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TUESDAY, JULY 11, 1978

APPOINTMENTS OF DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES AND TRANSPORT COMMISSIONER

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MR. JAN MACPHERSON, AT PRESENT COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT, WILL ASSUME DUTY AS DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES IN THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT IN OCTOBER. THE NEW COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT WILL BE MR. ALAN ARMSTRONG-WRIGHT, WHO IS NOW ACTING AS DEPUTY FINANCIAL SECRETARY.

THE POST OF DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES WAS FORMERLY KNOWN AS SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATION AND WAS HELD BY MR. IAN LIGHTBODY UNTIL HIS RECENT RETIREMENT FROM THE CIVIL SERVICE. THE NEW TITLE OF THE POST HAS BEEN CHOSEN TO REFLECT ITS EXECUTIVE RESPONSIBILITIES MORE ACCURATELY.

MR. MACPHERSON IS AGED 48 AND SERVED IN TANGANYIKA BEFORE COMING TO HONG KONG AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER IN 1962. HE HAS WORKED IN THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT, THE COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT AND IN THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, WHERE HE WAS DEPUTY DISTRICT COMMISSIONER. HE HAS BEEN COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT SINCE 1974.

MR. ARMSTRONG-WRIGHT IS AGED 49 AND JOINED THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AS AN ENGINEER IN 1953. HE ROSE TO BE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT CIVIL ENGINEER BEFORE BEING APPOINTED TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE CLASS IN 1974. HE HAS SINCE BEEN A DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR ENVIRONMENT AND A PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT FINANCIAL SECRETARY.

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