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TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 1989

GOVERNOR LEAVES FOR LONDON TO ATTEND FAC HEARINGS

(MONDAY)

THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, LEFT FOR LONDON LAST NIGHT TO ATTEND THE FIRST DAY OF THE HEARINGS OF THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE.

SPEAKING TO REPORTERS BEFORE HIS DEPARTURE, SIR DAVID SAID HE WOULD ALSO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK WITH SENIOR OFFICIALS OF THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE AND THE FOREIGN SECRETARY, . SIR GEOFFREY HOWE.

"BUT IT IS ESSENTIALLY A VERY SHORT VISIT TO SEE THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE," THE GOVERNOR SAID.

ASKED WHETHER HE WOULD SUPPORT OMELCO MEMBERS WHO HAVE EXPRESSED THEIR VIEWS ON THE NATIONALITY ISSUE, SIR DAVID SAID HE WAS AWARE OF WHAT OMELCO MEMBERS SAID IN THEIR LETTER TO LORD WYATT IN PREPARATION FOR A DEBATE IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS ON THURSDAY (MARCH 23).

"I KNOW ALL THE BACKGROUND TO THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM AND I CAN SYMPATHISE WITH THE VIEWS PUT FORWARD BY THE MEMBERS OF OMELCO IN THAT LETTER," THE GOVERNOR SAID.

"I SHALL BE IN LONDON AT THE TIME OF THE DEBATE BUT I SHALL HAVE OTHER APPOINTMENTS, SO I SHALL BE WATCHING VERY CAREFULLY TO WHAT APPEARS IN THE RECORD OF THE DEBATE IN HANSARD," SIR DAVID SAID.

FC APPROVES PROPOSED CHANGES FOR MHD RE-ORGANISATION

THE FINANCE COMMITTEE HAS APPROVED PROPOSED CHANGES FOR THE RE- INTO THE AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT (MHD) ORGANISATION OF THE MEDICAL HOSPITAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.

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THE CHANGES, AIMED AT IMPROVING MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES

TRANSFER OF PERMANENT DIRECTORATE HONG KONG, WILL INVOLVE THE NON-DIRECTORATE POSTS FROM THE MHD TO THE TWO NEW DEPARTMENTS, CREATION OF ADDITIONAL DIRECTORATE POSTS AND THE REGRADING OF EXISTING DIRECTURATE POSTS.

FOR THE HOSPITAL BERVICES DEPARTMENT, A DIRECTOR OF HOSPITAL SERVICES (D5), A DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF HOSPITAL SERVICEB (D) AND A PRINCIPAL MEDICAL AND HEALTH OFFICER (D1) POBTE WILL BE CREATED.

EXISTING BY THE DELETION OF THREE THESE WILL BE OFFBET

MEDICAL AND HEALTH DIRECTORATE POSTS IN THE MHD, NAMELY DIRECTOR OF

AND BERVICES MEDICAL AND HEALTH MEDICAL

SERVICES, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER.

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