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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 1989

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE TO HOLD OPEN HEARING

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BE HELD

AN OPEN HEARING OF THE PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE WILL ON THURSDAY, MAY 4, FOLLOWING THE TABLING OF THE REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF AUDIT IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

THE HEARING WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL CHAMBER, STARTING AT 9.30 AM,

CONTROLLING OFFICERS WILL APPEAR BEFORE THE COMMITTEE IN RELATION TO POINTS MADE IN THE REPORT.

APPOINTMENT OF NEW POLITICAL ADVISER ANNOUNCED

MR WILLIAM GEOFFREY EHRMAN HAS BEEN APPOINTED TO TAKE OVER THE POST OF POLITICAL ADVISER THIS SUMMER FROM MR R.D. CLIFT, WHO WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE DIPLOMATIC SERVICE.

MR CLIFT WILL LEAVE HONG KONG IN MID JULY AND MR EHRMAN WILL ARRIVE IN MID AUGUST.

MR EHRMAN, AGED 38, IS AT PRESENT ASSISTANT HEAD POLICY DEPARTMENT IN THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE.

OF SECURITY

HE STUDIED CHINESE {PUTONGHUA) IN HONG KONG IN THE MID SEVENTIES AND HAS SERVED TWICE IN THE BRITISH EMBASSY IN PEKING.

HE WAS ASSISTANT HEAD OF HONG KONG DEPARTMENT IN THE FCO FROM 1985-86. HE HAS ALSO WORKED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM MISSION TO THE UNITED NATIONS IN NEW YORK, DEALING WITH MATTERS CONCERNING THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL.

HE IS MARRIED WITH FOUR CHILDREN.

PROVISIONAL TRADE FIGURES FOR MARCH RELEASED

THF YEAR-ON-YEAR GROWTH RATE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS PICKED UP SIGNIFICANTLY IN MARCH, WHILE THOSE OF RE-EXPORTS AND IMPORTS CONTINUED TO BE SUBSTANTIAL.

THESE ARE SHOWN IN THE PROVISIONAL TRADE FIGURES RELEASED TODAY (WEDNESDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

THE VALUE