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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1982

16 SENIOR APPOINTMENTS ANNOUNCED

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THE GOVERNMENT TODAY ANNOUNCED A SERIES OF SENIOR APPOINTMENTS AT SECRETARY, HEAD OF DEPARTMENT AND DEPUTY HEAD OF DEPARTMENT LEVEL WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE IN STAGES OVER THE NEXT NINE MONTHS. A NUMBER OF OTHER APPOINTMENTS AT VARIOUS LEVELS WILL BE ANNOUNCED SHORTLY.

THE APPOINTMENTS TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE ORGANISATIONAL CHANGES WITHIN THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT WHICH WERE ANNOUNCED BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY IN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON NOVEMBER 11.

OTHERWISE, THEY ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH NORMAL POSTINGS POLICY, ALTHOUGH SOME OF THEM ARE DUE TO THE FORTHCOMING RETIREMENT OF SEVERAL SENIOR OFFICERS AND THE DECISION TO UPGRADE THE LEVEL OF HONG KONG'S REPRESENTATION IN THE UNITED STATES BY OPENING A NEW OFFICE IN NEW YORK,

THE APPOINTMENTS ANNOUNCED TODAY ARE AS FOLLOWS:

* SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY -

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MR ERIC HO (SECRETARY FOR SOCIAL SERVICES SINCE APRIL

1977) VICE MR DORWARD.

SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE

MR HENRY CHING

(DEPUTY FINANCIAL SECRETARY SINCE JULY

1976) VICE MR ERIC HO.

HONG KONG TRADE COMMISSIONER IN THE UNITED STATES

(NEW POST) MR BILL DORWARD

(SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY SINCE

AUGUST 1982, AND PREVIOUSLY DIRECTOR OF TRADE INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS SINCE OCTOBER 1979).

* SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER -

MR NEIL HENDERSON (COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR SINCE MARCH

1978) VICE MR KENNETH TOPLEY RETIRING.

* DIRECTOR OF URBAN SERVICES -

MR GRAHAM BARNES (REGIONAL SECRETARY, HONG KONG AND KOWLOON SINCE SEPTEMBER 1980) VICE MR BRIAN WILSON RETIRING.

* DEPUTY FINANCIAL SECRETARY -

MR SELWYN ALLEYNE (DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE SINCE

OCTOBER 1980) VICE MR HENRY CHING.

* DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE

MR JOHN CHAMBERS (SECRETARY GENERAL, STANDING COMMISSION

ON CIVIL SERVICE SALARIES AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE SINCE SEPTEMBER 1980) VICE

MR S. ALLEYNE .

* DIRECTOR OF