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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1984

MR PETER TSAO KWANG-YUNG, CPM, JP

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AGED 51. JOINED THE CIVIL SERVICE AS A COMPUTER CLASS 111 IN FEBRUARY 1955. HE WAS APPOINTED AS AN ASSISTANT TRADE OFFICER IN FEBRUARY 1966 AND, THROUGH A SERIES OF PROMOTIONS, ADVANCED TO THE RANK OF COMMISSIONER OF TRADE, INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS IN JANUARY 1979. HE TRANSFERRED TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE IN JULY 1982 AND HAS BEEN DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION SERVICES SINCE JULY 1983. HE WAS PROMOTED TO HIS PRESENT RANK OF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER STAFF GRADE A IN JULY 1983.

MR ALEC PURVES, JP

AGED 52. JOINED GOVERNMENT AS A POLICE SUB-INSPECTOR IN AUGUST 1955. AND WAS APPOINTED AN ASSISTANT TRADE OFFICER IN AUGUST 1962. THROUGH A SERIES OF PROMOTIONS HE ADVANCED TO THE RANK OF DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF TRADE, INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS IN JULY 1979, AND THEN TRANSFERRED TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE IN HIS PRESENT RANK OF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER STAFF GRADE B IN JULY 1982. HE HAS HELD THE POSTS OF DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR, COUNCILS AND ADMINISTRATION BRANCH.

MR ADOLF HSU HSUNG, JP

AGED 46. JOINED GOVERNMENT AS AN INTERPRETER-TRANSLATOR CLASS I IN APRIL 1958 AND BECAME AN EXECUTIVE OFFICER IN JULY 1959. HE WAS APPOINTED AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER IN AUGUST 1968, SERVING IN THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION AND THE CIVIL SERVICE BRANCH. HE HAS MORE RECENTLY BEEN DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT SUPPLIES AND DISTRICT COMMISSIONER, TSUEN WAN. HE WAS PROMOTED TO HIS PRESENT RANK OF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER STAFF GRADE B IN APRIL 1981.

NEW DEPARTMENT BEING SET UP

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AS A RESULT OF THE CREATION OF THE PROVISIONAL REGIONAL COUNCIL, WHICH IS DUE TO TAKE PLACE ON APRIL 1, 1985, A CONSEQUENTIAL REORGANISATION OF A NUMBER OF GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT BRANCHES WILL BE NECESSARY.

A NEW DEPARTMENT, TO BE CALLED THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, WILL BE CREATED TO SERVE THE NEW PROVISIONAL REGIONAL COUNCIL. IT WILL BE MADE UP OF THE PRESENT NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT OF THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, TOGETHER WITH THOSE ELEMENTS OF THE PRESENT RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT AND CULTURAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT OF THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT WHICH PROVIDE SERVICES AT THE REGIONAL AND DISTRICT LEVELS IN THE NON-URBAN AREAS.

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