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MONDAY, AUGUST 16, 1976,

STAFF CHANGES IN HOME AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT

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MR. MICHAEL LEUNG MAN-KIN, ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER STAFF GRADE C, HAS BEEN APPOINTED CITY DISTRICT COMMISSIONER FOR HONG KONG.

MR. LEUNG, WHOSE APPOINTMENT IS EFFECTIVE FROM TODAY (MONDAY), SUCCEEDS MR. JOHN CHAN CHO-CHAK, WHO IS ON LOAN TO THE FINANCE BRANCH FOR SPECIAL DUTY IN CONNECTION WITH THE COMMONWEALTH FINANCE MINISTERS MEETING.

MR. LEUNG, A GRADUATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, HAS SERVED 11 YEARS IN THE GOVERNMENT.

HE SERVED FOR SOME TIME IN THE COLONIAL SECRETARIAT, J THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION AND THE FORMER SECRETARIAT FOR HOME AFFAIRS BEFORE RETURNING TO THE COLONIAL SECRETARIAT IN AUGUST 1973.

OTHER STAFF CHANGES IN THE HOME AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY ARE:

MR. J.A. MILLER, ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER, HAS BEEN APPOINTED CITY DISTRICT OFFICER (WONG TAI SIN) WITH EFFECT FROM TOMORROW (AUGUST 17) TO REPLACE MR. LAU CHAU-WAH WHO WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT.

MR. MILLER, A GRADUATE OF LONDON UNIVERSITY, HAS BEEN WITH THE GOVERNMENT FOR FOUR YEARS AND HAS SERVED IN THE COLONIAL SECRETARIAT AND URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT BEFORE BEING TRANSFERRED TO THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE DEPARTMENT IN JANUARY THIS YEAR.

MR. MIU WAH-ON, ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER, HAS BEEN APPOINTED CITY DISTRICT OFFICER (KOWLOON CITY) FROM AUGUST 3. SUCCEEDING MR. BILLY LAM CHUNG-LUN WHO HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED TO THE POST OF ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF HOME AFFAIRS.

MR. MIU. A GRADUATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG. WAS APPOINTED ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER IN AUGUST 1974. AFTER SERVING SEVERAL MONTHS IN THE COLONIAL

SECRETARIAT, HE WAS POSTED TO THE DEPARTMENT AS CITY DISTRICT OFFICER (CENTRAL) IN DECEMBER 1974. IN SEPTEMBER LAST YEAR, HE PROCEEDED TO THE UNITED KINGDOM FOR TRAINING.

MR. THOMAS SHARR, ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER, HAS REPLACED MR. CANICE MAK CHUN-FONG AS CITY DISTRICT OFFICER (YAU MA TEI) FROM AUGUST 3. MR. MAK REMAINS AS CITY DISTRICT OFFICER (MONGKOK).

MR. SHARR, ALSO A GRADUATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, HAS HAD NEARLY TWO YEARS SERVICE WITH THE GOVERNMENT.

HE WAS FIRST APPOINTED IN AUGUST 1974 AS ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER IN THE COLONIAL SECRETARIAT AND HE WENT TO THE U.K. FOR TRAINING IN SEPTEMBER LAST YEAR.

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