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TUESDAY, MAY 8, 1979

DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT SUPPLIES RETIRING

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THE DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT SUPPLIES, MR. FRED YOUNG, WILL RETIRE IN SEPTEMBER.

HE WILL BE SUCCEEDED BY MR. ROY KILVERT, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT SUPPLIES, WHOSE PROMOTION HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS.

MR. YOUNG IS AGED 56, AND WILL HAVE COMPLETED MORE THAN 30 YEARS' SERVICE WITH THE GOVERNMENT BY SEPTEMBER, HAVING SERVED SUCCESSIVELY AS STORES OFFICER FROM 1949, SENIOR STORES OFFICER FROM 1952, CHIEF STORES OFFICER FROM 1958, DEPUTY CONTROLLER OF STORES FROM 1965 AND DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT SUPPLIES FROM OCTOBER 1970.

HE WAS AWARDED THE 0.B.E. IN 1975.

MR. KILVERT IS AGED 46. HE WAS FIRST APPOINTED AN ASSISTANT STORES OFFICER IN MAY 1951, AND WAS PROMOTED TO STORES OFFICER IN 1956, SENIOR STORES OFFICER IN 1967, CHIEF SUPPLIES OFFICER IN 1971, SUPERINTENDENT OF GOVERNMENT SUPPLIES IN 1974 AND TO HIS PRESENT RANK IN AUGUST 1976.

HE HAS ACTED AS DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT SUPPLIES ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS.

THE POST OF DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT SUPPLIES WILL BE FILLED BY MR. ADOLF HSU, WHO IS A STAFF GRADE C ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER.

HE JOINED THE CIVIL SERVICE IN 1958 AND HAS WORKED IN THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION AND THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT.

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DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED

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THE DEATH SENTENCE PASSED ON CHRISTOPHER CLEMENTS, 25, ON DECEMBER 21, 1977 FOR THE MURDER OF AN ELDERLY PROSTITUTE WAS TODAY (TUESDAY) COMMUTED TO 15 YEARS IMPRISONMENT BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, AFTER TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE ADVICE OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.

CLEMENTS, A SHIP'S CHEF, WAS FOUND GUILTY OF THE MURDER OF KWOK YIN-KAM, 59 IN MIRADOR MANSIONS, NATHAN ROAD, AT ABOUT 3 A.M. ON MARCH 28, 1977.

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