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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1986

LAST 12 MONTHS

FEBRUARY 1985 TO JANUARY

1986

FEBRUARY

1984 TO JANUARY

1985

$ MN.

INCREASE OR

DECREASE

$ MN. 9%

- 9 065 +18 388 + 9 323

$ MN.

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

129 246

138 311

RE-EXPORTS

104 875

86 487

TOTAL EXPORTS

234 121

224 798

IMPORTS

231 107

226 590

+ 4 517

TRADE BALANCE

3 014

1 792

+ 4 806

+++

-

6.6 +21.3 + 4.1 + 2.0

SENIOR DIRECTORATE APPOINTMENTS *****

THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (TUESDAY) ANOTHER SERIES OF FORTHCOMING SENIOR DIRECTORATE MOVEMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS AS FOLLOWS:

MR NEIL HENDERSON, THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, WILL BE RETIRING IN AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER 1986 AFTER 33 YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE=

MR RON BRIDGE, THE PRESENT COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, WILL TAKE OVER FROM MR HENDERSON AS SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER-

MR TONY HAMMOND, THE DIRECTOR OF REGIONAL SERVICES, REPLACE MR BRIDGE AS COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR- AND

WILL

MR MICHAEL SUEN MING-YEUNG, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF REGIONAL SERVICES, WILL BECOME DIRECTOR OF REGIONAL SERVICES.

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES

AFTER SERVING IN THE MR J.N. HENDERSON OBE, JP. AGED 56. ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE IN KENYA FOR NINE YEARS MR HENDERSON JOINED THE HONG KONG CIVIL SERVICE AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER IN 1962. HE INITIALLY WORKED MAINLY IN THE FINANCE AND ESTABLISHMENT BRANCHES. HE THEN SERVED IN THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT, FIRST AS DEPUTY COMMISSIONER FROM 1973 TO 1978 AND THEN AS COMMISSIONER FROM 1978 TO 1983. MR HENDERSON WILL HAVE BEEN SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER FOR THREE YEARS ON HIS RETIREMENT AND WAS PROMOTED TO HIS SUBSTANTIVE RANK OF SECRETARY, GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT IN 1984.

/MR R.G.B. BRIDGE