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THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1978

NEW COMMISSIONER FOR CENSUS AND STATISTICS APPOINTED

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THE COMMISSIONER FOR CENSUS AND STATISTICS, MR. D.S. WHITE- LEGGE, WILL GO ON PRE-RETIREMENT LEAVE NEXT MONTH AFTER SERVING THE GOVERNMENT FOR 19 YEARS. HE WILL BE SUCCEEDED BY MR. C.C. GREEN- FIELD, WHOSE APPOINTMENT HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS.

MR. WHITELEGGE FIRST JOINED THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AS A CADET OFFICER IN 1959 ON TRANSFER FROM THE FEDERATION OF MALAYA (AS IT WAS THEN KNOWN).

HIS SERVICE WAS MAINLY IN THE FINANCE, ESTABLISHMENT (CIVIL SERVICE) AND DEFENCE (SECURITY) BRANCHES OF THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT AND IN THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, BEFORE BEING APPOINTED TO HIS PRESENT POST IN 1973. HE WAS AWARDED THE OBE THIS YEAR.

SINCE

MR. GREENFIELD, AGED 41, IS MARRIED WITH TWO CHILDREN. JANUARY 1966, HE HAS BEEN IN THE SERVICE OF THE MINISTRY OF OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT IN LONDON DURING WHICH TIME HE WAS SECONDED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS TO OVERSEAS TERRITORIES TO WORK IN THE CENSUS AND STATISTICAL FIELD INCLUDING A PERIOD IN HONG KONG FROM SEPTEMBER 1973 TO SEPTEMBER 1975 AS ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR CENSUS AND STATISTICS.

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