) IN 1963 AS A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER AND IN OCTODER 1968 WAS APPOINTED A MEMBER OF AN ADVISORY TEAM INTRODUCING +MANAGEMENT BY OBJECTIVES+ AS A PILOT STUDY IN U.K. LOCAL GOVERNMENT= FOLLOWING THE SUCCESS OF THE STUDY. THIS METHOD OF MANAGING WAS EXTENDED TO OTHER SELECTED

› OF THE GLC.

MR. LIMNA WAS THEN MADE A MEMBER OF THE SPECIAL OFFICE SET UP TO INTRODUCE AND IMPLEMENT A MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, COVERING POLICY PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY, AND MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING, WITHIN THE GLC.

HE WAS RELEASED BY THE GREATER LONDON COUNCIL IN AUGUST 1973 TO TAKE UP A POST IN THE MANAGEMENT UNIT OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT. THE UNIT IS RESPONSILLE FOR OVERSEEING AND CO-ORDINATING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS CONTAINED IN THE MCKINSEY REPORT ON THE +MACHINERY OF GOVERNMENT+.

MR. LIMNA IS CURRENTLY HEADING A TEAM RESPONSIBLE FOR REVIEWING THE 10-YEAR HOUSING TARGET AND ITS INTEGRATION INTO A FULL-SCALE POLICY PLAN FOR HOUSING IN ALL ITS ASPECTS, BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

COPIES OF A PHOTOGRAPH OF MR. LIMNA ARE BOXED FOR COLLECTION.

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