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TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1991

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DIRECTORATE POSTINGS ANNOUNCED

THE GOVERNMENT TODAY (TUESDAY) ANNOUNCED THAT MR PAUL WONG RAM- CHIU, CURRENTLY COMMISSIONER OF THE HONG KONG EXPORT CREDIT INSURANCE CORPORATION, WILL SUCCEED MR DAVID LAN HONG-TSUNG AS REGIONAL SECRETARY (HONG KONG AND KOWLOON) IN THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION IN OCTOBER THIS YEAR.

MR LAN WILL BE POSTED TO HEAD THE HONG KONG ECONOMIC AND TRÅDE OFFICE IN TOKYO, JAPAN, IN OCTOBER IN THE NEW BENIOR POST OF PRINCIPAL HONG KONG ECONOMIC AND TRADE REPRESENTATIVE.

BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES ON MR WONG AND MR LAN ARE ÅS FOLLOWS:

MR PAUL WONG KAM-CHIU

AGED 54, MR WONG JOINED THE CIVIL SERVICE IN 1960. HE HAS SERVED FOR THE MAJORITY OF HIS CAREER IN THE FORMER COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT AND TRADE, INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT, WHERE HE BECAME AN ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER IN JULY 1974.

HE TRANSFERRED TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE IN JULY 1992. HE WAS DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY FROM 1982 TO 1985, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF TRADE FROM 1985 TO 1986, DEPUTY POSTMASTER GENERAL FROM 1986 TO

1989, WHEN HE WAS SECONDED TO THE HONG KONG EXPORT CREDIT INSURANCE CORPORATION AS COMMISSIONER.

HE WAS PROMOTED TO HIS PRESENT RÁNK OF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER STAFF GRADE B1 IN JANUARY 1991.

MR DAVID LAN HONG-TSUNG

AGED 51, MR LAN JOINED THE CIVIL SERVICE IN 1961 AND WAS APPOINTED AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER IN AUGUST 1966.

DURING THE EARLY YEARS OF HIS CAREER, MR LAN SERVED IN A NUMBER OF GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT BRANCHES AND DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING THE FORMER ESTABLISHMENT AND HOME AFFAIRS BRANCHES, THE FORMER RESETTLEMENT DEPARTMENT AND THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, AS WELL AS THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

MORE RECENTLY, HE WAS DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF HOUSING FROM 1981 то 1984, DEPUTY POSTMASTER GENERAL FROM 1984 TO 1986, DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT FROM 1986 TO 1987, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION FROM 1987 TO SEPTEMBER 1988, WHEN HE WAS APPOINTED REGIONAL SECRETARY (HONG KONG AND KOWLOON) IN THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION.

HE WAS PROMOTED TO HIS PRESENT RANK OF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER STAFF GRADE B1 IN DECEMBER 1988.

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