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TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 1984

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SENIOR DIRECTORATE APPOINTMENTS ANNOUNCED

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THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY A FURTHER SERIES OF SENIOR DIRECTORATE APPOINTMENTS.

THEY ARE AS FOLLOWS:

MR COLVYN HAYE TO SUCCEED SIR JACK CATER AS HONG KONG

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COMMISSIONER, LONDON OFFICE ON THE LATTER'S RETIREMENT IN DECEMBER 1984. MR HAYE HAS BEEN DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION SINCE NOVEMBER 1980.

MR MICHAEL LEUNG TO SUCCEED MR HAYE AS DIRECTOR OF

EDUCATION IN OCTOBER 1984. MR LEUNG HAS BEEN DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION SINCE DECEMBER 1980.

MR JOHN CHAMBERS TO SUCCEED MR HENRY CHING AS THE

SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE ON THE LATTER'S RETIREMENT IN DECEMBER 1984. MR CHAMBERS HAS BEEN DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE SINCE MARCH 1983.

MRS ANSON CHAN TO SUCCEED MR CHAMBERS AS DIRECTOR OF

SOCIAL WELFARE IN NOVEMBER 1984. MRS CHAN HAS BEEN

DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS.

MR STEPHEN LAW CHI-KIN SUCCEEDED MRS ANSON CHAN AS

DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE. MR LAW HAS BEEN AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE SINCE

NOVEMBER 1976.

MR TONY FROST HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS SECRETARY DESIGNATE,

UNIVERSITY AND POLYTECHNIC GRANTS COMMITTEE, INSTEAD OF MRS ANSON CHAN AS PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED, AND WILL TAKE OVER AS SECRETARY IN SEPTEMBER 1984.

MR GORDON BLENKINSOP TO BE COMMISSIONER OF RATING AND

VALUATION. HE HAS BEEN DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF ACCOUNTING SERVICES SINCE APRIL 1983 AND WILL SUCCEED MR RAYMOND FRY WHO IS RETIRING FROM THE PUBLIC SERVICE IN JUNE 1984. MR HUI MAN-SHING TO SUCCEED MR MARTIN STEWARD AS DEPUTY

COMMISSIONER OF RATING AND VALUATION FOLLOWING THE LATTER'S RETIREMENT IN MARCH 1984. MR HUI HAS BEEN AN ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF RATING AND VALUATION SINCE JUNE 1976.

/AR CHIU