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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1987
HE SAID THE 1987 REVIEW WOULD BE AMONG HIS NEW DUTIES.
COMMENTING ON THE TITLE OF THE POST HE IS TO TAKE UP MR CHAN SAID THERE WAS THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE EXISTING TITLE MIGHT BE CHANGED IN EARLY APRIL WHEN HE TOOK UP THE POST, BUT A DECISION HAD NOT YET BEEN MADE.
ASKED ABOUT MR SCOTT'S DUTIES WHICH HE IS TO UNDERSTUDY, MR CHAN SAID THESE DUTIES AT PRESENT INCLUDED WORK ON THE 1987 REVIEW, AND ASSISTING THE CHIEF SECRETARY IN CO-ORDINATING POLICY MATTERS WHICH INVOLVED MORE THAN ONE BRANCH.
ON THE REASON BEHIND HIS APPOINTMENT TO THE NEW JOB,
MR CHAN SAID: +I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO WHOEVER MADE THAT DECISION AND 1 SHALL BE TRYING MY BEST TO ENSURE THAT MY WORK PERFORMANCE WOULD NOT DISAPPOINT THEM.+
THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION SERVICES, MRS IRENE YAU, SAID SHE WAS HONOURED TO BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE AS DIRECTOR AND SHE LOOKED FORWARD TO THE CHALLENGES AHEAD.
SHE SAID THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT WOULD HAVE AN INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT ROLE TO PLAY IN KEEPING THE PUBLIC INFORMED THROUGH THE MEDIA, AS WELL AS REFLECTING VIEWS EXPRESSED IN THE MEDIA TO THE GOVERNMENT.
+ WILL CERTAINLY DO MY BEST TO ASSIST THE MEDIA IN THEIR REPORTING OF GOVERNMENT WORK AND POLICIES, SHE SAID.
NO DECISION YET ON ABOLITION OF TITLE
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THE ACTING CHIEF SECRETARY, MR DAVID FORD, SAID THIS (WEDNESDAY) EVENING THAT IT WAS NOT YET DECIDED WHETHER THE TITLE OF DEPUTY CHIEF SECRETARY WOULD BE ABOLISHED AFTER MR ALAN SCOTT LEFT THE POST.
IN REPLY TO QUESTIONS FROM REPORTERS, MR FORD SAID: +WHETHER WE WILL STILL KEEP THE SAME TITLE IS A MATTER FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION, BUT BASICALLY THERE IS THE SAME RANGE OF DUTIES. THERE MAY BE SOME AMENDMENTS IN THE DUTIES, BUT LARGELY THE SAME RANGE OF DUTIES WILL REMAIN.+
ASKED WHEN THE DECISION WILL BE MADE WHETHER TO CHANGE THE TITLE OF THE POST, HE SAID: +1 THINK WE HAVE UNTIL THE TIME MR SCOTT LEAVES TO DECIDE THAT.+
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