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THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1983

SIR PHILIP VISITS E AND M SERVICES

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THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE, TODAY VISITED THE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

ARRIVING AT THE DEPARTMENT'S HEADQUARTERS IN CAROLINE HILL ROAD, SIR PHILIP WAS MET BY THE DIRECTOR OF ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL SERVICES, MR GRAHAM OSBORNE.

SIR PHILIP WAS THEN BRIEFED ON THE WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT DURING WHICH HE MET THE ACTING DEPUTY DIRECTOR. MR M.J. HUTTON; THE GOVERNMENT ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEER (PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT), MR MIAO CHI; THE ACTING GOVERNMENT ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEER (WORKS AND SERVICES), MR ARTHUR OLIVIER AND THE DEPARTMENTAL SECRETARY, MR IAN YOUNG.

THE CHIEF SECRETARY THEN TOURED THE DEPARTMENT'S CAROLINE HILL COMPLEX AND VISITED THE DRAWING OFFICE, MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL PLANT SECTIONS, THE VEHICLE WORKSHOPS, THE APPRENTICE TRAINING SCHOOL AND OTHER SECTIONS WHERE HE WAS SHOWN SOME ASPECTS OF THE WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT AND DURING WHICH HE MET AND SPOKE TO A NUMBER OF THE STAFF.

FOLLOWING THE TOUR SIR PHILIP HAD A DISCUSSION WITH SENIOR OFFICERS OF THE DEPARTMENT. DURING HIS TWO AND A HALF HOURS VISIT THE CHIEF SECRETARY SHOWED KEEN INTEREST IN THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT.

GOVERNOR'S PRESS OFFICER

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MR Y.P. CHENG. THE GOVERNMENT CHIEF INTERPRETER, AND MR PETER TSÃO, DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION SERVICES, WILL TRAVEL WITH THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, TO PEKING NEXT WEEK. MR TSAD WILL SERVE AS THE GOVERNOR'S PERSONAL PRESS OFFICER.

NEW APPOINTMENTS ANNOUNCED

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THE GOVERNOR HAS APPOINTED DR KIM Y.S. CHAM AND DR VICTOR K.K. FUNG AS MEMBERS OF THE STANDING COMMISSION ON CIVIL SERVICE SALARIES AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE WITH EFFECT FROM JULY 1, 1983. THE APPOINTMENT IS FOR A PERIOD OF TWO YEARS.

DR CHAN IS AN APPOINTED MEMBER OF THE URBAN COUNCIL AND WAS RECENTLY ELECTED THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF THE HONG KONG COMMODITY EXCHANGE LTD. DR FUNG IS THE GROUP MANAGING DIRECTOR OF LI AND FUNG LTD AND IS SERVING ON A NUMBER OF GOVERNMENT BOARDS INCLUDING THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION,

IT IS ALSO ANNOUNCED THAT MR JOHN L. SOONG, OBE HAS RETIRED FROM THE STANDING COMMISSION ON JULY 1, 1983 AFTER SERVING AS A MEMBER SINCE JANUARY 1979.

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