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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1986

NEW GOVERNOR TO BE ANNOUNCED AFTER NEW YEAR

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THE ACTING GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY) THAT THE APPOINTMENT OF THE NEW GOVERNÖR WOULD NOT BE ANNOUNCED UNTIL AFTER THE NEW YEAR.

SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER OPENING THE SCOUT ASSOCIATION'S DIAMOND JUBILEE JAMBOREE IN SAI KUNG, SIR DAVID SAIDs. +I THINK WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT FOR A WEEK OR TWO YET BEFORE WE HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT+.

HE SAID THE ANNOUNCEMENT WOULD EVENTUALLY BE MADE FROM LONDON, BUT THERE WOULD BE SOME TIME BEFORE THAT ANNOUNCEMENT WAS ACTUALLY MADE.

WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE REPORTED RESHUFFLE WITHIN THE GOVERNMENT, SIR DAVID SAID AS AND WHEN PEOPLE MOVE FROM THEIR POSTS, THEN WE HAVE TO FILL THEM. IT WON'T ALL TAKE PLACE AT ONCE. IT WILL TAKE PLACE PROGRESSIVELY OVER A NUMBER OF MONTHS AS PEOPLE MOVE FROM THEIR POSTS.

+ IT ALL LEADS UP TO A SORT OF PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT.+

ASKED TO CONFIRM REPORTS ABOUT THE APPOINTMENT OF A SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, SIR DAVID SAID A NUMBER OF POSTINGS WOULD BE TAKING PLACE IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, BUT THE GOVERNMENT WAS NOT YET READY TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT.

HE ADDED THAT HE HAD NOT HEARD OF THE POST OF SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION.

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SIR DAVID OPENS SCOUTS CAMP

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THE ACTING GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, OFFICIATED AT THE OPENING OF THE HONG KONG DIAMOND JUBILEE JAMBOREE AT TAI PO TSAI, SAJ KUNG, THIS (SUNDAY) AFTERNOON.

SPEAKING TO PARTICIPANTS OF THE JAMBOREE, SIR DAVID SAID THERE WAS NO BETTER WAY OF GETTING TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER THAN CAMPING AND NO BETTER WAY TO CELEBRATE HONG KONG SCOUTS' 75TH YEAR.

+SHAR ING EXPERIENCES AND HARDSHIP TOGETHER INCREASES OUR UNDERSTANDING OF ONE ANOTHER AND LIFE LONG FRIENDSHIPS FORM AND DEVELOP IN CAMP. BARRIERS BETWEEN ONE ANOTHER AND BETWEEN NATIONS CEASE TO EXIST, HE SAID.

/LIR DAVID