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FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 1985

MR IAN MACPHERSON, OBE, JP

AGED 55. MR MACPHERSON JOINED THE HONG KONG CIVIL SERVICE AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER IN MAY 1962 AFTER SERVICE IN TANGANYIKA. HE HAS HELD A WIDE VARIETY OF ADMINISTRATIVE POSTS BOTH IN THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT AND IN DEPARTMENTS. THE MOST SENIOR INCLUDE SERVICE AS DEPUTY DISTRICT COMMISSIONER, NEW TERRITORIES BETWEEN FEBRUARY 1971 AND MAY 1974, AS DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES BETWEEN OCTOBER 1978 AND NOVEMBER 1981, AS REGIONAL SECRETARY, NEW TERRITORIES BETWEEN DECEMBER 1981 AND JUNE 1984, AND MOST RECENTLY AS COMMISSIONER, ASSESSMENT OFFICE. MR MACPHERSON WAS ALSO THE COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT FROM DECEMBER 1974 TO OCTOBER 1978. HE WAS PROMOTED TO HIS PRESENT RANK OF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER STAFF GRADE A IN AUGUST 1981.

MR ALAN SCOTT, CBE, JP

AGED 50.

MR SCOTT JOINED THE HONG KONG CIVIL SERVICE AS A SENIOR ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER IN SEPTEMBER 1971 AFTER SERVICE IN FIJI. HE SERVED INITIALLY IN THE FINANCE BRANCH OF THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT AND WAS SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE FROM SEPTEMBER 1973 TO MAY 1977. FOR THE FOLLOWING THREE YEARS HE WAS SECRETARY FOR HOUSING, AND HE WAS SECRETARY FOR INFORMATION FROM JULY 1980 TO NOVEMBER 1981. HE ASSUMED HIS PRESENT POST AS SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT IN JANUARY 1982. MR SCOTT WAS PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF SECRETARY, GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT IN FEBRUARY 1977.

DR JAMES HAYES, JP

AGED 54. DR HAYES JOINED THE HONG KONG CIVIL SERVICE IN JULY 1956 AS A CADET OFFICER CLASS 11. HE HAS SERVED IN A WIDE VARIETY OF ADMINISTRATIVE POSTS INCLUDING THE FORMER HOME AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT, NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION AND THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT. DR HAYES WAS TOWN MANAGER AND DISTRICT OFFICER TSUEN WAN FROM MARCH 1975 TO FEBRUARY 1982 BEFORE TAKING UP HIS PRESENT POST OF DEPUTY COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR. HE WAS PROMOTED TO HIS PRESENT RANK OF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER STAFF GRADE B1 IN JULY 1983.

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MR DARWIN CHEN, JP

AGED 52. MR CHEN JOINED THE HONG KONG CIVIL SERVICE IN JULY 1961 AS AN ASSISTANT MANAGER, CITY HALL, AND WAS SUBSEQUENTLY PROMOTED TO MANAGER IN AUGUST 1968. FROM MARCH 1973 TO AUGUST 1979 HE WAS AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF URBAN SERVICES, SPENDING ALMOST THE WHOLE OF THIS TIME IN THE FIELD OF CULTURAL SERVICES, AND HE WAS THEN PROMOTED TO BE THE DIRECTOR OF CULTURAL SERVICES, A POST WHICH HE HAS HELD EVER SINCE.

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