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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1985

SEN FOR APPOINTMENTS ANNOUNCED

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THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (TUESDAY) ANOTHER SERIES OF APPOINTMENTS TO SENIOR POSTS IN THE CIVIL SERVICE.

THEY ARE:

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MR TONY EASON TO BE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY IN JANUARY 1986. MR EASON WILL REPLACE MR PAUL WONG KAM-CHIU, WHOSE MOVE TO THE TRADE DEPARTMENT HAS ALREADY BEEN ANNOUNCED

* MR ALISTAIR ASPREY TO REPLACE MR EASON AS A DEPUTY

SECRETARY IN THE LANDS AND WORKS BRANCH IN FEBRUARY 1986;

* MR RICHARD HOARE, CURRENTLY A PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT

SECRETARY IN GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH, WILL TAKE OVER FROM MR ASPREY AS PRIVATE SECRETARY, GOVERNMENT HOUSE IN JANUARY 1986, AND

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MR NICHOLAS NG WING-FUI HAS BECOME DEPUTY SECRETARY (CIVIL SERVICE) STAFF MANAGEMENT, REPLACING MR GORDON SIU KWING-CHUE WHO, AS PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED, IS NOW SECRETARY GENERAL, UMELCO OFFICE.

BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES ON THESE OFFICERS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

ALISTAIR ASPREY, AE, JP

AGED 41. JOINED THE CIVIL SERVICE AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER IN SEPTEMBER 1965 AND WAS PROMOTED TO HIS PRESENT RANK OF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER STAFF GRADE B IN APRIL 1981. HE HAS HELD A VARIETY OF POSTS IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE, AND HIS EXPERIENCE INCLUDES SERVICE AS A DISTRICT OFFICER IN THE FORMER NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION AND AS A DEPUTY DIRECTOR IN THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT. HE HAS BEEN PRIVATE SECRETARY, GOVERNMENT HOUSE SINCE FEBRUARY 1984.

ANTHONY EASON, JP

AGED 47.

HE HAS

JOINED THE CIVIL SERVICE IN SEPTEMBER 1962 AND WAS PROMOTED TO HIS PRESENT RANK OF ADMINISTRATIVE OFF ICER STAFF GRADE B IN APRIL 1982. HIS EXPERIENCE INCLUDES SERVICE AS A DISTRICT OFFICER AND AS A DEPUTY DIRECTOR IN THE FORMER HOME AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT. ALSO BEEN CLOSELY INVOLVED IN RECENT YEARS IN THE EVOLUTION OF GOVERNMENT'S POLICY ON MAJOR DEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR THE TERRITORY. HE HAS BEEN A DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS SINCE SEPTEMBER 1981.

/NICHOLAS NG