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TUESDAY, JULY 1, 1986

HEADING THE OFFICE AS DIRECTOR IS MR BILLY LAM, A 38-YEAR-OLD STAFF GRADE B OFFICER WHO HAS JUST COMPLETED THE 10-MONTH SLOAN PROGRAMME AT CALIFORNIA'S STANFORD UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS.

MR LAM SAYS THE MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THE OFFICE WILL BE TO MAINTAIN AND ENHANCE HONG KONG'S ECONOMIC, COMMERCIAL AND OTHER INTERESTS BY CREATING A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE TERRITORY IN AREAS WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

+AS WELL AS DISSEMINATING INFORMATION ABOUT HONG KONG, WE WILL ESTABLISH AND DEVELOP CONTACTS WITH INFLUENTIAL INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANISATIONS IN BOTH THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS, HE SAID.

+WE WILL ALSO WORK CLOSELY WITH THE OTHER HONG KONG ORGANISATIONS HERE - SUCH AS THE INDUSTRIAL PROMOTION OFFICE, TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL AND TOURIST ASSOCIATION TO OPTIMISE HONG KONG'S OVERALL PROMOTION EFFORTS,+ HE ADDED.

MR LAM SERVED AS DISTRICT OFFICER OF TUEN MUN DURING ITS FORMATIVE YEARS AND WAS ALSO A CITY DISTRICT OFFICER, AT KOWLOON CITY. OTHER POSTINGS INCLUDED THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT AND THE SECRETARIAT. HIS LAST POST WAS DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT SUPPLIES.

THE DIRECTOR IS ASSISTED BY SENIOR ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER MR HERMAN CHO COMING FROM THE TRADE DEPARTMENT AND PRINCIPAL INFORMATION OFFICER MR PETER RANDALL OF GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES.

LOCATED AT 180 SUTTER STREET IN THE HEART OF SAN FRANCISCO'S FINANCIAL DISTRICT, THE NEW OFFICE ALSO ACCOMMODATES THE INDUSTRIAL PROMOTION OFFICE HEADED BY MR BOB ASHWORTH, A PRINCIPAL CONSULTANT OF THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT.

THE OFFICE WILL BE OFFICIALLY OPENED ON JULY 15 BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, DURING HIS OFFICIAL 13-DAY VISIT TO NORTH AMERICA.

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