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DR E. W. BRAND

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TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 1989

KONG

CIVIL SERVICE AS

AGED 50. DR BRAND JOINED THE HONG GOVERNMENT GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEER IN MAY 1978.

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEER

HE WAS PROMOTED TO PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT IN SEPTEMBER 1979. HE HAS ACTED AS DIRECTOR OF CIVIL ENGINEERING SERVICES ON PREVIOUS OCCASIONS.

MR C. R. SAUNDERS

AGED 57. MR SAUNDERS JOINED THE HONG KONG CIVIL SERVICE AS AN ENGINEER IN MAY 1963.

HE WAS PROMOTED TO GOVERNMENT ENGINEER IN NOVEMBER 1981 AND TO PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT ENGINEER IN JUNE

1984. HE HAS BEEN A DEPUTY SECRETARY (LANDS AND WORKS) IN THE LANDS AND WORKS BRANCH SINCE JULY 1987.

ANNUAL REPORT TO PARLIAMENT ON HK 1988

AFFAIRS

THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH PRESENTED TO PARLIAMENT YESTERDAY (MONDAY) THE ANNUAL REPORT ON HONG KONG 1988. THE REPORT WAS PUBLISHED IN THE FORM OF A WHITE PAPER IN LONDON ON THE SAME DAY.

A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID: "HER MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT AGREED IN 1985, DURING THE PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES ON THE HONG KONG BILL, TO PRODUCE ANNUAL REPORTS ON HONG KONG AND TO LAY THEM BEFORE PARLIAMENT. THE PURPOSE OF THIS SERIES OF REPORTS IS TO KEEP PARLIAMENT INFORMED OF DEVELOPMENTS IN HONG KONG."

HE SAID THE REPORT, THE FOURTH IN THE SERIES, CONTAINED A GENERAL SURVEY OF THE MAIN EVENTS IN HONG KONG DURING THE YEAR 1988.

MADE DURING

IT COVERS VISITS TO HONG KONG BY MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY AND GOVERNMENT MINISTERS; VISITS MADE BY THE GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG; THE BRITISH TRADE COMMISSION; THE FURTHER PROGRESS YEAR IN IMPLEMENTING THE CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENTS.

SINO-BRITISH

JOINT

DECLARATION

THE

AND

/IT ALSO