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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1975

MR. MICHAEL CLINTON RETIRES

NEW SECRETARY FOR ADMINSTRATION APPOINTED

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THE DEPUTY COLONIAL SECRETARY, MR. M.D.A. CLINTON, WILL RETIRE FROM THE CIVIL SERVICE EARLY NEXT MONTH AFTER A LONG AND DISTINGUISHED CAREER. AFTER HIS RETIREMENT THE POST OF DEPUTY COLONIAL SECRETARY WILL LAPSE.

MR. CLINTON, WHO IS 57, HAS BEEN AN ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER SINCE 1946 AND HAS OCCUPIED A NUMBER OF VERY SENIOR POSTS INCLUDING DEPUTY FINANCIAL SECRETARY AND DEPUTY ECONOMIC SECRETARY AS WELL AS HAVING ACTED AS FINANCIAL SECRETARY AND COLONIAL SECRETARY ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS.

HE WAS APPOINTED DEPUTY COLONIAL SECRETARY IN JANUARY 1969 AND IN JUNE 1971 WAS MADE A COMPANION OF THE ORDER OF ST. MICHAEL AND ST. GEORGE (CMG). IN 1973 HE AGREED TO DEFER HIS RETIREMENT FOR TWO YEARS TO CONTINUE IN OFFICE.

MR. CLINTON WAS BORN IN LONDON IN 1918 AND WAS EDUCATED AT IEAUMONT COLLEGE, WINDSOR AND THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR, HE WAS COMMISSIONED IN THE ROYAL ENGINEERS AND WAS AWARDED THE GEORGE MEDAL FOR GALLANTRY TWICE - FIRST IN 1942 AND AGAIN IN 1943.

ALTHOUGH HE WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE CIVIL SERVICE,

MR. CLINTON WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE HONG KONG WHEN HE SUCCEEDS SIR RONALD HOLMES AS CHAIRMAN OF THE PUBLIC SERVICES COMMISSION.

IT WAS ALSO ANNOUNCED THAT A NEW POST OF SECRETARY FOR ADMINSTRATION IS TO BE CREATED, AT THE SAME LEVEL AS OTHER SECRETARY POSTS IN THE COLONIAL SECRETARIAT.

MR. P.B. WILLIAMS, WHO HAS RECENTLY BEEN ACTING AS SECRETARY FOR SOCIAL SERVICES, IS TO BE APPOINTED TO ACT IN THE NEW POST.

MR. WILLIAMS, 49, WAS RECENTLY PROMOTED TO STAFF GRADE A AND HAS HAD WIDE EXPERIENCE SINCE JOINING THE SERVICE IN 1953 IN MANY GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS INCLUDING THE POLICE FORCE (AS CIVIL SECRETARY), AND VARIOUS SECRETARIAT BRANCHES MAINLY DEFENCE AND SOCIAL SERVICES. HE HAS ALSO SERVED IN THE SOCIAL WELFARE, RESETTLEMENT AND HOME AFFAIRS DEPARTMENTS.

IN HIS NEW JOB AS SECRETARY FOR ADMINSTRATION HIS MAIN ROLE WILL BE TO ENSURE THAT THE OVERALL MACHINERY OF GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS EFFECTIVELY AND THAT IMPROVEMENTS ARE CONTINUOUSLY SOUGHT AND IMPLEMENTED, HE WILL BE IN DIRECT CHARGE OF THE MANAGEMENT UNIT AND RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WORKING OF THE COLONIAL SECRETARIAT AS A WHOLE.

NOTE TO. EDITORS:

PICTURES OF MR. CLINTON AND MR. WILLIAMS ARE AVAILABLE FOR COLLECTION IN THE G.1.S. PRESS BOXES THIS EVENING.

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