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MR PETER TSAO KWANG-YUNG, CPM, JP

AGED 53. JOINED THE CIVIL SERVICE IN FEBRUARY 1955. HE WAS APPOINTED AS AN ASSISTANT TRADE OFFICER IN FEBRUARY 1966 AND THROUGH A SERIES OF PROMOTIONS BECAME COMMISSIONER OF TRADE INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS IN JANUARY 1979. HE TRANSFERRED TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE IN JULY 1982. HE HAS SERVED IN THE POSTS OF DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION SERVICES AND SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND INFORMATION. HE WAS PROMOTED TO HIS PRESENT RANK OF .SECRETARY. GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT IN JANUARY 1986 AND HAS BEEN IN

BRUSSELS SINCE MAY.

MR STEUART WEBB-JOHNSON, JP

AGED 53. JOINED THE CIVIL SERVICE IN JUNE 1956. HE SERVED IN THE FORMER HOME AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT AND SPENT A CONSIDERABLE PART OF HIS CAREER IN THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE IN LONDON. HE WAS PROMOTED TO HIS PRESENT RANK OF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER STAFF GRADE B IN APRIL 1978 AND HAS BEEN DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY SINCE JANUARY 1986.

THIRD UNIVERSITY FINDS HOME AND NAME

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IN LESS THAN FIVE MONTHS AFTER ITS PLANNING COMMITTEE WAS ESTABLISHED, THE THIRD UNIVERSITY HAS FOUND A HOME AND HAS BEEN GIVEN A NAME.

THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (TUESDAY) THAT IT HAS AGREED TO THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PLANNING COMMITTEE FOR THE THIRD UNIVERSITY (PCTU) TO CONSTRUCT THE INSTITUTION ON THE FORMER KOHIMA BARRACKS SITE AT TAI PO TSAI. HAVING CONSIDERED THREE OTHER SITES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, PCTU DECIDED KOHIMA WAS MOST SUITABLE.

THE SITE HAS BEEN FORMED AND SERVICED, ALLOWING FOR A QUICK START ON CONSTRUCTION AND MAKING AN EARLIER STUDENT INTAKE POSSIBLE. THE LAND IS ALSO BIG ENOUGH FOR FUTURE EXPANSION OF THE NEW UNIVERSITY.

'THE CONSTRUCTION