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THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1977

SENIOR APPOINTMENTS IN CIVIL SERVICE

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A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN TODAY ANNOUNCED THAT THE COMMISSJONER FOR LABOUR, MR. I.R. PRICE, WILL RETIRE FROM THE HONG KONG CIVIL SERVICE ON MAY 30.

MR. PRICE, AGED 56, WAS IN THE MALAYAN CIVIL SERVICE FOR 14 YEARS, WHERE HIS FINAL APPOINTMENT WAS COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR.

HE CAME TO HONG KONG AS A SENIOR LADOK OFFICER IN 1965 AND WAS APPOINTED ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR IN 1968, DEPUTY COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR AND MINES IN 1971 AND COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR AND MINES IN 1973. HE WAS APPOINTED AN OFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL IN 1974 AND WAS AWARDED THE CBE IN 1976.

MR. PETER B. WILLIAMS, PRESENTLY SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATION, WILL BE POSTED AS COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR IN SUCCESSION TO MR. PRICE.

MR. WILLIAMS, AGED 50, JOINED THE HONG KONG CIVIL SERVICE IN 1953 AND HAS SERVED IN A WIDE VARIETY OF POSTS, INCLUDING ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY TO THE POLICE FORCE, DEFENCE SECRETARY AND ESTABLISHMENT OFFICER. HE HAS SERVED AS AN OFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS.

MR. I.M. LIGHTBODY WILL BE POSTED AS SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATION. MR. LIGHTBODY, AGED 55, IS AT PRESENT SECRETARY FOR HOUSING. MR. LIGHTBODY JOINED THE HONG KONG CIVIL SERVICE IN 1946, AND DURING HIS 30 YEARS' SERVICE HAS OCCUPIED MANY SENIOR POSTS, INCLUDING ESTABLISHMENT OFFICER, DISTRICT COMMISSIONER NEW TERRITORIES, COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT, COMMISSIONER FOR RESETTLEMENT, DEFENCE SECRETARY AND SECRETARY FOR HOUSING. HE IS AN OFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AND WAS AWARDED THE CMG IN 1974.

MR. A.J. SCOTT, PRESENTLY SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE, WILL BE POSTED AS SECRETARY FOR HOUSING.

MR. SCOTT AGED 43, WAS APPOINTED TO THE FIJI CIVIL SERVICE IN 1958, AND HIS FINAL APPOINTMENT THERE WAS CONTROLLER OF ORGANISATION AND ESTABLISHMENTS, AFTER WHICH HE LEFT TO JOIN THE HONG KONG CIVIL SERVICE.

HIS FIRST POSTING WAS AN ASSISTANT FINANCIAL SECRETARY, AND AFTER A SPELL AS PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT FINANCIAL SECRETARY, HE WAS APPOINTED SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE IN 1973. HE IS AN OFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

THE POST OF SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE WILL BE FILLED BY MR. R.G.B. BRIDGE, AGED 44, AT PRESENT DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR SECURITY.

MR. BRIDGE JOINED THE HONG KONG CIVIL SERVICE IN 1957, AND HAS SERVED IN THE RESETTLEMENT DEPARTMENT, THE FORMER LANDS BRANCH OF THE SECRETARIAT AND AS PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT COLONIAL SECRETARY (ESTABLISHMENT) AND DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE FROM 1971 TO 1976.

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