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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1987

NEW CHIEF JUSTICE APPOINTED

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HER MAJESTY

THE QUEEN HAS BEEN PLEASED TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT OF MR JUSTICE YANG TI-LIANG, PRESENTLY JUSTICE OF APPEAL, AS CHIEF JUSTICE OF HONG KONG WITH EFFECT FROM MARCH 15, 1988 ON THE RETIREMENT OF SIR DENYS ROBERTS.

A SHORT BIOGRAPHY OF MR JUSTICE YANG FOLLOWS:

MR JUSTICE YANG TI-LIANG

AGED 58. MR JUSTICE YANG HAS SERVED IN THE JUDICIARY FOR THE PAST 31 YEARS. HE WAS FIRST APPOINTED AS A MAGISTRATE IN HONG KONG IN JULY 1956, AND BECAME SENIOR MAGISTRATE IN APRIL 1963. HE WAS APPOINTED DISTRICT JUDGE IN APRIL 1968, PUISNE JUDGE OF THE SUPREME COURT IN MARCH 1975, JUDGE OF THE HIGH COURT IN FEBRUARY 1976, AND JUSTICE OF APPEAL IN MAY 1980.

SENIOR STAFF MOVEMENTS

THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (TUESDAY) THE FOLLOWING SENIOR STAFF MOVEMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS:

MR MICHAEL SUEN, THE PRESENT DIRECTOR OF REGIONAL SERVICES, WILL SUCCEED DR JAMES HAYES AS REGIONAL SECRETARY (NEW TERRITORIES) WHEN DR HAYES RETIRES NEXT MONTH.

MR HAIDER BARMA, THE PRESENT DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE (APPOINTMENTS), WILL SUCCEED MR MICHAEL SUEN AS DIRECTOR OF REGIONAL SERVICES.

THE ABOVE POSTINGS WILL TAKE PLACE IN NOVEMBER.

MR ROBERT HOLMES, DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES WILL RETIRE ON DECEMBER 6, 1987.

MR JOHN MARCH, THE PRESENT DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES, WILL SUCCEED MR HOLMES AS DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES.

MR LAM CHEK-YUEN, CHIEF DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES.

FIRE OFFICER, WILL BECOME DEPUTY

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