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TUESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1988

BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES ON THESE OFFICERS ARF AS FOLLOWS:

MR BRIAN CHAU TAK-HAY, JP

AGED 45. MR CHAU JOINED THE CIVIL SERVICE IN JULY 1967. HE HAS SERVED FOR THE MAJORITY OF HIS CAREER IN THE FORMER COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, AND TRADE, INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS DEPARTMENTS, WHERE BE BECAME A DEPUTY COMMISSIONER IN JULY 1979.

JULY 1982

HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE IN AND WAS SUBSEQUENTLY POSTED то GRNEVA AS COUNSELLOR (HONG KONG AFFAIRS),

FOLLOWING HIS RETURN FROM GENEVA IN 1984, HE SERVED AS DEPUTY SECRETARY (HEALTH AND WELFARE) (1984-85), DEPUTY REGIONAL SECRETARY (HONG KONG AND KOWLOON) (1985-86) AND BECOME REGIONAL SECRETARY (HONG KONG AND KOWLOON) IN APRIL 1986.

HE WAS PROMOTED TO HIS PRESENT RANK OF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER STAFF GRADE A IN MARCH 1988.

MR JOHN CHAMBERS, OBE, JP

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AGED 56. MR CHAMBERS JOINED THE HONG KONG CIVIL SERVICE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER IN JUNE 1955. HE INITIALLY WORKED MAINLY THE THEN ESTABLISHMENT, DEFENCE, LANDS AND HOME AFFAIRS BRANCHES THE SECRETARIAT.

MORE RECENTLY HE HAS ALSO SERVED AS DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS (1973-74), DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES (1974-77), DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR SOCIAL SERVICES (1977-80), SECRETARY GENERAL, STANDING COMMISSION ON CIVIL SERVICE SALARIES AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE (1980-83), DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE (1983-84) AND BECAME SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE IN DECEMBER 1984.

HE WAS PROMOTED TO HIS PRESENT RANK OF SECRETARY, SECRETARIAT IN JANUARY 1986.

GOVERNMENT

/MR DAVID