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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1991

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APPOINTMENT OF NEW COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR ANNOUNCED

THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (TUESDAY) THAT MR DARWIN CHEN, CURRENTLY DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS, WILL SUCCEED MR TONY HAMMOND AS COMM1991ONER FOR LABOUR NEXT MONTH.

MR HAMMOND WILL AR RKTURING AFTER 26 YEARS OF BRRVICE WITH THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT.

FOLLOWS:

BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES ON MR CHEN AND MR HAMMOND ARE A9

MR DARWIN CHEN, ISO, JP

AGED 58, MR CHEN JOINED THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT A9 ASSISTANT MANAGER, CITY HALL IN THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT IN 1961.

HR ROSE TO THE RANK OF SENIOR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF URBAN SERVICES IN 1979 AND SERVED AS DIRECTOR OF CULTURAL SERVICES FROM 1980 TO 1985, WHEN HE WAS APPOINTED TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE AS ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER STAFF GRADE B.

HE WAS PROMOTED TO HIS PRESENT RANK OF ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF GRADE B1 IN DECEMBER 1989.

SERVICE,

OFFICER

SINCE HIS APPOINTMENT TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE

MR CHEN HAS SERVED AS DEPUTY COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR FROM FEBRUARY 1985 TO AUGUST 1987, COMMISSIONER FOR TELEVISION AND ENTERTAINMENT LICENSING FROM AUGUST 1987 TO JANUARY 1989 AND DEPUTY SECRETARY OF THE FORMER GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH FROM JANUARY 1989 TO MARCH 1990.

APPOINTMENT

HE TOOK UP HIS PRESENT CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS IN APRIL 1990.

MR J.C.A. HAMMOND, 180, JP

OF DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR

AGED 57, MR J.C.A HAMMOND JOINED THR

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ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE OFFICER STAFF

IN 1964 AND ROSE TO HIS PRESENT RANK OF ADMINISTRATIVE GRADE A IN 1985.

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HE HAS SERVED IN A NUMBER OF DEPARTMENTS AND BRANCHES. RECENTLY, HE WAS DIRECTOR, COUNCILS AND ADMINISTRATION BRANCH AUGUST 1982 TO MARCH 1985 AND DIRECTOR OF REGIONAL SERVICES APRIL 1985 TO JUNE 1986, WHEN HE TOOK UP H18 PRESENT APPOINTMENT AB COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR.

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MR HAMMOND WILL RETIRE IN MARCH 1991, AFTER 26 YBARS OF SERVICE WITH THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT.

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