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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1976

NEW REGISTRAR GENERAL APPOINTED

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THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS HAS APPROVED THE PROMOTION OF MR. P. JACOBS TO REGISTRAR GENERAL TO SUCCEED MR. W. HUME, WHO WILL PROCEED ON PRE-RETIREMENT LEAVE ON MARCH 1, 1976 AFTER 18 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE DEPARTMENT.

MR. JACOBS, AGED 42, IS AT PRESENT AN ASSISTANT REGISTRAR GENERAL. HE CAME TO HONG KONG AND WAS APPOINTED AS A LEGAL ASSISTANT IN 1962. HE WAS PROMOTED TO SENIOR, LEGAL ASSISTANT IN 1965 AND TO ASSISTANT REGISTRAR GENERAL IN 1968. HE IS MARRIED AND HAS ONE DAUGHTER.

MR. HUME, WHO IS AGED 50, WAS FIRST APPOINTED AS A LEGAL ASSISTANT IN 1958. HE WAS PROMOTED TO SENIOR LEGAL ASSISTANT IN 1963 AND TO ASSISTANT REGISTRAR GENERAL IN 1964. HE BECAME REGISTRAR GENERAL IN 1968. MR. HUME IS SINGLE.