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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1983

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NEW DIRECTOR OF ROYAL OBSERVATORY NAMED

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THE DIRECTOR OF THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY, MR J.E. PEACOCK, WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE PUBLIC SERVICE IN ABOUT MARCH 1984.

HE WILL BE SUCCEEDED BY MR PATRICK SHAM PAK, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF ROYAL OBSERVATORY, WHOSE PROMOTION HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE FÖR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS.

MR PEACOCK FIRST JOINED THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AS A SCIENTIFIC OFFICER IN APRIL 1950. THROUGH A SERIES OF PROMOTIONS, HE BECAME DIRECTOR OF THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY IN JANUARY 1981.

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MR SHAM IS 48 YEARS OLD. HE GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG IN 1958, AND JOINED THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT IN AUGUST THAT YEAR AS A SCIENTIFIC OFFICER IN THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY. HE WAS ELECTED A FELLOW OF THE ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY IN 1959.

MR SHAM GAINED PROMOTION TO SENIOR SCIENTIFIC OFFICER IN MAY 1974 AND TO HIS PRESENT RANK OF ASSISTANT DIRECTOR IN NOVEMBER 1978.

HE HAS ACTED AS DIRECTOR OF THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS PREVIOUSLY.

MR SHAM WAS APPOINTED AN OFFICIAL JUSTICE OF THE PEACE IN JANUARY 1980.

SIR PHILIP PRAISES HANDICAPPED SPORTS STARS

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TWO OF HONG KONG'S HANDICAPPED SPORTS TEAMS, WHO BROUGHT BACK 20 GOLD MEDALS AFTER COMPETING IN TWO INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS, WERE CONGRATULATED BY THE ACTING GOVERNOR, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVÉ AND LADY HADDON-CAVE TODAY.

SIR PHILIP AND LADY HADDON-CAVE, ACCOMPANIED BY THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR DAVID AKERS-JONÉS, FLEW BY HELICOPTER TO THE JUBILEE SPORTS CENTRE IN SHA TIN WHERE A WELCOMING RECEPTION WAS HELD FOR THE MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED SPORTS COMPETITORS.

ON ARRIVAL, THE ACTING GOVERNOR AND LADY HADDON-CAVE WERE MET BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE SPORTS ASSOCIATION FOR THE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED, DR HARRY FANG, AND THE ACTING COMMISSIONER FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE, MR CLIVE OXLEY.

ALSO PRESENT WAS THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR KENNETH TOPLEY.

DURING THE RECEPTION THE ACTING GOVERNOR CHATTED WITH THE TEAMS AND PRAISED THEIR PERFORMANCE.

/HE ALSO