TUESDAY, JULY 23, 1991
NEW DIRECTOR OF PLANNING APPOINTED
TODAY (TUESDAY)
THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED
THAT PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT TOWN PLANNER, DR PUN KWOK-SHING, WILL BE APPOINTED AS DIRECTOR OF PLANNING ON JULY 31, 1991 WHEN MR ROBERT UPTON LEAVES CIVIL SERVICE.
BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES ON DR PUN ARE AS FOLLOWS:
DR PUN KWOK-SHING, JP
THE
AGED 53, DR PUN JOINED THE HONG KONG CIVIL SERVICE AS AN ASSISTANT PLANNING OFFICER IN 1964. HE WAS PROMOTED TO GOVERNMENT TOWN PLANNER IN 1985 AND TO PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT TOWN PLANNER IN 1988. DR PUN HAS ACTED AS DIRECTOR OF PLANNING ON PREVIOUS OCCASIONS.
APPOINTMENTS TO THE DISTRICT COURT
THE JUDICIARY ANNOUNCED TODAY (TUESDAY) THE APPOINTMENTS OF FIVE DISTRICT COURT JUDGES.
TWO OF THESE APPOINTMENTS WERE FROM WITHIN THE JUDICIARY AND THE OTHER THREE WERE FROM THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
THE TWO JUDGES APPOINTED FROM WITHIN THE JUDICIARY WERE MR RICHARD NEVILLE HAWKES AND MR IAN ROBERT BRITTON.
THE APPOINTEES FROM THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT WERE MR GARETH JOHN LUGAR-MAWSON, MR DUNCAN STEUART KILGOUR AND MR MICHAEL JOHN HARTMANN.
THE APPOINTMENT OF MR HAWKES WILL TAKE EFFECT FROM SEPTEMBER 2, 1991 AND OF THE OTHER APPOINTEES FROM LATER DATES TO BE ANNOUNCED IN DUE COURSE.
MR HAWKES WAS BORN IN NEW ZEALAND IN 1940. AFTER QUALIFYING THERE IN 1967, HE REMAINED IN PRIVATE PRACTICE UNTIL 1978 WHEN HE CAME TO HONG KONG AS CROWN COUNSEL. IN 1981 HE WAS APPOINTED MAGISTRATE, BEING PROMOTED TO PRINCIPAL MAGISTRATE IN 1985 AND CHIEF MAGISTRATE IN 1987.
MR LUGAR-MAWSON WAS BORN IN ENGLAND IN 1948.
HE WAS AS A SOLICITOR IN ENGLAND IN 1972 AND IN HONG KONG IN 1982. HE WAS CALLED TO THE BAR BOTH IN ENGLAND AND IN HONG KONG.
MR LUGAR-MAWSON JOINED THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT CROWN COUNSEL IN 1981, BEING PROMOTED TO SENIOR FOLLOWING YEAR. AT PRESENT, HE IS DEPUTY PRINCIPAL THE PROSECUTIONS DIVISION.
ADMITTED IN 1985
IN HONG KONG AS CROWN COUNSEL THE CROWN COUNSEL IN
/MR KILGOUR
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