WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1987
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SCOTT APPOINTED GOVERNOR OF CAYMAN ISLANDS
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THE FOLLOWING ANNOUNCEMENT IS ISSUED SIMULTANEOUSLY IN HONG KONG AND LONDON AT 8.30 PM TODAY (HK TIME):
+ HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN HAS BEEN PLEASED TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT OF MR A.J. SCOTT, CVO, CBE TO BE GOVERNOR OF THE CAYMAN ISLANDS IN SUCCESSION TO MR G.P. LLOYD, CMG, CVO, WHO WILL BE LEAVING GRAND CAYMAN ON EXPIRY OF HIS TERM OF OFFICE.+
COMMENTING ON HIS APPOINTMENT AS GOVERNOR OF THE CAYMAN ISLANDS, THE DEPUTY CHIEF SECRETARY, MR ALAN SCOTT SAID:
+IT IS A GREAT HONOUR TO ACCEPT HER MAJESTY'S APPOINTMENT AS GOVERNOR OF THE CAYMAN ISLANDS. OF COURSE, MY WIFE AND I WILL LEAVE HONG KONG WITH GREAT REGRET, FOR WE HAVE BOTH FOUND MANY INTERESTS TO PURSUE HERE, AS WELL AS WORK AND HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE IN MANY LASTING FRIENDS HÍ PS.
+FIFTEEN YEARS WORKING FOR THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG HAVE BEEN CHALLENGING AND REWARDING, FALLING AS THEY HAVE IN A VERY SIGNIFICANT PERIOD IN HONG KONG'S MODERN HISTORY.
+PERHAPS OF ALL MY JOBS, THREE YEARS AS SECRETARY FOR HOUSING WERE THE MOST DEMANDING AND EXCITING - WORKING IN A MASSIVE UNDERTAKING WITH SO MANY COMPETENT AND DEVOTED PEOPLE, CIVIL SERVANTS AND UNOFFICIALS TOGETHER.
+MY PRINCIPAL WORK CONTINUES ON THE PREPARATION OF THE 1987 REVIEW OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT, AND MY COLLEAGUES AND I ARE GIVING OUR FULL ATTENTION TO THIS IMPORTANT TASK.+
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