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TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 1991

OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT ATTACHMENT TO THE UK

MR LAM WAS DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OFFICE IN LONDON FROM 1985 TO 1988. HE WAS ON CIVIL SERVICE FROM FEBRUARY TO OCTOBER 1989, HONG KONG IN NOVEMBER 1989, HE TOOK DEPUTY SECRETARY GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT.

FOR

MR ADOLF HSU HSUNG, JP

TRANSPORT

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UP HIS THE

PRESENT TRANSPORT

RETURN APPOINTMENT BRANCH

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AGED 52, MR HSU JOINED THE CIVIL SERVICE IN 1958 HIS PRESENT RANK OF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER STAFF GRADE B1 IN 1988.

DURING HIS EARLIER CAREER IN

FINANCE BRANCH, SERVED

THE IN ADMINISTRATION, CIVIL SERVICE BRANCH

HSU

BRANCH.

THE

MR

ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE, THE FORMER NEW TERRITORIES AND THE FORMER ADMINISTRATION

1987 AND MORE RECENTLY, HE WAS COMMISSIONER, SURVEY OFFICE IN

FROM. DECEMBER 1987 то WAS DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE

AS REGIONAL SECRETARY 1989, WHEN HE TOOK UP HIS PRESENT APPOINTMENT (NEW TERRITORIES) IN THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION,

PRELIMINARY INQUIRY INTO MISSING HK-REGISTERED SHIP

THE DIRECTOR OF MARINE, MR MICHAEL C.C. SZE, TODAY (TUESDAY) APPOINTED TWO SURVEYORS OF SHIPS TO CARRY OUT A PRELIMINARY INQUIRY INTO THE HONG KONG-REGISTERED BULK CARRIER "MINERAL DIAMOND" WHICH WAS REPORTED MISSING.

THE TWO SURVEYORS ARE CAPTAIN JEREMY CARO, MASTER MARINER AND MR HUGH SPINK, NAVAL ARCHITECT.

THE FINDINGS OF THEIR INQUIRY WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE GOVERNOR WHO WILL DECIDE WHETHER A MARINE COURT SHOULD BE HELD.

THE SHIP SAILED FROM DAMPIER, AUSTRALIA TO IJMUIDEN IN HOLLAND ON APRIL 11 THIS YEAR WITH A COMPLEMENT OF 27 INDIAN OFFICERS AND RATINGS AND WAS CARRYING 136,000 METRIC TONNES OF IRON ORE.

AT 4.10 PM ON APRIL 17 THIS YEAR THE SHIP'S MANAGER RECEIVED THE LAST MESSAGE SAYING SHE WAS IN SOUTH INDIAN OCEAN AND WAS EXPERIENCING SEVERE GALE FORCE WINDS.

SHE WAS REPORTED MISSING SINCE APRIL 18 THIS YEAR.

AND

TO DATE NO TRACE OF THE SHIP HAS BEEN FOUND DESPITE SEARCH RESCUE OPERATIONS CO-ORDINATED BY THE AUSTRALIAN MARITIME AUTHORITIES.

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