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TUESDAY, JULY 20, 1982

SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY APPOINTED

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THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY THE APPOINTMENT OF MR W. DORWARD TO THE RANK OF SECRETARY, GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT.

MR DORWARD WILL HEAD A NEW BRANCH IN THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT WITH POLICY RESPONSIBILITY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY MATTERS. THE NEW BRANCH WILL COME INTO OPERATION ON AUGUST 1.

MR DORWARD, 52, IS AT PRESENT THE DIRECTOR OF TRADE

INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS.

HE WAS APPOINTED AS AN EXECUTIVE OFFICER IN JANUARY 1954. HE JOINED THE TRADE OFFICER GRADE IN APRIL 1957 AND ROSE TO HIS PRESENT RANK OF DIRECTOR OF TRADE INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS IN OCTOBER 1979. FROM JULY 1974 TO JANUARY 1976, WHILE SERVING AS DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, MR DORWARD WAS POSTED TO THE GENEVA OFFICE AS AN ALTERNATE AND LATER A FULL MEMBER OF THE GATT TEXTILES SURVEILLANCE BODY.

THE GOVERNMENT ALSO ANNOUNCED THAT, WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TRADE AND INDUSTRY BRANCH ON AUGUST 1, THE EXISTING TRADE INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT WILL BE DEFEDERALISED INTO THREE SEPARATE AND INDEPENDENT DEPARTMENTS: TRADE, INDUSTRY; AND CUSTOMS AND EXCISE.

MR L.W.R. MILLS, CURRENTLY COMMISSIONER OF TRADE, AND MR P.K.Y. TSAO, CURRENTLY COMMISSIONER OF INDUSTRY, WILL CONTINUE TO HEAD THE TRADE AND THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENTS. THE IR TITLES WILL BE CHANGED TO DIRECTOR OF TRADE AND DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY RESPECTIVELY, BOTH MR MILLS AND MR TSAO HAVE TRANSFERRED TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE AT THE RANK OF STAFF GRADE B1.

MR D.A. JORDAN, CURRENTLY COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS AND CONTROLS, WILL BECOME COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS AND EXCISE.

MR DORWARD IS AT PRESENT ON HOME LEAVE AND WILL TAKE UP HIS NEW POST AT THE BEGINNING OF SEPTEMBER. DURING HIS ABSENCE, MR P.K.Y. TSAO WILL ACT AS SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY WHEN THE POST COMES INTO BEING.

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