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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1987

HE WAS DEPUTY SECRETARY (GENERAL DUTIES) FROM FEBRUARY 1984 TO JANUARY 1986 WHEN HE TOOK UP HIS PRESENT POST OF DIRECTOR OF

INFORMATION SERVICES.

HE WAS PROMOTED TO HIS CURRENT RANK OF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER STAFF GRADE B1 IN SEPTEMBER 1986.

MRS IRENE YAU LEE CHE-YUN

AGED 44. MRS YAU JOINED THE CIVIL SERVICE IN JULY 1964 AS A HOUSING ASSISTANT, SHE TRANSFERRED TO THE EXECUTIVE GRADE AS AN EXECUTIVE OFFICER II IN JUNE 1965 AND JOINED THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT AS AN INFORMATION OFFICER IN APRIL 1970.

SHE WAS PROMOTED TO HER PRESENT RANK OF DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION IN JANUARY 1986.

MR KEVIN MAK TU-KWAN, JP

AGED 48. MR MAK JOINED THE CIVIL SERVICE AS AN EXECUTIVE OFFICER II IN AUGUST 1963. HE REMAINED IN THE EXECUTIVE GRADE UNTIL APRIL 1981 WHEN HE WAS APPOINTED TO HIS PRESENT RANK OF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER STAFF GRADE C.

SINCE THEN, HE HAS SERVED AS A PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY IN THE FORMER SOCIAL SERVICES BRANCH AND AS DISTRICT OFFICER (KWUN TONG).

HE HAS HELD HIS PRESENT POST OF DEPUTY REGIONAL SECRETARY (HONG KONG AND KOWLOON) SINCE APRIL 1986.

' INTERESTING AND EXCITING NEW JOB CHAN

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THE DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION SERVICES, MR JOHN CHAN, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) HE WAS VERY PLEASED AND VERY HONOURED+ BY HIS APPOINTMENT TO TAKE OVER FROM MR ALAN SCOTT, AND WOULD BE TRYING HIS VERY BEST TO MAKE A GOOD JOB OF IT.

SPEAKING TO REPORTERS ON HIS NEW APPOINTMENT, MR CHAN DESCRIBED THE JOB AS + INTERESTING AND EXCITING+ AND SAID THAT IT WOULD BE A MAJOR CHALLENGE FOR HIM.

/HE SAID